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Thailand reports 28 new Covid-19 cases, 2 new deaths

After she contracted COVID-19, a visit to Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, turned into a 17-day stay, fighting for her life and that...

Doctor dies of COVID-19 in Lagos

The NCDC said, "Thirty-four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 18 in Lagos , 12 in Kano, two in Katsina, one in Delta, one in Niger". Earlier...

Ask Dr. Nandi: FDA authorizes COVID-19 saliva test for emergency use

Brooks told CNBC that the saliva test will reduce the need for a "tremendous amount" of personal protective equipment for sample collectors, and reduce their r...

How COVID-19 is delaying the 2020 Census

However, a recent study by the Census Bureau has shown that the Mountain State is 12 points behind the national average; leaving WV with the second worse census...

GSK and Sanofi partner for COVID-19 vaccine

Considering that the prices of vaccine development and research, and also the urgency introduced from the COVID-19 pandemic , businesses are now trying out new...

China tightens Russian border checks, approves experimental coronavirus vaccine trials

These are inactivated vaccines that were developed by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products of China National Pharmaceutical Group and Beijing-based ...

Six new COVID-19 positive cases in Dharavi

The total number of cases for Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon now sits at 1,063 as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14. Now the number of corona positive patients...

Douglas County health director anticipates COVID-19 peak at end of April

A COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Lawrence's hospital, LMH Health, is pictured Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The man was the second Will County resident in thei...

J&J beats profit estimates but coronavirus fuels forecast cut

The coronavirus began to take hold in the USA during the final month of the first quarter. Net income in the first quarter was up from the year-ago period by ...

Coronavirus In Nursing Homes: How To Keep Loved Ones Safe

As of Wednesday, 76 patients and 41 staffers have also tested positive for the virus. Now, a second nursing home in Tulare County is battling an outbreak of t...

Virginia Pastor Who Held Church Service Despite Social Distancing Dies Of Coronavirus

The Bishop Glenn of Richmond, Va.'s New Deliverance Evangelistic Church held packed church services, despite a state order limiting public gatherings to no ...

COVID-19: Pregnant nurse dies in Britain, but baby survives

The three categories are hotspot districts, non-hotspot districts but where cases are being reported and green zone districts said Ministry of Health Joint Se...

Coronavirus lockdown: Social distancing 'should be indefinite until vaccine is made'

Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said the U.K.is "probably reaching the peak overall" but that officials are "not yet at the point where we can say confidentl...

Popular Pastor Who Disobeyed Lockdown Order Dies From Coronavirus

His wife, Marcietia Glenn , is also COVID-19 positive and his daughter, Mar-Gerie Crawley is now urging people to stay home and obey social distancing guidel...

Now, China approves trials for two more coronavirus vaccines

The global race is now on for doctors and scientists to find a vaccine for the coronavirus . "The use of an adjuvant can be of particular importance in a pan...

Could COVID 19 Passports Be Coming Soon

The global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 2 million on Wednesday - a day after researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health warned that ...

106-year-old woman released from hospital after recovering from coronavirus

Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, which represents independent social care services, said there have been thousands of cases and deaths...

Coronavirus Social Distancing May Be Needed Until 2022, Harvard Research Reveals

And does publicity to coronaviruses that objective delicate diseases confer any coverage towards the pathogen that reasons COVID-19? An expert who weighed in ...

Most Rhode Island Coronavirus Deaths Have Been Related To Nursing Homes

Unison general secretary Dave Prentis described the situation in care homes as a "national scandal". There had been 55 confirmed coronavirus related deaths ...

COVID-19 death toll tops 12,000 in United Kingdom

The ONS figures provide the most complete picture because they include deaths outside hospitals, such as in hospices, care homes and private residences. The dis...

3 new COVID-19 cases bring Cole County's total to 40

Of those confirmed cases, 45 are patients at Henry Ford Allegiance Health. The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment held steady at 97 for the ...

Coronavirus kills at least 32 people from senior care homes, state says

Unison general secretary Dave Prentis described the situation in care homes as a "national scandal". He said ministry of home affairs will set up a dedicated ...

Harvard study suggests social distancing to remain until 2022

A factory worker packages disposable protective masks along a production line in Morocco's Casablanca on April 10, 2020, as the North African country increases ...

At least 70 potential coronavirus vaccines being developed worldwide

CanSino Bio, based in China , is the first company to push its vaccine testing into phase two. The Phase I trial was conducted in March. Unlike the first phase...

China approves three coronavirus vaccines for clinical trials

According to the World Health Organization , 70 COVID-19 vaccines are in development around the world. As China fights to prevent a second wave of COVID-1...

Pregnant NHS nurse who contracted coronavirus has died

Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, according to ITV News who worked as a nurse on a general ward at the Bedfordshire Hospital for five years, died on Easter Sunday. St...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal squad give amateur clubs financial boost

Euro 2020 which was slated to take place in June-July this year has been postponed to 2021. Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo , who is spending time with fa...

Repeated Intervals of Social Distancing Needed Till 2022: Harvard Study

An expert who weighed in on the Harvard study praised the researchers but said that with so much unknown about COVID-19, it was hard to predict if the virus w...

Infected with a coronavirus the woman gave birth in a coma

That was when the mother realised that her pregnant belly was gone and learned from doctors she had given birth to her baby girl Angela, 4.5 lb, 5 days before...

SIPTU and HSE agree redeployment of health workers to private nursing homes

Foremost among them is the nation's leader, New York, which accounts for more than 2,200 nursing home deaths - 20% of the state's entire death total - but has s...