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The coronavirus probably has a stronger ability to spread than the World Health Organization has estimated so far. This according to a review of previous studies of the coronavirus' transmissibility.

A research station off Antarctica's northern tip just reported a new record-high temperature of 69.35 degrees Fahrenheit (20.75 degrees Celsius).

Officials are seeing a new spike in flu activity as a second strain of flu hits on the heels of the first.

The Breakthrough Listen SETI project has scanned the interstellar Comet Borisov for "technosignatures" but come up empty so far.

Coronavirus fatalities have remained consistent in recent days even as the number of new infections falls. Chinese authorities also said over 1,700 hospital staff have become infected and six have died.

Hawaii health authorities began a search on Friday for anyone who may have had close contact with a Japanese tourist who fell ill on the island of Oahu and tested positive for a new coronavirus soon after returning to his home country.'

As the number of coronavirus cases jumps dramatically in China, a top infectious-disease scientist warns that things could get far worse: Two-thirds of the world’s population could catch it. So says Ira Longini, an adviser to the World Health Organization who tracked studies of the virus’s

China's Hubei Province on Friday announced an additional 4,823 new cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours.

The county's chief prosecutor will examine singer James Brown's death after meeting Wednesday with a woman who said she has evidence that Brown was murdered.

E-Verify makes life harder on immigrants who want to work, but it doesn't make things better for anyone—-even those who want to see those immigrants leave.

In a guest column, a Florida business owner says the proposed E-Verify system would be cumbersome, expensive and hurt businesses.

A top Chinese official appointed to handle the crisis said his team could not confirm the exact scale of the epidemic in the city, but warned the number of potential carriers could be 'quite large'.

New cases of the novel coronavirus spiked more than 14,000 on Thursday.

MEN are more likely to get infected with China's deadly coronavirus thanks to what experts have called a far weaker immune system than women.

The coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed at least 1,370 people and infected more than 60,000. New research from a group of Chinese scientists suggests the virus' incubation period could be as long as 24 days. Currently, the

The post Sanders Takes the Lead, but Bloomberg and Buttigieg Reap Spoils of Biden's Decline appeared first on Morning Consult .

The 2020 New Hampshire primary is in the books, and one of the messiest primaries in recent history seemingly got even messier. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders did win as expected. He remains the national front runner in polling and fundraising. But Sanders g

The Chinese province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday under a new diagnostic method, and Beijing sacked two top provincial officials after criticism of their handling of the crisis.'

Modern genomes from Nigeria and Sierra Leone show signals that scientists call ghost DNA — from an unknown human ancestor. That means that prehistoric humans likely procreated with an unknown group.

President Trump's administration is pushing for federal workforce reforms. It wants more flexibility in who it can hire and how it hires. It complains that the HR process takes too long, and the U.S. loses candidates to the private sector.