Wildfire Smoke Is Causing A New Public Health Crisis On The West Coast
The fires are likely already causing an upsurge in fatal heart attacks and hospitalizations for people with asthma — and it might also make people more vulnerable to COVID-19.
Hurricane Sally Hit The Gulf Coast With Storm Surges, Heavy Rain, And 100 MPH Winds
On Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center warned of “historic and catastrophic flooding” from the slow-moving storm.
Climate Scientists Have Warned It Was Coming, But Even They Are Freaked Out By The West Coast’s Inferno
“We have not reached the peak. In fact, no one knows where the peak is,” one expert said.
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Was A Massive COVID-19 Superspreader Event, A New Study Claims
If the numbers stand up to subsequent analysis, the South Dakota rally would be the single biggest known superspreader event in the US coronavirus epidemic.
She Was A “Twitter Warrior” Fighting Sexual Harassment In Science. Some Say She Threatened The Movement.
Neuroscientist BethAnn McLaughlin made headlines for posing on Twitter as an Indigenous professor she later said died of COVID. It was the culmination of a trail of abuse that has shaken a movement.
Hurricane Laura Hit Louisiana With Extreme Winds And Storm Surge
Laura is the strongest storm to hit Louisiana in more than 160 years.
Coronavirus Testing In Hot Spot States Is Declining — And Nobody Knows Why. That’s Bad.
“I think we should be very concerned,” one epidemiologist in Texas said.
At First It Looked Like A Scientist Died From COVID. Then People Started Taking Her Story Apart.
BethAnn McLaughlin, who has previously come under fire for harassing people in her group MeTooSTEM, faked an online persona: a woman of color who she said died of COVID-19.
Here’s Where Storm Isaias Hit Hardest
The storm affected the Caribbean and much of the US East Coast.
A Security Breach Exposed More Than One Million DNA Profiles On A Major Genealogy Database
First GEDmatch, the DNA database that helped identify the Golden State Killer, was hacked. Then email addresses from its users were used in a phishing attack on another leading genealogy site.
Texas, California, And Florida Are Now Seeing A Sharp Rise In COVID-19 Deaths
“We just reopened too fast and these are the consequences of it,” an emergency room doctor in Houston said.
These Updating Charts And Maps Show The Coronavirus Pandemic’s Impact Across The US And The World
Follow the latest data on COVID-19 in the US and globally.
Pregnant Women Have Received False Results From This DNA Paternity Test
After a decadelong battle, I won a libel suit filed by a Canadian company that has turned an untold number of pregnant women’s lives upside down.
Experts Fear The Current Surge In US COVID-19 Cases Could Cause A Rise In Deaths
Coronavirus cases have been spiking since mid-June, particularly among younger Americans in the South and West. The big worry is that they will pass the virus onto older, more vulnerable people.
The Black Lives Matter Protests Have Taught Us More About The Coronavirus
Even though hundreds of thousands of protesters and police crowded onto the streets, overall social distancing actually strengthened in big cities with major protests.
The FBI Used Its Most Advanced Spy Plane To Watch Black Lives Matter Protests
The aircraft is normally used to provide surveillance for big federal drug and gang busts — but flew over the Black Lives Matter protests in DC earlier this month, as well as over Baltimore during the protests following Freddie Gray's death.
Experts Are Calling For A Top Science Journal To Retract A Paper On Face Masks And COVID-19
Scientists say that the paper by Nobel Prize winner Mario Molina is based on false statements and flawed statistical analysis.
Health Experts Are Sounding The Alarm About A Coronavirus Surge In Arizona
“Healthcare providers and hospitals in Arizona are issuing dire warnings,” one state representative said. “I sure hope Governor Ducey is listening.”
Scientists Are Questioning Past Research By The Founder of Surgisphere
“It’s like the guy went crazy with Photoshop,” said one expert in scientific image manipulation.
Find The Police And Military Planes That Monitored The Protests In Your City With These Maps
As protests against police brutality ramped up across the nation, aircraft operated by law enforcement and the National Guard were flying overhead.