Ben Tobin and Mandy McLaren, Louisville Courier Journal Published 6:48 p.m. ET May 12, 2020 | Updated 6:53 p.m. ET May 12, 2020CLOSE Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning Congress that if the country reopens too soon during the pandemic, it will bring needless suffering and death. (May 12) AP DomesticSen. Rand Paul tangled with the…
New York Daily News | Apr 24, 2020 | 10:21 PM The survey was conducted even before protests, like this one in Minnesota, asked government officials to "reopen" the economy. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)(Jim Mone/AP) Nearly 1 in 3 Americans believe a coronavirus vaccine exists and is being withheld from the public, according to a USA…
Congress needs to fix the coronavirus stimulus it passed last month or else it will spur states to go on spending binges in order to use up the cash, even if it doesn’t actually help control the epidemic, a coalition of taxpayer groups and free market think tanks warned in a letter last week. They…
Graphics by Anna Wiederkehr Over the past week, the number of deaths thought to be caused by COVID-19 has nearly doubled, from about 16,000 to 30,000. New York City changed the way it counts its death toll on Tuesday to include people who did not receive a positive COVID-19 test but who were likely to…
A global debate has emerged among doctors treating COVID-19: When should patients who need help breathing be placed on ventilators — and could intubation do some people more harm than good? It’s one of the biggest medical questions of the day, along with how effective the antimalarial hydroxychloroquine really is, a US doctor told AFP.…
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…