Month: May 2021

Here’s what you need to know: Funeral pyres of coronavirus victims at a makeshift crematorium in New Delhi on Sunday.Credit...Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images Amid a deepening crisis in India, growing numbers of medical experts are adding their voices to a chorus of condemnation of the government’s response and calling for nationwide restrictions to try to limit the horrifying death toll. Although the official figures are already staggering — more than 350,000 new infections daily this month and nearly 250,000 total deaths — some experts say that the numbers are a vast undercount and estimate that India is on pace to suffer more than one million deaths by August. The Indian Medical Association said it was time for a “complete, well-planned, pre-announced” lockdown to replace the sca...

Ash the cat selects the Kanizsa square stimulus — in other words, the illusion of a square — in a new study in which pet owners provided the data. Tara McCready hide caption toggle caption Tara McCready Ash the cat selects the Kanizsa square stimulus — in other words, the illusion of a square — in a new study in which pet owners provided the data. Tara McCready If you'v...

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 214 additional COVID-19 cases on Monday and no new deaths.The number of Mainers who have died from COVID-19 remains at 795.The 214 additional cases bring the total since the beginning of the outbreak in Maine to 64,208.The Maine CDC said 587,938 Mainers, or 43.74% of the population, have received their final dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.MAINE CORONAVIRUS DATA: Deaths: 795 Total cases: 64,208 Confirmed cases: 47,462 Probable cases: 16,746 Cumulative positivity rate: 2.8% 14-day positivity rate: 2.5% Currently hospitalized: 131 Patients in intensive care: 50 Patients on ventilators: 22Get more detailed COVID-19 data from the Maine CDCMaine COVID-19 Vaccine LatestAny...