Health

The first two months of the city’s COVID-19 pandemic were comparable to the number of deaths during the peak of the 1918 flu in New York City, according to a new study. Investigators specifically examined New York City, and compared mortality from all causes during the peak of the 1918 …

On Monday morning, as Azar marched on the Taiwanese capital Taipei, several Chinese gunmen briefly crossed the de facto maritime border separating the island from mainland China. Later that week, the Chinese military conducted large-scale drills in waters near Taiwan, and appeared in Beijing’s state media as a “warning” to …

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Sweden chose not to shut down after the coronavirus pandemic, and suffered far more deaths than its neighbors Denmark and Norway. Thousands of Swedish people over the age of 70 died, about half of them living in care homes. The Swedish economy is also expected to shrink by about 6% …

Georgia State House member Beth Moore invites students, faculty, and administrators to report anonymously unsafe conditions at schools that have reopened during COVID-19 cases continue to rise. One Georgia principal threatened “consequences” for those who shared images of the school, prompting Moore to create an email account for clock blockers. …