Monthly Archives: June, 2020

Massachusetts is among only a handful of states that is on its way to containing COVID-19, according to one model. The tool, created by Covid Act Now, a collection of epidemiologists, health and public policy experts, and technologists, shows the commonwealth is one of four states “on track” to stopping the spread of the coronavirus.…

(Adds quote, detail, background) LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - A combination of antiviral drugs used to treat HIV had no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in a large-scale randomised trial, British scientists said on Monday. Scientists running the RECOVERY trial at the University of Oxford said that the results "convincingly rule out any…

As coronavirus cases surge in parts of the country, bars are increasingly under scrutiny for their role in the spread of COVID-19 since the end of the national lockdown.The governors of Florida and Texas closed down bars in their states Friday to slow down the rate of infection.In Idaho, bars in Ada County won’t be…

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas filed a blistering opinion dissenting from a Monday decision to strike down a Louisiana law that required abortion doctors to obtain admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, calling the court's record on abortion "grievously wrong."The pitched dissent made clear that Thomas is ready to tear down the court's protections for abortion completely in…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Joseph DeAngelo Joseph DeAngelo, the man known as the Golden State Killer, has admitted to 13 murders in a deal with US prosecutors meant to spare him the death penalty.DeAngelo, who was a Californian police officer during his crimes in the 1970s and 80s, was arrested in 2018 after his…