(CNN)The Covid-19 death toll in the United States has soared to more than 170,000, just 18 days after the nation marked 150,000 lives lost. As cases have increased in the US, the lull between grim m…
A California heat wave and power cuts create a pandemic quandary. And the C.D.C. is developing a plan for vaccine distribution. Right NowPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand announced that her country would delay its election by four weeks because of a new outbreak.ImageDisease-fighting antibodies and special immune cells appear to persist months after…
Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.The number and rate of coronavirus cases in children have risen since the pandemic took hold in the spring, the…
3.03am EDT 03:03 That’s it from me. My colleagues in London will be taking over shortly to keep you up to date with the latest. Stay safe and well. Australia has recorded 17 new deaths and 284 new cases. 16 deaths and 279 cases were in Victoria. Despite a “positive” trend downwards, Victoria’s state of…
11:56 AM ETZach LoweESPN Senior Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization on Saturday allowing public use of a saliva-based test for the coronavirus developed at Yale University and funded by the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association.The test, known as SalivaDirect, is designed for widespread public screening. The cost…
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…