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Drink binge couple ‘left 16-week-old twins starve alone without food for 4 days’
Margarita Yanayeva, 23, and her partner Alexey, 35, have been charged with murder after their baby son died in hospital, with his “gravely emaciated” sister still fighting for her life The couple have been charged with murder after their “gravely…
Live Science podcast ‘Life’s Little Mysteries’ special report: Coronavirus (June 4)
In this special episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we focus on a serious topic that everybody is talking about: SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Every day at Live Science, our reporters and editors track the latest coronavirus developments…
Sweden’s lax COVID-19 response caused too many deaths, country’s top epidemiologist says
Anders Tegnell, the state epidemiologist of the Public Health Agency of Sweden, at a press briefing in April 2020 The epidemiologist who led Sweden’s controversial COVID-19 response, which did not involve a strict lockdown, now says that the country should…
Woman found covered in blood, drinking coffee and smoking after ‘murdering friend’
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Natalia, 45, is claimed to have stabbed 60-year-old Vasily repeatedly before grabbing an axe handle and beating him to a pulp – in front of her 16-year-old daughter Natalia is pictured outside her home covered in blood…
Hydroxychloroquine doesn’t prevent people from catching COVID-19, study finds
Taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine did not prevent people from coming down with COVID-19 after being exposed to the disease, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday (June 3) in the New England Journal of Medicine, is the…
Jane Goodall: Humanity is doomed if we don’t change after this pandemic
Primatologist Jane Goodall said that humanity must “drastically change our diets” and our treatment of wild and farmed animals if we want to avoid future pandemics after COVID-19 subsides. “Our disrespect for wild animals and our disrespect for farmed animals…
You attended a protest during a pandemic. Now what?
Around the country, hundreds of thousands of people are flooding the streets to protest police brutality and racism after the death of George Floyd, who died after now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin held him down with a knee on…
Face masks may reduce COVID-19 spread by 85%, WHO-backed study suggests
Social distancing, face masks and eye protection all appear to reduce the spread of COVID-19, in both health care settings and the general community, according to a new review commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO). The review found that…
Ancient people in the Kingdom of Judah may have gotten high off weed
An aerial view of the Tel Arad fortress that stands in what was once the Kingdom of Judah. More than 2,700 years ago, worshipers at a “holy of holies” shrine in Israel may have gotten high on weed. Researchers discovered…
Man whose skin changed colour from coronavirus treatment dies after five-month fight
Dr Hu Weifeng, who worked at Wuhan Hospital, made headlines around the world after the treatment he was given when he contracted Covid-19 made his skin go darker A Chinese doctor whose skin changed colour from coronavirus treatment has died…
Coronavirus is weaker now than at height of pandemic, Italian professors claim
Professor Alberto Zangrillo, head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, has said that the ‘virus clinically no longer exists in Italy’ and is weaker than it once was Policemen patrol as people relax and have a drink along a…