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United Kingdom scientists 80% confident coronavirus vaccine could be ready September

While it was widely estimated that the creation of a vaccine could take up to 18 months, Professor Gilbert said that in a best case scenario, she believes that ...

Minnesota Records 94 Additional COVID-19 Cases

The number of cases listed in recovery, however, also is increasing, according to health department data. We would like to thank all those community members and...

Coronavirus: ICMR suggests containment in 36 districts of 15 states

Despite this rising trend of COVID-19 positivity, ICMR has been denying community transmission for a while. Stage 4 would be the widespread outbreak in whic...

COVID-19: Premier Legault confirms 31 dead at Dorval care residence

Legault made a point of chairing the daily COVID-19 news briefing Saturday, which is usually his day off, to deliver the shocking news. "Obviously, it's huge,...

101-year-old British man recovers from coronavirus; flashes double thumbs up

Keith Watson posed with nurses who cared for him at Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, Worcs. Albert Chambers, who will be 100 in July, developed symptoms of cov...

Apple and Stanford partner on coronavirus app for first responders

The users can take the app's result to their respective workplace and show it to the person who is in charge of health - referred to inside the app as a "depart...

Australia Health Authority Warns Against Hydroxychloroquine to Treat COVID-19

The blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial will be done with adults now hospitalized with COVID-19. " Hydroxychloroquine has showed promise in a lab settin...

Tragic last pleas for help from woman, 66

Penny, that would certainly talk with her sibling on a regular basis, stated she was called by healthcare facility personnel on Saturday, that informed her that...

Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Joseph Baena recreates dad's famous pose

He posted his impressive physique this week on Instagram. He captioned the snap, " Perfect time to practice some posing! ". Fans were loving the snap, with it...

Netherlands: Total coronavirus cases near 25000

But the real concern is the recent surge in infection cases in the UK. The figures for deaths in care homes are running 12 days behind the daily reported deat...

Nike's Making Air Soles Into Face Shields to Fight Covid-19

On Tuesday, Nike released an image of its newly created full-face shield, which was created using elements of the brand's signature shoes, the Nike Air. The...

Doctor who warned British gov't of equipment shortage dies of coronavirus

On March 18, he wrote an urgent message to Johnson on Facebook in a call to PPE for "every person" in the UK. The prime minister, who is at the moment being h...

Coronavirus: War veteran Albert Chambers discharged from hospital

Once he recovered, the nurses at Tickhill Road Hospital made a decision to give him a special goodbye to let him know how proud they were of him. "I want to say...

Coronavirus: UK records 917 new hospital deaths

So far, 1,717 people have tested positive for the disease. This brings the total number of United Kingdom deaths to 9,875, according to the Department of Heal...

Nationwide lockdown to be extended by 2 weeks

In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi had with all state chief ministers to discuss the situation arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday,...

Nursing home with 39 coronavirus cases evacuated after staff stops showing up

Three people tested positive for COVID-19 at a nursing home in Dare County, the county's sheriff's office announced in a Facebook post Thursday. "She also menti...

Further 25 people die from Covid-19 in Ireland

COVID-19 clusters in Ireland as of Saturday April 4th. The ECDC also advised that it is now too early to start lifting community and physical distancing measu...

Doctors hope plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients holds key to treatment

The U.S. government's National Institutes of Health launched an official clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug that President Trump has already touted as a po...

Some Doctors Believe BCG May Be Helpful Against COVID-19

The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, a.k.a. BCG vaccine, which was created to protect against tuberculosis, is now under clinical trials worldwide as a way to combat t...

Coronavirus: A guide for wearing, cleaning your face mask

The city is also requesting that travel by public transit be used only for essential trips like grocery shopping, healthcare and going to work. However, cloth...

Coronavirus: New Zealand has third and fourth death due to Covid-19

The second was a man in his 70s who died in Burwood Hospital after being among the group transferred from the Rosewood Rest Home. The other death was West Coa...

Nursing home evacuated after staff skips shifts amid COVID-19 pandemic

The number of total COVID-19 cases in Riverside County Tuesday surpassed 1,000. City leaders issued the directive to ensure all seven nursing homes in the cit...

Recovery numbers growing faster than new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan

The samples are being sent to the National Microbiology Laboratory for further testing. The recovery total is at 136. There are now eight people in hospital...

Research shows most NY coronavirus cases came from Europe, not Asia

To trace back the ancestry of the virus, the NY team uploaded the samples they had taken to a server run by the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data ...

Florida Governor Wrongly Claims Coronavirus Killed No One Under 25

The latest evidence of that came Thursday, when DeSantis sought to explain his thinking about potentially re-opening schools in the state. "There's probably n...

NRL: Australian rugby league competition to restart on 28 May

The announcement came hours after free-to-air broadcast partners Channel Nine released a scathing statement accusing the NRL of mismanaging funds, and leaving...

Coronavirus can infect cats, study finds

The virus is not likely to infect chickens, pigs and ducks according to the research. In studies of airborne transmission, they found the new coronavirus was ...

Hopes dashed in DR Congo as new Ebola case reported

The first person to contract Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo in more than 50 days has died, the government said on Friday, ending hopes that the secon...

Coronavirus fatalities in France rise by 541 to 7,632

France has extended a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus beyond 15 April, with stringent measures unlikely to end anytime soon. "Tension is barely...

First Lady Melania Trump models face mask in coronavirus PSA

There are some exceptions, including children under the age of two, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to re...