These businesses are "a really important place of spreading of infection," the immunologist says. iStock Throughout the COVID pandemic, it's become increasingly clear that certain types of businesses in particular can pose a serious COVID risk: those that are indoors with poor ventilation where people tend to gather close together. And while most states have…
When Christine Baglow moved from New Orleans to South Bend, Indiana, two years ago, she found herself at a dinner party with a woman with a formidable resume: former supreme court clerk, professor at Notre Dame Law School, a judge on the US district court of appeals for the seventh circuit. The woman was Amy…
"The Next Revolution" host Steve Hilton said Sunday that America has become too partisan and too inclined to get violent, adding that the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and recent comments by President Trump, prove civility is still around -- but may be dying.Hilton noted how the moment Trump signaled he would summarily…
The logos of the Chinese video portal TikTok and the US software and hardware manufacturer Oracle Corporation can be seen on a smartphone and screen on September 14, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty ImagesGUANGZHOU, China — ByteDance will not transfer algorithms and technologies to Oracle as part of a deal announced…
A dramatic change in the purpose of sleep occurs when children are about 2 1/2 years old -- a time when sleep's primary purpose changes from brain-building to brain maintenance and repair, according to a study released Friday by researchers at UCLA. “Don't wake babies up during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Important work is…
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…