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United Kingdom hospital COVID-19 death toll rises 14,576

Prime Minister Boris Johnson initially refrained from approving the stringent controls that other European leaders imposed but then closed down the country when...

Covid-19 patients respond to Gilead's drug, share surge

The University Hospital in Chicago is one of 152 hospitals participating in the Gilead study with seriously ill Covid - 19 - Patients participate. Stat News ...

Police warn people not click links in scam COVID-19 text messages

In early March, the BBB issued a warning about a similar text message scam relating to COVID-19. Police recommend that if you are unsure of where a text or ...

Shock pictures emerge from inside secretive Wuhan laboratory as Trump opens investigation

But the existence of the facility has fuelled conspiracy theories that the germ spread from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, specifically its P4 laboratory whic...

FTSE100 boosted by optimism over potential coronavirus drug

Shares in the USA giant rocketed 18% in after-hours trading adding US$14bn in its value after the story appeared in USA medical publication STAT. According to a...

Coronavirus outbreak: Prince William opens new Nightingale COVID-19 hospital

Manchester is a past master at bringing light to dark times. " My husband and I visited Manchester in 2017 , shortly after the bad bombing, and were deeply mo...

Number of COVID-19 cases in Ontario tops 10,000

The husband of an Ontario health-care worker who died after contracting COVID-19 said his wife was a great mother who loved her job. Of the total 10,010 cases...

Coronavirus study finds social distancing into 2022 may be necessary

A group of Harvard disease researchers said that intermittent social distancing - through 2022 - should help stop continual resurgence of COVID-19. The stu...

15th case of COVID-19 reported in Fannin County

The total confirmed case total in Muhlenberg County is 70. The department of health will monitor their conditions closely and has begun a thorough contact traci...

U.S. halts sale of bleach product touted as 'miracle' virus cure

Chlorine dioxide products have not been shown to be safe or effective for any use - including Covid-19. The FDA said it had received reports of serious adve...

Doctors Criticize UK Government over Coronavirus Protection Shortages

Sara Gorton, the head of health at Unison, said: "If gowns run out, staff in high-risk areas may well decide that it's no longer safe for them to work". A leake...

NYC nursing homes besieged by coronavirus deaths

McNamara added, "In light of that, I would ask that Minister if that sacrifice was in any way undermined by the advice of the Chief Medical Officer on the 10th ...

OH surpasses 9,000 cases of COVID-19 cases

ODH reported 2,424 hospitalizations and 740 people in intensive care units Friday, up from 2,331 hospitalizations and 707 in ICU Thursday, 2,237 hospitalization...

Ky. April 17 COVID-19 update: 2,522 total cases, 8 new deaths

In this Sunday, April 5, 2020, photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks about the novel coronavirus during a media conference at the state Capitol in Frankfort,...

Japan to start distributing cash to virus-hit citizens in May

Data from Japan's Health Ministry shows a almost sixfold spike in cases among people in their 50s and younger since the March 20-22 three-day weekend, compared ...

World Health Organization unsure antibodies protect against COVID, little sign of herd immunity

Nearly four years after its creation The New European goes from strength to strength across print and online, offering a pro-European perspective on Brexit and ...

B.C. announces 43 new COVID-19 cases, total stands at 1618

We are bending the curve. The growth of new COVID-19 infections in B.C. has slowed and provincial health authorities are now looking at ways to ease some rest...

Improvement seen in COVID-19 patients given plasma transfusion: St Luke's doctors

The chemical product, chlorine dioxide, becomes a powerful bleach when combined with the included activator, officials said. The FDA sent a letter earlier in ...

'Heartbreaking' report shows virus ravaging NY nursing homes

Deaths in care centers account for nearly 20% of the U.S. entire coronavirus deaths. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . The state's accou...

How close are we to a Covid-19 vaccine?

Henry Ji. That, he said, could mean around six weeks from September, when the team hopes to have positive trial data. But developing a vaccine is a long-d...

Britain launches coronavirus vaccine taskforce

Two of the world's largest vaccine makers, Sanofi will contribute its S-protein COVID-19 antigen to the partnership, while GSK will contribute its proven pand...

Blood Bank Seeking Plasma Donation from Recovered COVID19 Patients

The goal of this treatment is to determine if blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can improve the chance of recovery in people with severe cases of th...

Netherlands: Virus cases top 31,500, deaths over 3,600

It found that people were most infectious beginning 2.3 days before the onset of symptoms, with infectiousness peaking right before symptoms began, or 0.7 days ...

Governor begins to reopen Texas

Any surgery or procedure performed in a licensed health care facility that has certified in writing to Texas HHSC both (1) that it will reserve at least 25% of ...

Coronavirus: Spotlight on hard-hit elderly homes as toll emerges

Forty five patients died at the Kings Harbor Multicare Center in The Bronx, the next highest death toll among the city's nursing homes. "The Chief Medical Offic...

Doctors criticise United Kingdom government over coronavirus protection shortages - global

The Royal College of Nursing said it had written "in the strongest terms" to express their concerns over the rules change, and said they had not been consulted ...

Ontario confirms 564 new cases of coronavirus, 55 more deaths

However, the number of daily cases here, in recent days, have seen a sharp spike, leading to the it being praised for being the only state in the country to hav...

Moderna Gets $483M BARDA Deal for COVID-19 Vaccine

Meanwhile, in a bid to accelerate vaccine research, the government launched a taskforce, which will be led by Vallance and Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Engl...

Rolling Stones join Lady Gaga's Together at Home concert

Chris Martin of Coldplay was the first artist to join the Global Citizen "Together, At Home" series when he played an Instagram live show last month. It is al...

COVID-19 Striking Far More Children Than Expected

The number of confirmed Covid-19-related deaths in the Republic of Ireland so far is 486. As of 11.15am Friday 17 April, the HPSC has been notified of the fol...