Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Trump will deliver a speech at the event, held to mark Independence Day in the US US President Donald Trump is presiding over an event to mark 4 July celebrations at Mount Rushmore, despite concerns over coronavirus.In a speech at the South Dakota landmark, he said it would "stand…
According to a new study, speech can generate thousands of mini-droplets that, in a closed environment, can hang in the air for up to 14 minutes and lead to transmission of the novel coronavirus, SARS CoV-2. The research was published this past week in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary…
As Israelis are notoriously loud, it is perhaps in their own interest to continue wearing masks to stop the spread of the virus and "lower the curve." Woman shouting (illustrative) (photo credit: PIXABAY) Tiny particles escaping from a person's mouth when they speak loudly – which may contain the coronavirus – can stay in the…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Free speech advocates are furious that YouTube removed a viral video of two California doctors questioning the threat level of the coronavirus.The doctors, Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi, have made the argument that the mortality rate of the coronavirus is similar…
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…