COVID-19 Hospitalization and Death by Race/Ethnicity

Risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and death by race/ethnicity 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Tennessee areas without mask requirements have higher death toll per capita

  by Jake Lowary Tennessee areas where mask requirements were instituted over the summer have substantially lower death rates due to COVID-19 as compared to areas without mask requirements, according to a new analysis by Vanderbilt Department of Health Policy researchers. The analysis, led by John Graves, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Health...

Bill Gates calls coronavirus pandemic a ‘nightmare scenario,’ but predicts lower death toll than Trump

Gates predicted things won’t “go back to truly normal until we have a vaccine that we’ve gotten out to basically the entire world.” International: Top News And Analysis

Coronavirus live updates: China says death toll tops 900 as confirmed cases cross 40,000

Most cases are located in Hubei province, where the fast-spreading virus was first detected. International: Top News And Analysis

Coronavirus live updates: China says death toll hits 563 as confirmed cases top 28,000

As of Wednesday, more than 28,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported in China, resulting in 563 deaths. International: Top News And Analysis

Coronavirus live updates: China says death toll hits 304, as confirmed cases cross 14,000

A World Health Organization report said the outbreak is still largely centered in the Hubei province in China. International: Top News And Analysis

Trump threatens to hit 52 Iranian targets if Tehran retaliates over top general’s death

Trump warned Iran that the U.S. has targeted 52 sites “at a very high level and important to Iran and Iranian culture.”

Death toll in Baghdad protests rises to 19

Iraqi protesters pressed on with angry anti-government rallies in the capital and across several provinces for a fifth day Saturday, with security agencies fatally shooting 19 protesters. World News & Analysis

Opinion: Tyler Skaggs' death still a tragedy despite drug-related cause

Tyler Skaggs’ death still is a tragedy regardless of the drug-induced cause, and it will be even bigger if we don’t learn the reason behind it.        GANNETT Syndication Service