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More than 200 nursing homes across California report COVID-19 cases
Representatives with CMS, or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , announced the new measures during Sunday evening's White House briefing. About 12...
29 new cases and 3 more COVID-related deaths in BC
The total number of COVID-19 cases in B.C.is up to 1,699. "We can't lose sight that we continue to have people who are affected by this, we continue to have o...
US lockdowns coincide with rise in poisonings from cleaners
The CDC report , published Monday, collected call data from 55 poison centers in the U.S. It found that from January to March, poison centers received 45,550...
Ontario COVID-19 cases increase by 606 today, more than 5500 recoveries
That means the province is trending to a best-case scenario instead of the worst case. Numbers also continued to climb in Quebec, which has by far the highest...
Georgia governor to reopen some businesses as early as Friday
Businesses that will not allowed to reopen include bars, nightclubs, amusement parks, and live performance venues. What do YOU think about Kemp reopening ...
7,500 feared to have died with coronavirus in care homes
Updated figures from the Long Term Care Policy Network show that in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, France, Belgium, Norway and Canada, the proportion of all...
Abbott Launches Laboratory-Based COVID-19 Antibody Blood Test
Between the lines: The antibody tests could be useful for gathering information about the true spread of the virus, and for potentially helping high-risk pop...
Novartis, US drug regulators agree to malaria drug trial against COVID-19
There are now no approved medicines or vaccines specifically for COVID-19. Novartis said the clinical trial follows up on its commitment to donate up to 130 m...
Passengers at Canadian airports required to carry non-medical masks
In addition, all operators of ferries and essential passenger vehicles will provide public messaging to travellers about the need to have a non-medical mask or ...
Facebook tool will track coronavirus symptoms across the UK
According to NBC , the information is from a voluntary survey that Facebook has prompted users to take, to help researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University ...
5-year-old daughter of Detroit first responders dies of coronavirus
Skylar's mother LaVondria says that her child's improvement had stopped and that doctors said she was possibly brain dead. The 5-year-old daughter of two firs...
US CDC reports 690,714 coronavirus cases, 35,443 deaths
The mistake was "destroying the country" and "absolutely awful black mark at the CDC", James Le Duc, a former officer of CDC, told The Post . The Vice Presiden...
Chioma, Fiance Of Nigerian Musician, Davido, Recovers From Coronavirus
According to Davido , Chioma hardly showed any symptoms even after testing postive for the coronavirus . Chioma Avril Rowland, fiancee to Davido , award-wi...
Expert warns there is no guarantee of successful Covid-19 vaccine
The prospects are very good but it is clearly not completely certain'. We're talking about hundreds of millions or maybe even billions of doses. Over 60 pote...
Anti-Netanyahu rally draws thousands under coronavirus curbs
Israel's deeply divided 120-member parliament has no clear path towards a stable governing coalition, so the move risks prolonging the country's worst-ever poli...
Donald Trump warns of consequences if China was knowingly responsible for coronavirus
Business leaders have also told Trump the country needs to have widespread testing in place before their companies can return to normal operations. On Saturday,...
Oxford raises vaccine hope with production caveat
The performance of a new coronavirus vaccine is tested at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. TNS. Human trials to start next week in the UKA VACCINE tria...
Education Secretary Says He Can't Give A Date When Schools Will Reopen
You're such an important part of this fight too and I can not thank you enough for what you're doing". Gavin Williamson said he wanted "nothing more" than to ...
The Canadian Press The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
Yesterday the number of cases increased by 5.2 per cent. In Alberta, the death count rose to 55 , after another four people died this weekend and an addition...
United Kingdom to collect COVID-19 survivors' blood for treatment trials
Doctors at Hoxworth and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center are testing the treatment options on COVID-19 patients, but they need more plasma from peopl...
Loans averaged US$206000 in small businesses fund that ran out
The PPP ran out of funds on Thursday, faster than expected. "It's being held hostage for things unrelated to it". Both firms said that the funds were transferre...
Woman Who Organized NJ Anti-Lockdown Protest Charged With Violating Lockdown
Earlier this month, police in Lakewood charged 15 men with violating New Jersey's ban on large social gatherings by holding a rabbi's funeral at a synagogue. Ca...
Province authorises $2000 fine for price gouging, secondary reselling of medical supplies
Farnworth said the province recognizes that as demand for supplies increases, the price does increase. "That's why effective immediately the province is enabl...
Heartbreaking' report shows virus ravaging NY nursing homes
The state said it is not identifying nursing homes with fewer than five deaths for privacy purposes. A Dublin care home for the elderly has had eleven Covid-1...
David Hockney suggests smoking helps protect people from coronavirus
Smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be urged to stop smoking immediately or risk complications if they contract Covid-19, new guida...
NCDHHS, universities partner to research coronavirus cases with no, mild symptoms
He said public and private labs have the ability to expand testing but that in order to do so, medical professionals need certain key supplies including the pro...
Nurses Suspended from Hospital Jobs for Refusing to Work Without Face Masks
Another nurse said she tested positive after treating coronavirus patients. "In the event that we get a surge of COVID-19 patients in San Antonio, which is pr...
Coronavirus: Gilead may partner with local firms for Remdesivir production in India
Over half of patients (57%) on mechanical ventilation were extubated and almost half of all patients (47%) were discharged from the hospital following treatment...
Tasmania confirms four new coronavirus cases in northwest
The worker had also done shifts at three aged care homes - Melaleuca Nursing Home in East Devonport, Eliza Purton Home for the Aged in Ulverstone, and Coroneagh...
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...
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