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COVID-19 cases in Douglas County increase to 105; 23 remain active

Hospitals have also seen a steady increase in the number of patients admitted with COVID-19. One group of friends in Jacksonville told the local NBC affiliate...

Shielding restrictions to be relaxed for Covid-19 'vulnerable' from July 6

The programme will be "paused", which means those classed as clinically extremely vulnerable will finally be allowed outside of the house. Until recently they w...

Human Clinical Trials with Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Start in Brazil

The Oxford vaccine is now furthest along in human trials of all the vaccines in development, and Professor Sara Gilbert, leading the research, predicted that it...

First volunteer injected in Imperial College London's Covid-19 vaccine trials

The vaccine, developed together with pharmaceuticals group AstraZeneca , is one of the most promising of the dozens that researchers worldwide are racing to te...

United States seeing 'disturbing surge' in COVID-19 infections

Fauci has recently warned that the United States is still in the first wave of the pandemic, and he has continued to urge the American public to practice socia...

East Lansing bar patrons urged to self-quarantine after 25 coronavirus cases

With the amount of students from Michigan State University that frequent the bar, the university itself has commented on the outbreak saying, "These positive ca...

California hospital admitting only COVID-19 patients as outbreak ravages state’s breadbasket

States like Maine, Kansas, Idaho, even Texas, which on Tuesday had a record number of more than 5,000 confirmed cases, have this week started to put back in pla...

Coronavirus: Newborn Mexican triplets test positive in 'unprecedented' case

Monica Liliana Rangel Martinez told reporters that it is protocol to test all premature babies for the virus. Coronavirus might also be passed on in the womb fr...

Atlantic provinces form travel bubble; borders to open July 3

Announcing today that there are no new COVID-19 cases in the province, Newfoundland and Labrador made its commitment to ease travel restrictions in Atlantic Can...

Trump to move U.S. troops from Germany to Poland

Duda was the first foreign leader to visit Trump since the coronavirus pandemic led to global lockdowns, and the two leaders said they looked forward to signi...

Six new COVID-19 cases reported in Greenup County

Of those, 42 COVID-19 tests have been confirmed positive, 2,172 tests confirmed negative, 36 of the previously reported confirmed cases have been removed from i...

Texas surpasses 5,000 coronavirus cases in single day

On June 12, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission had repealed its emergency rules first implemented in April that required child care centers to ...

OR reports 146 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, two new deaths

Though new infections are climbing, the death rate remains steady, with one confirmed COVID-19 death Sunday. He did not have underlying medical conditions, acco...

Trump Administration Moving To Close Federally Funded COVID Testing Sites

The controversy over the test sites involves the last 13 of 48 locations created starting in March when testing materials were in short supply. He said most o...

First Volunteer Given Covid-19 Vaccine Developed by UK’s Imperial College

The factories had estimated the price of a vaccine dose at US$30, at mass production of 2 million doses, according to Dr Kiat. "Here in the United States, it's ...

CrossFit Founder Selling Company

The comments, in which he asked why he should mourn for Mr Floyd, had prompted athletes, gyms and sportswear firms to cut ties with the business. Financial deta...

OR county exempts non-white people from wearing face coverings in public

The county's public health directive mandates that " all individuals " in Lincoln " shall wear face coverings " in all public settings, including outdoor area...

NHSBT calls for more male coronavirus plasma donors

Following new analysis which found men produce higher levels of Covid-19 plasma antibodies than women, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT ) has launched a new c...

Fauci and Redfield testify on coronavirus response

The leading public health officials spent more than five hours testifying before the committee at a fraught moment , with coronavirus cases rising in about...

Fauci warns USA on coronavirus as cases surge

Redfield said the USA was aiming to boost testing to 3 million daily by "pooling" multiple people's samples, a technique that is still under review by the FDA...

Health officials in Southern California receive death threats amid COVID-19 pandemic

Almost 86,000 Angelenos have tested positive for the novel coronavirus so far, according to health officials. "While some of this may be due to lags in report...

‘It will be when not if’ Fauci says about coronavirus vaccine

On the contrary, the next two weeks would be critical to controlling its spread, he said, warning of a unsafe situation looming this winter, when the regular fl...

All Grande Prairie COVID-19 cases considered recovered

As of June 22nd, Alberta Health Services says all 18 cases are considered recovered. At this time, no additional measures are necessary in that area of the ci...

World Health Organization chief expects coronavirus cases to reach 10 million next week

The UN health agency also warned that at the current rate of new cases, a shortage of concentrators - devices that purify oxygen - to help critically-ill patien...

3 new Pacific County COVID cases linked to one person

These newly identified cases are not considered an outbreak since they are members of the same household. Kerry, for example, had achieved 30 days without a n...

Chinese firm launches phase-3 Covid-19 vaccine trial in UAE

Professor Simon Graham, the lead author of the study, said: "While it remains to be determined what immune responses are required to effectively protect people ...

AG William Barr: Durham 'Pressing Hard' on Russia Probe Origins

Attorney General William Barr said he expects there will be "developments" later this summer from the ongoing federal investigation into the origins of the Russ...

NYC Marathon Canceled Over COVID-19, Just Too Risky

The decision was made by NYRR in partnership with the the New York City Mayor's Office . Michael Capiraso, president and CEO of NYRR, said canceling the ma...

Nine things to know about Africa's first COVID-19 vaccine trial

Wits University is collaborating with the University of Oxford and the Oxford Jenner Institute on the South African trial. Rees mentioned three reasons for t...

UK Covid-19 deaths rise to 42927

It was signed by 15 of the most eminent health professional groups and trade unions including the heads of the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal College of P...