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

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

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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...

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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

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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

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

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France says coronavirus death toll rises to 27625

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WHO Probes Possible Coronavirus Link to Rare Disease in Children

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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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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

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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

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

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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

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