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Ontario reports the biggest jump in COVID-19 cases since May 8

Between May 9 and May 18, the province had gone through a stretch where it stayed below the 400 daily case mark each day, while also hitting its testing goal on...

Declining infection rate provides challenge for Oxford coronavirus vaccine

ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 is made from ChAdOx1, a weakened version of the common cold virus ( adenovirus ) which causes infections in chimpanzees. This genetic material p...

Two more COVID-19 vaccines move towards Phase 2 human trials

These reactions were mild pain at the injection site reported in over half of vaccine recipients, fever in 50 per cent of them, fatigue , headache , and mus...

China gets promising early results from Covid-19 trial

The immune system would detect these proteins as a pathogen and mark them accordingly so that the antibodies can block them. Participants received either a lo...

China has a candidate vaccine that can kill the coronavirus in humans

Dr. Joanne Langley of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology in Halifax says CanSino's partnership with the National Research Council of Canada puts a spotlight on...

Hairstylist with COVID-19 served 84 clients while symptomatic, Missouri officials say

It was revealed the infected stylists , based in Missouri, worked for over a week while exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 before testing positive. They did...

Coronavirus 'does not spread easily' from surfaces, revised CDC website says

The CDC's website had warned about "contaminated surfaces and objects" in a separate section. "We are still learning about how the virus spreads and the sever...

No new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Montana on Sunday

There is still one person in hospital in Middlemore and they're not in intensive care. Yesterday, the Health Ministry's laboratories completed 3302 tests, bri...

Three more NI coronavirus deaths bringing the number to 504

Of the national total, the average age of confirmed cases is 48 years, while 3,222 people have been hospitalised. It was also announced by Simon Harris that t...

Coronavirus crisis: Donald Trump’s COVID-19 cure linked to deaths

This is stated in the results of a study published by the medical journal The Lancet , as CNBC reports. Sean Hannity read a letter from a doctor recounti...

Second hairstylist potentially exposed 56 clients to Covid-19, officials say

The Springfield-Greene Health Department announced Saturday that a second hairstylist tested positive for coronavirus, and may have exposed 56 clients at the sa...

Zero new COVID-19 deaths, four new cases in London-Middlesex

One more person has recovered from the coronavirus, meaning there are now just 27 active cases in New Zealand. Southwest Public Health, which oversees Elgin a...

Study finds hydroxychloroquine linked to higher death rate in Covid-19 patients

Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were linked with an increased risk of mortality in hospitals, researchers said . Experts found that hydroxychloroquine...

Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses

Over 5.3 million people in the world have so far tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 3,40,000 have died due to the pandemic , according to data compiled...

Hydroxychloroquine 'offers no benefit' to hospital patients with Covid-19

Dr Stephen Griffin, associate professor in the school of medicine at the University of Leeds, called for more research but said: "This is potentially a landma...

Hydroxychloroquine tied to increased risk of death

Add an antibiotic and the risk of arrhythmia jumps to 311%. Trump's endorsement has led many people to take the medications without scientific proof of their ...

Coronavirus: Chinese vaccine 'safe', triggers immune response

Barouch, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, director, Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC, and senior author on both studies. T...

Ontario reports 412 new cases of coronavirus as provincial total tops 25,000

Provincial health officials also reported that there were no new outbreaks in long-term care homes. The Ministry of Long-Term Care reports that 165 people ...

NIH says study shows remdesivir improves time to COVID-19 recovery

It would, therefore, be wise for the government not to hasten its decision on the inclusion of remdesivir, not yet proved to be effective beyond any doubts agai...

New information released in Wood County COVID death

It was second only to the record of 404 new cases on May 8 in Mississippi. The total number of cases of the illness caused by the novel coronavirus approached...

New study links hydroxychloroquine to increased risk of COVID-19 death

In the study, researchers analyzed data from 96,032 patients hospitalized between December 20, 2019, and April 14, 2020, with laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 in...

COVID-19 Patient In Pune Recovers After Plasma Therapy: Hospital

Convalescent plasma therapy involves taking antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from Covid-19. Convalescent Plasma Therapy is an experime...

SEC sets date for voluntary workouts in glimmer of college football hope

Among those prospective dates were June 1, June 15, July 1 and July 15. Athletes will be "under strict supervision of designated university personnel and safety...

Phase-1 trial: Adenovirus COVID-19 vaccine found safe, induces immune responses

Participants were enrolled from one site in Wuhan, China , and assigned to receive either a single intramuscular injection of the new vaccine at a low dose of ...

Hairstylist worked while symptomatic and exposed 91 people to COVID-19

Calling himself "frustrated" and "disappointed", Springfield-Greene County Health Department Director Clay Goddard said at a press conference Friday that he nee...

Coronavirus-Study says drug Trump is consuming can increase death risks

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed healthcare providers to use the drugs for COVID-19 through an emergency-use authorization, but has not approve...

Trump's anti-malaria drug has high COVID-19 death risk

It found that those who were treated with chloroquine , hydroxychloroquine through four methods all died at a higher rate than those who did not received t...

Cuomo: Hospitalizations at lowest level since charting them publicly

The NYCLU argued the Constitution requires the same right be extended to people gathering for other reasons. New Jersey has adopted similar rules, allowing gr...

CNN Reports Hydroxychloroquine Leads to Increased Risk of Death

Seriously ill COVID-19 patients who were treated with hydroxychloroquine or the closely-related drug chloroquine were more likely to die or develop unsafe arr...

Trump's beloved hydroxychloroquine actually worsens the coronavirus

On April 24, the Food and Drug Administration cautioned against the use of hydroxychloroquine "outside of the hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk...