Published on Apr 22, 2020Any return to normality in the short term is a “wholly unrealistic expectation”. That’s the warning from the UK government’s chief medical adviser. Professor Chris Whitty said the policy of social distancing will be needed until at least the end of the year. He said the chance of a vaccine or…
"Yes, it will mutate and yes, it could hamper vaccine efforts," said Science Magazine writer Jon Cohen. But, Cohen said that if you were to compare the novel coronavirus to influenza, "they don't mutate as quickly as influenza." PBS NewsHour correspondent William Brangham sat down with Cohen on April 22 to take viewer questions, and…
Drones are being used to help monitor social distancing efforts and detect COVID-19 symptoms from afar. Teeraphon Phooma/EyeEm/Getty A series of "pandemic drones" is taking part in a test flight in a COVID-19 hotspot in Connecticut with the goal of monitoring social distancing efforts and detecting the virus' symptoms. Drone manufacturer Draganfly is working with the…
Mary-Lou McCullagh, 83, and her husband Bob, 84, greet Axel Stirton, 2, the little boy who lives across the street April 3, 2020 in Ventura, California. Mary-Lou and Bob are in isolation from the Covid-19 pandemic, trying to ensure that they do not come in contact with the virus.Brent Stirton | Getty ImagesMost kids infected…
Doctors are finding blood clots in the lungs, hearts, and kidneys of coronavirus patients. Some of them are critically ill, but others seem relatively stable.Blood clots can travel and create blockages in veins, which could lead to strokes, heart attacks, and other issues.Without clinical trials or science-backed treatments, physicians are forced to figure out how…
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…