President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that scientists should look into using disinfectants as a coronavirus treatment.Medics leaped to criticize this suggestion and outlined the dangers of taking any form of disinfectant internally, whether by inhalation, ingestion, or injection.FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn defended the president on CNN, saying he had been musing on questions any ordinary…
Detail view of a medical professional administering a test for the coronavirus at a drive thru test site on April 18, 2020 in Springfield, Tennessee. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Slate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Start your free trial. Governors are pushing back against claims by the White…
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…