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Minute's silence for NHS heroes

Kent will fall silent this morning to commemorate those who have lost their lives to coronavirus while working on the frontline. "It is important that we s...

New COVID-19 death reported in Gallatin County

The Stephenson County Health Department is reporting 4 new positive cases of COVID-19 involving 3 people in their 20s and 1 in their 50s. COVID-19 has claimed t...

Oxford's Jenner Institute hopes to develop COVID-19 vaccine by September

This gave the Oxford group the ability to schedule tests of its vaccine with more than 6,000 people by the end of May, where other labs are limited to hundred...

Coronavirus: Wales care home and hospital deaths pass 1,000

Shocking fresh statistics show the devastating impact Covid-19 is having on the United Kingdom , revealing that it has recorded its highest weekly death toll s...

'Hero' New York City doctor in coronavirus front line takes own life

The elder Dr Breen said his daughter had had no history of mental illness. He said his daughter travelled to Charlottesville to stay with her sister after t...

464 people in Mayo now with confirmed cases Covid-19

This brings the total number of deaths here to 1,063. The criteria for Covid-19 testing are being broadened from this morning, to include more suspected cases...

Coronavirus: Top NYC doctor takes her own life

Emergency medicine physician, Dr. Dara Kass, who worked with Breen at the facility said even when she was at home recovering from the virus, Breen still made su...

United Kingdom says some children have died from syndrome linked to Covid-19

He asked why his father's letter to Johnson was ignored. But I assure you we took very seriously the concerns your father raised and are doing absolutely everyt...

Plans to ease restrictions being made cautiously: Henry

Province-wide there were only 50 new cases reported over the two-day span, bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 1,998, Henry said. "We are now ...

COVID-19: Outbreak at Superior Poultry in Coquitlam grows to 25

Ninety-seven patients are now in hospital, including 36 in intensive care, and 1,190 people have recovered from their illness. The two new cases at long term ca...

Governor Abbott: Stay at Home order to expire April 30th

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced the stay at home order will be expiring on April 30th. Over 80% of Texas' 254 counties - 205 - are reporting cases. Bar...

Ontario lays out road map to reopen the province

The province's Associate Chief Medical Officer says as of this morning, the Ministry of Long Term care has reported a total of 671 deaths. This is a change of 1...

WHO Chief Ghebreyesus says pandemic far from over, anxious about children

The WHO issued the original statement in response to a suggestion from politicians in several countries that so-called "immunity passports" could be issued to...

Ontario unveils broad outline for reopening economy in three stages

Companies would have to ensure that rather than business as usual, they have plans in place to reflect the "new normal" in order to open their doors once again,...

Gov. DeWine announces first steps of easing coronavirus-related restrictions

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine shared his administration's plans to reopen several industries during the state's most recent coronavirus briefing on Monday, prov...

Urgent Alert Issued in UK As Coronavirus-Related Condition Seen in Children

British health officials have warned medical doctors about a "serious coronavirus-related syndrome" affecting children, according to Britain's Health Service J...

CDC adds 6 new possible coronavirus symptoms

The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had initially listed fever, dry cough and breathing difficulties as signs l...

Most New York Coronavirus Patients Suffered From Comorbidities

Dr. Thomas Oxley, a neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai Health System in NY, said that, "The virus seems to be causing increased clotting in the large arteries, leadi...

COVID-19 causing blood clots, sudden strokes in young adults, doctors say

Flu-like symptoms can be indicative of infection with the novel coronavirus these days. In most cases, the new coronavirus cause mild or moderate sympto...

UK’s NHS warns of rise in children with new illness

On Monday, the Health Service Journal reported that they had been shown a memo which was sent to general practitioners in North London practices by their cl...

"People Say I Am Hardest Working President": Donald Trump

The idea of curtailing briefings , which was first reported by Axios , was already being discussed before Thursday's controversial comments, as aides in and o...

World Health Organization warns against coronavirus immunity passports

People can become immune to a virus through natural infection typically within one to two weeks. "Children may be at relatively low risk from severe disease a...

FDA warns against use of Trump-touted drugs for COVID-19

We encourage health care professionals making individual patient decisions to closely screen and monitor those patients to help mitigate these risks. The Food...

Trump cancels briefing after criticism over disinfectant comment

With aides clearly concerned that contradicting him might lead to their exits during a pandemic, no one corrected him in that moment. After raising the idea, ...

Florida coronavirus cases push past 32,000. Death toll increases to 1,088

It's unclear how quickly results are now being sent to the state from private labs. Six have died, 73 have been hospitalized and 169 have recovered. Are elec...

Doctors Issue Alert After Spike In Children With 'Inflammatory Syndrome'

Doctors in the United Kingdom have reported a serious condition emerging in children that could be related to the coronavirus, with growing numbers requiring in...

Majority NYC coronavirus patients had underlying health issues, study says

Dr. Thomas Oxley, head of neurology intensive care at Mount Sinai Hospital in NY, said a small number of patients infected with the coronavirus were "having b...

Coronavirus: Trump 'has done more than any other USA president'

Instead, the Associated Press said , Trump is expected to focus on the economy, which is more comfortable ground. Trump's advisers had been warning him tha...

'Science Doesn't Back a COVID-19 Immunity Passport' WHO Holds

The agency said in a scientific brief that it's still too early to tell whether patients who recovered from the virus developed antibodies giving them immunit...

Trump Threatens to End Coronavirus Briefings on "Lamestream Media" Treatment

The suggestion to inject disinfectant was the latest of a string of claims from the press briefings that Mr Trump has walked back or dropped entirely - includ...