Pregnancy is a time of hope and dreams for most women and their families — even during a pandemic. Still, their extra need to avoid catching the coronavirus has meant more isolation and sacrifices, too. Leo Patrizi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Leo Patrizi/Getty Images Pregnancy is a time of hope and dreams for most…
“I was petrified,” said Magno, a school clerk in Bakersfield, Calif., whose daughter Madelyn was born safely on April 7. “What if I got it? What if I gave it to the baby?”As if being pregnant weren’t enough all by itself to make you nervous, covid-19 has raised a brood of scary new questions. Experts…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…