COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - There are now 64 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 4,439. Here is a look at the daily coronavirus cases in South Carolina as of…
For residents of one Crown Heights building, the news about which of their neighbors has died from COVID-19 comes through a private Facebook group — or not at all. Stuck inside their homes, the tenants trade grim findings online: one person heard from a maintenance worker that the virus had killed six people in the building;…
CORONAVIRUS In total, 75 people have died from COVID-19 in Oregon and there are 1,956 known cases, according to Oregon Health Authority. PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority announced one more death and 47 new cases of COVID-19 in the state on Monday.The additional death brings the total to 75 people who have died…
Genetic variability in the human immune system may affect susceptibility to, and severity of infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The research is published today, April 17 in the Journal of Virology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology.Individual genetic variation may explain…
LONDON (Reuters) - The true extent of Britain’s COVID-19 death toll was more than 40% higher than the government’s daily figures indicated as of April 10, according to data that put the country on track to become among the worst-hit in Europe. The Office for National Statistics said it recorded 13,121 deaths by April 10…
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…