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Tens of thousands of people attended Black Lives Matter rallies on Saturday. Thousands of people also flocked to inner-city Brisbane with crowds spilling fr...

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The worldwide team of researchers, led by Fei Li and Ling Tao of the department of cardiology at Xijing Hospital in Xian, China, studied the records of 2,866 pa...

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Melbourne Brisbane Flight: Man Positive for Covid

The flights the man travelled on are Virgin Flight VA313 from Melbourne to Brisbane on 1 June and Virgin Flight VA2905 from Brisbane to Bundaberg on 2 June. "Th...

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Joseph Conigliaro , a physician at Northwell Health in NY and co-author on the paper. The researchers developed a 4-point scale for five common COVID-19 sympt...

20 new deaths, 284 new cases of coronavirus reported in MI

With the new cases, the total caseload in the state reached 3,147 and the death toll stood at 105 on Thursday. So far, a total of 284,868 people in the United...

Americans Misusing Disinfectants to Prevent Coronavirus - engteco_science_technology

OK, on a not-so-serious-but-seriously-I'm-being-serious - who the hell are these people that the CDC are surveying? The questions of people to toxin nerve cen...

Pennsylvania adds 701 new coronavirus cases, 45 deaths

The state has now had 75,086 total cases and 5,931 deaths. Nursing and personal care homes account for about 25% of the state's total cases, with 16,056 cases...

India Overtakes Spain for 5th Spot in Worst-Hit List

The tally showed that at least 19 states now have their tallies of confirmed cases in four or more digits, as against just nine on May 1. The number of COVID-...

More information released on Nova Scotia mass shooting

Meanwhile, RCMP are set to provide an update on the case Thursday. Only one of the guns used in the attack was mentioned in a 2011 police bulletin about the gun...

Four more coronaviruses cases in Bureau County

Beginning Saturday, the DeKalb County Health Department will not provide COVID-19 daily updates on the weekends pending breaking news. Cases peaked in early...

Scientists spot differences in blood samples of severe, mild Covid-19 patients

Of the patients analysed for the study , 29.5pc (850) had a medical history of hypertension (high blood pressure). The researchers, led by Fei Li and Ling Ta...

State confirms that first child has died from COVID-19

Aurea was rushed to the hospital on Friday after suffering from a seizure. "My sister and I started having COVID-19 symptoms", said Jennifer Morales. Even tho...

Reporters Furious that White House Moved Chairs During Time of Social Distancing

Advertisement " Today the White House press office positioned the seating for the President's Rose Garden "news conference" in a way that violated the federal g...

RECOVERY trial to stop enrolling patients to 'ineffective' hydroxychloroquine arm

Earlier this week, a University of Minnesota randomized trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the drug was ineffective in preve...

World Health Organization does a rethink on HCQ

HCQ has been granted an emergency use authorization for COVID-19 in the United States for patients under close heart monitoring. "HCQ treatment does not reduc...

Two New COVID-19 Cases in Winnipeg

While he did not have a total number of cases among truck drivers in the province, Roussin said of the four most recent cases of the virus in Winnipeg, three ar...

Covid-19: Lancet retracts paper that halted hydroxychloroquine trials

On Thursday three of the study's authors retracted it, saying the company holding the data would not release it for an independent review. "Although it is...

DeSantis says Florida bars and clubs can reopen this week

Nearly the entire state will be moving into the second phase of reopening after a month in phase one. Commissioner Hal Valeche told WPTV that Mayor Dave Kerne...

COVID-19 pandemic 'under control' in France: govt adviser

The death toll in France in the last 24 hours was 44, according to the health ministry. On June 2, France allowed restaurants to open after the country put on...

COVID-19: Face masks must have 3 layers - World Health Organization issues new precautions

Some countries around the world already recommend or mandate the wearing of face coverings in public. The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advi...

Medical journal retracts study that fueled hydroxychloroquine concerns

The authors of the Lancet study said in their statement that they launched an independent third-party peer review of Surgisphere , with the consent of Desai...

Mark Zuckerberg says 'Black lives matter' after defending Trump's posts

In a blog post on his personal page, Zuckerberg said the company is reviewing how it handles discussions and threats involving "state use of force", including "...

High blood pressure patients more likely to die from Covid-19

The researchers in China had initially suspected that medication used to treat high blood pressure could increase susceptibility to infection, but the results...

India Approves Use of Remdesivir for Covid19 Treatment

On Monday, Gilead reported the drug provided a modest benefit in patients with moderate COVID-19 given a five-day course of the treatment, while those who rec...

North Dakota reports 27 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

The facility reported 42 positive cases among residents and 32 among employees. In response, Pat McGinnis, executive director of California Advocates for Nurs...

United Kingdom to make face coverings compulsory on public transport

The UK largely followed the same line until the transport secretary, Grant Schapps, announced on Thursday that face masks on public transport would be compulsor...

The Lancet retracts study linking hydroxychloroquine with deaths

On May 22, a study published by The Lancet , a medical journal , claimed chloroquine had no positive effect on the treatment of COVID-19 among 96,032 sample...

Wear masks in public says World Health Organization, in update of COVID-19 advice

Of last night's new measures Sadiq Khan said: 'I encourage anyone travelling on public transport, or anywhere you can't keep a safe two-metre distance, to wear ...

TikTok Issues Formal Apology to Black Creators After Censorship Claims

Are you here for these steps that TikTok is taking? "Now we're seeing something similar on TikTok", said Kadisha Phillips, a social media strategist, who pointe...