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Developing COVID-19 vaccine in 12-18 months nearly unprecedented

Rolling all phases into a controlled study has the potential to slash the wait time for the roll-out of an efficacious vaccine , the trio argued. The furthes...

Two more outbreaks at Ontario's long-term care homes

Meanwhile, 4,556 people have recovered from COVID-19 , which is 47.8 per cent of cases. "I couldn't have wished for a better mentor in my sign-off placement"...

So far 67% of SC coronavirus patients have recovered, DHEC estimates

To date, 1,689 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals while 964 remain at wards. "We found that there are many, many unidentified cases of...

Trump says travel restrictions top priority as US reopens

Phase 2- Vulnerable people are to remain sheltered in place. Contrary to the deserved dust-up over Trump's comments about his " ultimate authority " earlier t...

World Health Organization warns against coronavirus antibody tests

These finger-prick tests, officially known as serologic tests, analyse serum or plasma for evidence of antibodies generated to fight off COVID-19 . But exper...

Gov. Abbott Issues Orders Outlining How To Reopen Texas Economy

By coming together, we can get Texans back to work, practice safe standards that will prevent the spread of COVID-19, and we can overcome this pandemic". Texas ...

Alberta reports new COVID-19 figures for RMWB

Now that the province has mandated expanded testing, Hinshaw said she understands that Albertans are concerned about the risk of infection at long-term care fac...

Benton, Stearns Counties Report Increase in COVID-19 Cases

With over 640,000 confirmed cases in the country with almost 30,000 worldwide deaths according to Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Robert Redfield of the CDC says ...

Scarborough facility confirms death of long-time personal support worker to COVID-19

The number of cases still under investigation have also increased significantly to just under 6,000 tests. In a letter addessed to Premier Doug Ford, Sharleen...

B.C.’s epidemic curve below initial projections

Henry said although British Columbia is far from returning to normal, health officials are looking at easing restrictions. "Our new normal in the months ahead...

Pro-Trump protesters push back on stay-at-home orders in Texas

While those Michiganders who are out of work will continue to receive their full unemployment benefits, it is suspected that business taxes will be increased to...

Bayfield County Health Department confirms first COVID-19 death

Neither health department reports the number of those recovered. There have been no COVID-19-related deaths in Person County. Malta, Cortland, Esmond, Sandw...

UK begins public-private vaccine taskforce

We have done 30 sequencing in two of our labs. The school says it is releasing information about the project now to help inform Canada's COVID-19 response. "T...

Wisconsin Extends Stay-at-Home Order Until May 26: Governor

Requires the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and managed care plans to act on prior authorization requests for complex rehabilitation technology within ...

Pregnant Ghanaian nurse dies of COVID-19 but baby ‘well’ after birth

Despite that, the province announced on Thursday the addition of more than 2,500 acute and critical care beds to their hospitals, in preparation for a potenti...

World Health Organization says clinical trials of three COVID-19 vaccines underway

The chimp vaccine was one of three Oxford projects that have received $A40 million so far. Of the latter group, two are now in Phase I, which means the safety...

Abbott: Texas schools will remain closed through end of current year

Abbott outlined steps to reopen the Texas economy, including allowing retail-to-go service beginning April 24. At a news conference Friday, he said the state...

United Kingdom coronavirus deaths surpasses 14,500 as 847 more die

The Department of Health announced the latest increase, with 14,576 people with COVID-19 - the disease caused by coronavirus - now confirmed to have died in h...

Dr. Oz Says He ‘Misspoke’ When Talking on Reopening Schools

Twitter users made the hashtag #FireDrOz one of the site's top trending terms on Thursday. That's the question that's being asked after Mr. Phil McNAH and ...

Wuhan officials have revised the city's coronavirus death toll up by 50%

While China appears to have overcome the worst of the virus, reporting only 26 new confirmed cases, its lowest daily total in two weeks, the country is grapplin...

First death linked to COVID-19 in western Quebec

At Eatonville, 31 residents have died from coronavirus and there are a total of 79 positive cases. "She was a fantastic mother, a fantastic wife and a fanta...

A DIY guide to making alternative face masks

But some local governments have taken the recommendations to a new level. On Monday Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government's chief scientific adviser, said: "...

Apple, Rogers partner with province to provide iPads for low-income students

Apple is also offering teachers free one-to-one virtual coaching by Apple Professional Learning Specialists. This week, school boards across Ontario began pur...

Texas governor announces easing of virus restrictions

Effective April 22, current restrictions on procedures will be loosened, allowing doctors to diagnose and treat certain medical conditions without seeking excep...

Ontario records first COVID-19 death of nursing-home worker

That marks the largest single day increase in cases the province since the outbreak began. Meanwhile, a growing backlog of tests includes 5,993 cases now unde...

Coronavirus outbreak: 847 new COVID-19 deaths in UK

Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty has warned the United Kingdom will endure thousands more COVID-19 deaths before the lockdown is eased , even thoug...

China boosts virus death tally, rejects accusations of cover up

The team analyzed the strains using a phylogenetic network, which is a " graph used to visualize evolutionary relationships (either abstractly or explicitly) b...

The Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, Everything We Know So Far

The preliminary immunogenicity and safety results from the study are expected to be available in July. They also developed an HIV vaccine that is now in the t...

Covid-19: UAE announces 460 new cases, 2 deaths

A team of experts, including Emily A. Holmes, PhD, Department of Psychology at Uppsala University, said in a new position paper the optimal structure of a men...

Ruby Princess expected to depart on Sunday as commission of inquiry announced

As part of their criminal investigation, authorities have already collected more than 220 leads and found "2,500 witnesses to whom the police could speak on the...