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Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami Tests Negative for Coronavirus: Health Minister

The development comes as the COVID-19 tally nearly touched the 60,000 mark in the state with 2,532 new cases and 53 deaths in the last 24 hours. Hospitals, me...

Chinese researchers launch phase 2 human trial of possible vaccine

Suvit: Pleased by monkey results. "After the first injections on monkeys on May 23 using an mRNA-type of vaccine, all the monkeys remained healthy and suffere...

Percentage Of Positive COVID-19 Test Results Doubles Sunday

There have been 20 confirmed cases in Greenup County, and six of those cases remain active. This means that within the region, 84 per cent of all COVID-19 cases...

Texas governor warns coronavirus is spreading at an "unacceptable rate"

Texas was seeing an average of 1,500 new positive cases a day in the last half of May; in the last few days, the average has been more than 3,500 new cases per ...

Do you think Queensland's border should reopen?

CARAVAN park owners in the Gladstone region have mixed feelings about the Queensland borders remaining closed. After a horror week for the Opposition Leader, ...

Spike in COVID-19 cases reported in Pike County, Ky

The COVID-19 outbreak at Pacific Crest Building Supply in Ridgefield has stagnated in recent days at 24 confirmed cases, with 15 cases residing in Clark County....

Antibody levels in recovered Covid-19 patients decline quickly: Research

It focuses on 37 individuals from the Wanzhou district who tested positive for COVID-19 but had no symptoms in the previous 14 days or during their time in the ...

Saline County reports 10 new COVID-19 cases

Those two sets of numbers, higher-than-ever case totals taken together with five straight days above the county's trigger threshold, seemed to weigh heavily on ...

Trump To Announce Visa Restrictions

In a call with reporters earlier on Monday, the administration said the order would safeguard American jobs amid unprecedented unemployment, largely driven by...

COVID-19 cases in Douglas County increase to 102; 23 remain active

The newest death was a woman 80 or older. Here is a summary of new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported Monday by health officials across Nebraska & Iowa. ...

Region's active number of COVID-19 cases rises to 88

There are now 182 active cases of the virus in B.C., with 14 patients currently hospitalized. The latest recorded death ends a recent stretch where no deaths ...

Cole County reports second COVID-19 death

There are two coronavirus-related death being reported in Hopkins County on the state's case tracking website. The one-week high to date has been 31 cases. Th...

Florida Covid-19 Cases Rise 3.7%, Above 7-Day Average 3.5%

On Saturday, 38,055 tests were reported as total ones passed 1.6 million. "As expected, Oklahoma's urban areas as well as a few communities around the state a...

Italian Doctor Says Coronavirus Is Less Potent and May Disappear Without Vaccine

The virus exists, clinically and otherwise, in Italy and around the world. If this continues, he claims that COVID-19 would disappear without a vaccine. Prof ...

Trump campaign raised US$74m in May, short of Biden’s haul

The total, up from $61.7 million in April, was disclosed as Trump prepared for Saturday's smaller-than-expected rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his first major campai...

Marshall County, Starke County Report More COVID-19 Cases

There has been an increase in new cases, according to county data. In the USA, more than 2.2 million people have tested positive and 119,000 have died, John...

Province confirms 31 new cases

There was no change among Peace Region COVID-19 cases on Saturday, as Alberta added 48 new cases for June 20. Any close contacts are being tested. Hinshaw exp...

Saliva coronavirus test to be trialled in Southampton

In the Southampton pilot, subjects will have test kits delivered to their homes or workplace for collecting saliva samples, which will then be collected or retu...

WHO Declares: Nigeria Is Now Polio Free

In January, a delegation of the ARCC visited South Sudan to verify the accuracy and depth of the country's surveillance system and the implementation of the pol...

New Cases Of COVID-19 Reported In McLean County

It does not reflect when these deaths occurred. The county's new high positive rate does not appear related to a significant jump in the number of tests admin...

Four more Victorian schools close after being exposed to coronavirus

The government is mostly concerned about the outbreak of cases in the areas of Hume (17 cases since the start of June), Brimbank (10), Casey (7), Darebin (6), M...

Hyderabad-Based Hetero Gets Regulatory Nod To Make Gilead's COVID-19 Drug

Gilead has chose to build a consortium of manufacturing partners to maximize global supply of Remdesivir. The Union health ministry, in its "Clinical Manageme...

Chinese researchers launch phase-2 human test for possible coronavirus vaccine

The phase-2 trials, which further evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the vaccine in humans, are conducted in the southwestern province of Yunnan. Around ...

Los Angeles County reports 1,784 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths

It marked the ninth day in which the daily toll from the virus has been fewer than 1,000, even as the USA remains the country hardest-hit by the pandemic with 1...

Trump campaign raised $74 million in May, short of Biden's haul

President Donald Trump is seeking more televised debates with his Democratic Party competitor Joe Biden ahead of the November 3 presidential election, Trump'...

Blood Plasma from Recovered Patients Safe for Covid-19 Treatment

Almost 24,000 patients have received plasma transfusions so far. Almost 40% of the patients were women; 20% African Americans; almost 35% Hispanic and 5% Asia...

Florida Covid-19 cases rise by 4,049, the most during pandemic

A total of at least 43 deaths were added as well, which raises Floria's death toll to at least 3,197. There are now more than 97,000 reported cases of the cor...

Department of Health confirms two new COVID-19 deaths; 22 new cases

As of midnight Friday 19 June the HPSC was notified of 22 confirmed new cases of Covid-19. According to a statement issued by Director-General of Health Ashle...

Lyft Commits to Having a 100% Electric Fleet by 2030

The company outlined its approach in a white paper released with the announcement, including plans to leverage its position to negotiate discounts from automa...

Stop Stigmatizing Sickle Cell Patients - Group Urges Ghanaians

It is the type of disease that is carried through genetics and severely affects the red blood cells. New collaborations aim to reduce the burden of Sickle Cel...