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WALLA WALLA, Wash. — As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Walla Walla County continues to rise, public health officials said they have been receiving reports of COVID-19 “parties” being held in the community. At the “parties,” noninfected people mingle with an infected person to try and catch the virus, health officials said in…

Share on PinterestResearch suggests that people who tend to get their news from social media are more prone to disinformation about the new coronavirus.Though the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is still relatively new, people already know much about it, including its means of transmission, and how we can slow that transmission down. Conveying this…

ask the experts” article, the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has more than doubled, as has the number of deaths.With the situation shifting and morphing, we contacted our experts again and asked them the same question: “What do you wish people knew about COVID-19?”We also asked how their viewpoint has shifted over the…

pic.twitter.com/YWweaOh0Re— TransparencIT Nigeria (@TransparencITng) May 4, 2020"This spike in death sentences puts Nigeria at odds with the global trend towards abolition of the death penalty," Osai Ojigho Director, Amnesty International Nigeria, told AFP.Charges"As of today, many more countries have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. Nigeria must not be different," he said.Hameed…

By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool The golden statues of the Trocadero esplanade, in front of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, are covered with protective face masks.CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 5 May Europe’s first known coronavirus case may have been in December A…