Daily Archives: 02/01/2020


Q&A: How the Coronavirus Differs from the Flu and SARS

*/ /–>/ /–>/ /–>/ The Latest:Q: “And about the death rate, I think I’ve seen that it’s like, you know, there’s just the raw numbers coming out of China. It’s about 2 percent, but that’s people who have been in the hospital …


New Tech Could Make Coronavirus Vaccine in Record Time

A vaccine against the new Wuhan coronavirus may start testing in as little as three months, according to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci.That’s fast.It took 20 months before a vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome, …


Author Mary Higgins Clark, ‘Queen of Suspense,’ dead at 92

Mary Higgins Clark, the tireless and long-reigning “Queen of Suspense” whose tales of women beating the odds made her one of the world’s most popular writers, died Friday at age 92.Her publisher, Simon & Schuster, announced that she died of …


DC Carnival Queen Braves Social Stereotypes

Kelly Carnes is anything but ordinary. A public relations executive and entrepreneur, she has made parties and carnivals her everyday reality and lives the life that feels natural to her. But there’s one element in her life that puzzles many, …