Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New York was working with the C.D.C. to investigate a mysterious illness linked to the coronavirus that causes life-threatening inflammation in children.Right NowMayor Bill de Blasio said 38 children in New York City had been sickened by a mysterious ailment linked to the coronavirus, an increase from 15 reported Monday.…
CLOSE Symptoms of Kawasaki disease have been identified in at least 15 children in New York City hospitals, raising concerns about a possible link to COVID-19. USA TODAYThree top health officials and members on the White House's Coronavirus Task Force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, will self-quarantine after exposure to a person with the virus, the latest in…
Nearly 4 million people worldwide — including almost 1.3 million in the United States – have been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of deaths from the outbreak continues to rise. While efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak continue, states have begun to shift their focus towards reopening their economies. Live updates for…
Nearly 4 million people worldwide -- including almost 1.3 million in the United States – have been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of deaths from the outbreak continues to rise. While efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak continue, states have begun to shift their focus towards reopening their economies. Live updates for…
A look at two first-grade classes shows an education divide that the pandemic is bringing into focus. All voters in California will receive mail-in ballots for the November election.Right NowSome doctors, seeing the effects of policy firsthand, are deciding to run for political office.ImageAt a Trump campaign rally in Las Vegas in February.Credit...Doug Mills/The New…
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…