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Asymptomatic Virus Transmission 'Very Rare'

Though she said this isn't conclusive, it does look promising. They're following contacts. And they're not finding secondary transmission onward. Governments ...

Free COVID-19 testing in Jackson County

This follows an increase of 272 cases from Friday and Saturday combined. Russian Federation has so far recorded 476,658 COVID-19 cases in 85 regions (+1.9 per...

Whitman County receives six positive COVID-19 cases

The ministry says 192 cases are new, while 223 of the cases were only shared on Sunday because of a lag in reporting between laboratories and public health unit...

Reebok & More Drop CrossFit Following CEO's Racism Tweet

CrossFit athletes, gyms, and partner brands have announced their displeasure with the tweet, with some going so far as to cut their sponsorships and affiliatio...

Brazil set to take part in Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial

According to Professor Hill, who is heading up the project, the arrival of the vaccine could depend on whether transmission rates continue to decline. Oxford Bi...

AstraZeneca and Gilead may head for a merger, says report

But there are no formal talks and Gilead is not now interested in merging with another large firm, the story said, citing unnamed people familiar with the mat...

New York state steps up reopening

Up to 400,000 construction, retail, and other manufacturing workers could begin their return on Monday in Phase 1 of the reopening, The New York Times estimat...

Words From CrossFit CEO Spark Massive Backlash

In the hours following the comment, CrossFit's reputation as a brand has been tarnished as users took to Twitter to condemn the CEO for his actions. The fallo...

Oregon Hits A Record Daily Number Of Coronavirus Cases

The positive tests are concentrated at the Pacific shrimp processing facility location. "State and county public health officials are working with the business ...

Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the U.S., study finds

A separate study from epidemiologists at Imperial College London estimated that the shutdowns saved approximately 3.1 million lives in 11 European countries and...

Progress in Brexit talks 'limited': United Kingdom chief negotiator

EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier's frustration has been clear to see in previous negotiations as he has repeatedly blamed the British team for their ...

Reebok drops CrossFit Games after CEO's George Floyd comments

Amid the furor, Reebook told Footwear News that it would end its partnership with CrossFit HQ and some of the company's 15,000 affiliates said they were cut...

Mitt Romney joins Black Lives Matter protest in Washington DC

In a tweet from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, Romney is shown marching to the White House with what she estimated to be about 1,000 Christians. Th...

AG Bill Barr: Antifa ‘Instigating’ Violence at George Floyd Protests

U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that foreign interests and "extremist agitators" affiliated with groups like Antifa have sought to widen d...

Seattle mayor to ban tear gas for next 30 days amid protests

Durkan's announcement follows a joint memo delivered to the mayor and police chief Friday morning, signed by leaders of Seattle's three police accountabilit...

Prince William quietly volunteering for crisis text line amid pandemic

His involvement with Shout 82528 - a round-the-clock text line - was announced to mark Volunteers Week. Sharing the picture, the Palace wrote, "As we approa...

Coronavirus: India’s tally ‘modest’ but number of cases could explode, warns WHO

WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the over 200,000 current coronavirus cases in India , a country of over 1.3 billion people, "look big but for a cou...

Coronavirus: AstraZeneca could supply two billion doses of potential vaccine

Drug company AstraZeneca is to start producing a potential vaccine for coronavirus, its boss has told the BBC. The company has committed to mass-producing the...

State reports first West Nile virus activity of the year

Health officials say the best way to prevent West Nile or Encephalitis is to protect yourself against mosquito bites when you're outside by wearing long sleeves...

Fitbit to Introduce Low-Cost, Easy-to-use Emergency Ventilator

Dr. It's unclear exactly how much the Fitbit Flow will cost, but the company told The Verge it aims to sell it around for $5,000. Fox News contacted Fi...

Health alert issued for new Wide Bay coronavirus case

Contact tracing has been undertaken for anyone who was on the Virgin flight VA313 from Melbourne to Brisbane and the flight VA2905 to Bundaberg. "This is a ti...

Minneapolis mayor booed by protesters after refusing to defund and abolish police

It is also expected to ban the use of chokeholds - such as that used to kill Eric Garner in NY in 2014 and require police officers to intervene if they witness ...

Study on use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 pulled

Hydroxychloroquine first got attention from many medical experts and the mainstream media after US President Donald Trump promoted it as a possible treatment...

China defends its handling of the coronavirus pandemic in new report

All of the cases were imported, involving travellers arriving from overseas, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on its website. Yesterday's figures fro...

Douglas County reports 2 deaths Saturday

They have either had a positive antibody test and either had COVID symptoms or were likely to be exposed to a positive case or did not have an antibody test but...

84% of total Covid cases from 10 states with highest infections

On the global front, over 6,700,000 people have been infected. The official death toll has been called into question , however, after mortality data from Ru...

'It's not over': COVID-19 cases rise in some nations easing lockdowns

He cautioned, however, that "masks on their own will not protect humanity from COVID-19 and the WHO continues to recommend that people who are sick with sympto...

AOC endorses Jamaal Bowman over Rep. Eliot Engel for NY House seat

Joe Crowley . In the video, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. appears to be telling Engel, the Democratic chairman of the influential House Foreign Affa...

One new confirmed coronavirus case in Highlands

The total number of confirmed cases remains at 1154, with another 350 probable cases. And 406 Scottish adult care homes, 38 per cent of the total, were report...

How Norfolk's dental practices are preparing for reopening

Nick Stolls, secretary of the Norfolk Local Dental Committee. From Monday, all practices will begin offering face-to-face dental care for patients with an urg...