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Calling COVID-19 'Chinese Virus' Isn't Racist

You should be ashamed of yourself". While Trump in his remarks on Wednesday echoed a slew of right-wing commentary of recent days by claiming "it's not ra...

Local schools to close by Friday

In a statement, Ms Sturgeon said it is "inevitable" that schools will shut and they will probably be shut by the end of this week. It came after Prime Ministe...

Carmine Fusco dies with COVID-19

Grace Fusco, the family's 73-year-old matriarch, died on Wednesday, unaware that her two eldest children-Carmine Jackson and Rita Fusco-Jackson, both in their 5...

No scientific evidence ibuprofen worsens COVID-19 — World Health Organization backpedals

French Health Minister Olivier Veran said in a statement that the use of ibuprofen and similar drugs could be an "aggravating factor" in infections caused by th...

'Devastating': Six Relatives Of NJ's Second Coronavirus Fatality Hospitalized

More than a dozen other members of the family are being tested. "Our hearts are broken over losing our sister, Rita". "This has been devastating for all of us...

Governor Murphy Orders All Malls Closed Due to Coronavirus Crisis

Murphy specifically spoke to younger people and their parents, warning them not to throw house parties underground during the crisis. He reiterated desire to st...

Ontario Government Declares State of Emergency

Charles Gardner, medical officer of health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, said. Late last week, opposition parties agreed to pass a government m...

Japanese drug Avigan is effective for coronavirus treatment, says China

Chinese media have reported the effectiveness of the drug on the coronavirus , as it was manufactured to treat new strains of influenza. The director sai...

Coronavirus Kills 3 Members of NJ Family

His sister Rita-Fusco Jackson died last Friday and then later tested positive for COVID-19 , becoming the state's second victim. Another 19 relatives have te...

Pfizer, BioNTech to co-develop potential coronavirus vaccine

The rapid advancement of this collaboration builds on the research and development collaboration into which Pfizer and BioNTech entered in 2018 to develop m...

Telehealth Ontario Line back up and running after technical issue, province says

A Barrie-area man has died and tested positive for the virus posthumously. "There has been a death. I'm very sorry and extend my condolences to this person's ...

NFL Star Tom Brady to Sign $30M/Yr. Contract With Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Teams that have been interested in signing Brady reportedly given the impression that he wanted to play with Brown in 2020, according to Ian Rapoport and Tom Pe...

Beaumont Reports First COVID-19 Death in MI

Barbara Ducatman, chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for Beaumont Health . Coronavirus testing is being processed on-site by Beaumont staff on a limi...

Trump suspends all travel from Europe, except Britain

On Saturday, there were more than 1,100 confirmed cases in the country, and 90 confirmed cases in Ireland. The spread of Covid-19 is escalating and has be...

Working out while social distancing: Planet Fitness moving classes to Facebook

Planet Fitness said that the workouts will air live Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET and are no longer than 20 minutes long. These lessons are open to anybod...

What to know about pregnancy and COVID-19

Neal said . The study examined the epidemiology of COVID-19 among 2,143 children across China, the birthplace of the pandemic that's now racing around the ...

COVID-19: Health unit readying second London assessment centre

The hospital said last week it had access to around 900 COVID-19 test kits. It is largely a pull-up operation, with health officials assessing - but not testi...

COVID-19: Alberta suspends all non-emergency dental treatment, services

At least one dental practice in Peterborough (Cornerstone Family Dentistry on Reid Street) is already contacting patients to reschedule non-emergency work. The ...

Coronavirus Stable on Surfaces for Hours to Days

The NIH scientists, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Montana facility at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, compared how environment ...

Resident tests positive for Covid-19 at Vancouver residential care home

The declaration of a public health emergency gives Henry the authority to issue verbal orders. She says restaurants can remain open if they can incorporate di...

Coronavirus: Kansas closes schools until fall; other states may soon follow suit

Once sanitized, some buildings may reopen for small groups of school personnel to plan for continuous learning, she said. As approved by the House last week, ...

McConnell: Senate will vote Wednesday on House-passed coronavirus relief

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , speaking moments after the vote, called it "a very important" step. McConnell acknowledged the urgent need to get re...

DeSantis: Four University Of Florida Students Test Positive For Coronavirus; Bars Suspended

Some people in Florida are apparently not interested in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. All Florida universities and colleges will fini...

Franklin Memorial Hospital implementing temporary visitor restrictions

Truman VA Medical Center in Columbia is also screening visitors upon entry. If patients have symptoms of COVID-19 including fever, cough and shortness of breath...

USA suspends all foreclosures, evictions until May

The president also said FEMA would be activated on a level one disaster to offer federal support for the coronavirus response. Trump also said he will expand ...

Premier Jason Kenney to share 'important update' on COVID-19 in Alberta

All Albertans are prohibited from attending rec centres, casinos, fitness centres and entertainment facilities, as well as bars and nightclubs. Sit-down resta...

Professor who met UK PM over Covid-19 response self-isolates

In the study, the team of researchers compared the potential impact of COVID-19 disease with the devastating flu outbreak of 1918 and found out that with no ext...

Novel coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause illnesses ranging widely in severity. SARS-CoV-1 is the human coronavirus most closely related to SA...

Premier Doug Ford to hold press conference as coronavirus outbreak continues

This first round of money will ensure more hospital beds, front-line workers and at least 25 new COVID-19 assessment centres across the province. "We are acti...

Trump Admin Lifts Limits on Telehealth Services for 62 Million Medicare Recipients

As a result, a person from the vulnerable population who needs a routine check up will not have to venture outside of his or her home and can avoid unnecessary ...