Editor’s Note: Find the latest news and guidance from COVID-19 at the Medscape Coronavirus Resource Center. A new lymphocyte count in people who come to the hospital with COVID-19 could help doctors identify those at highest risk for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), new evidence suggests. Patients with …

MOSCOW – Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky, Russia’s 70th nationalist brand of fire, has long functioned as a safety valve for public discontent, cornering protest votes but then supporting President Vladimir V. Putin at key junctures. Now, he says, the Kremlin treats his party “like idiots.” “Get out there and play,” he …

Over the weekend, Graham said he would grant the Democrats’ prior request for Mueller to appear before the committee as part of his Republican-led review of the origins of Russia’s investigation. Graham’s statement came after Mueller wrote a Washington Post opinion piece defending his nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference …

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – Miami Beach will close and ban short-term rentals, which city leaders say is a major source of the COVID-19 spread, and will help curb crime and control large crowds. Vacation rentals will be banned in town starting Thursday, according to an emergency order signed Tuesday. …

(Newser) – Britain’s government backed down on Tuesday in plans to give Chinese telecommunications company Huawei a limited role in the UK’s new high-speed mobile phone network in a move with wide implications for relations between London and Beijing. . Britain imposed the ban after the United States threatened to …