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BAT says potential COVID-19 vaccine using tobacco leaves ready for trials

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COVID-19 in Sask: No new cases in far north, 25 recoveries

The Saskatchewan Health Authority says an outbreak of COVID-19 in the long-term care facility at the La Loche Health Centre is now over. Elsewhere, an investi...

BC health officials report 21 new coronavirus cases, one additional death

New Brunswick is now in phase 2 of its COVID-19 recovery plan, which is aimed at the reopening of businesses and activities while working to prevent a resurgenc...

Obama to deliver two graduation speeches to HBCU, high school students

You know all those adults that you used to think were in charge and knew what they were doing? CNN previously reported that Obama had privately criticized t...

Utah Says No to Apple/Google COVID-19 Tracing; Debuts Startup App

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World Health Organization emergencies chief says novel coronavirus may be here to stay

Ryan noted that as has been seen in some countries, even a small recurrence of the virus can require a serious public health response. Ryan spoke about the vi...

Urgent calls to research if mouthwash can reduce Covid-19 transmission

The researchers said that their study shows mouthwash has the potential to destroy the outmost layer or the "envelope" of the virus, preventing it from reproduc...

The real reason men are less likely to wear a face mask

A Gallup poll of adults who'd left the house during the third week in April found that 75 percent of women wore face masks at least some of the time, yet only...

U.S. FDA suspends Gates-backed at-home COVID-19 testing program

Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . That data is also now available to others looking to provide similar test kit offerings, the FDA notes, w...

COVID-19: One new case, Pasqua Hospital case deemed not an outbreak

The new case is in the Saskatoon area, according to a release from the province. Since the disease was first reported in Saskatchewan, 582 cases have been recor...

B.C. announces 21 new COVID-19 cases, over 1900 now recovered

As people start to go out to these businesses and services, Dr. Henry stresses that the non-medical, or homemade masks are for keeping your own droplets to your...

Pakistan's Ferozsons to begin producing COVID-19 drug remdesivir

Vials will be sent to hospitals around the state that have the most cases of mechanically ventilated patients battling COVID-19. "Drug controller has not rece...

France says coronavirus death toll rises to 27625

Doctors have been fighting for his life for a whole week, but the young patient passed away on Saturday. The boy tested positive for the new coronavirus , bu...

WHO Probes Possible Coronavirus Link to Rare Disease in Children

But as doctors continue to study the ailment, some experts are arguing that it should stop being compared to another rare disorder in children, called Kawasaki...

Sharon Osbourne Discusses Adele's Slimdown, Says Overweight Women Are Unhappy

Sharon Osbourne is catching criticism for recent comments she made about Adele's much-discussed weight loss. "She says she's shocked when she looks in the ...

10 further deaths, 159 new confirmed cases of Covid-19

Some 13% (3,062) were hospitalised with their symptoms and 387 had been admitted to intensive care. Meanwhile, the first phase of easing Covid-19 restrictions...

Bright idea: Face mask illuminates to coronavirus

If the research turns out successful, other screening methods, including temperature checks, might become inoperative. Not only transit systems such as airports...

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Almost a month later, on January 21, the first known case of COVID-19 in the US would be reported in a Snohomish County man who had recently traveled to Wuhan, ...

Netherlands: Dog, three cats infected with COVID-19

Last month a number of minks on a farm in the south of the Netherlands were found to have been infected with the coronavirus. However, pet owners who have bee...

Navya Nanda launches virtual healthcare portal for women; know about it

According to the news, Navya has launched a virtual platform with her friends Ahilya Mehta, Mallika Sahni and Pragya Sabu. Our varied backgrounds and experience...

Coronavirus: UK government in talks with Roche about ‘highly specific’ antibody tests

The UK has the third highest number of Covid-19 cases with more than 230,000 testing positive since the outbreak begun and over 33,000 people have died accordin...

Hard to predict when Pandemic will be over: World Health Organization officials

The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said it's possible the new coronavirus may be here to stay , warning it's impossible to predict when th...

Positive COVID-19 Cases

Across Wisconsin, 10,902 positive cases had been reported. In surrounding counties confirmed cases are considerably higher than they are locally - but that go...

Kidney injury seen in over a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

The coronavirus is causing devastating damage to patients' organs - particularly triggering kidney failure, a NY hospital study released Thursday reveals. In ...

Child dies in France from rare disease linked to coronavirus

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NY police union responds to health commissioner’s repugnant statement toward cops

Many are wondering if Dr. Oxiris Barbot's future with the New York City Department of Health could be in jeopardy after alleged comments she made about the ...