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Florida Teen Dies After Mom Takes Her To COVID Party | 1290 WJNO

Carsyn Leigh Davis, a child cancer survivor who struggled with health issues including obesity and an auto-immune disorder, developed a headache , sinus pressu...

Walgreens opening hundreds of doctor offices alongside pharmacies

Walgreens will be the first national pharmacy chain to offer full-service doctor's offices co-located at its stores at a large scale, following a highly success...

Covid-19: Airborne transmission can't be ruled out, says WHO

In a commentary aimed directly at the World Health Organization for its reluctance to update its advice, researchers recommended new measures, including inc...

COVID-19 infects over three million in America

Experts say improvements to work and social life will continue until there is a vaccine available. It took just 43 days after that to reach 2 million cases. The...

Concerning New Evidence on How COVID-19 May Be Transmitted

Why do we need to understand the modes of transmission? "Breathing would not offer much projectile force, but shouting, singing, coughing and sneezing proje...

COVID-19 cases in Douglas County increase to 377; 183 remain active

Positive case No. 88 is a symptomatic female in her 50s with known exposure and is recovering at home. There have now been a total of 35 positive cases identi...

Coronavirus cases in Australia cross 9,000

In a separate development, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday, Australia should slow down the return of its citizens from overseas. The federal go...

Coronavirus: What is herd immunity? And how does it work?

Similar studies in the USA and China have also cast doubt on whether herd immunity could actually be achieved with COVID-19. Herd immunity happens when a larg...

World Health Organization chief says Covid-19 pandemic peak still to come

We will await with interest the WHO's response to the open letter . Meanwhile, ventilation systems in schools, offices, residences and other public places ma...

Five million people begin six-week lockdown in Melbourne

In a separate development, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday, Australia should slow down the return of its citizens from overseas. The number of ...

In pics | Bubonic plague in China: Here's all you need to know

This includes hunting, consuming, and handling of tissue of the infected animals. Amid COVID-19 outbreak that has brought the world's major economies to their...

Brazilian Man Is Free of HIV After Drug Treatment, Researchers Say

There were two notable announcements in the fight against HIV this week at AIDS 2020 , the 23rd International AIDS Conference - a possible case of long-term ...

County of Northern Lights records first case of COVID-19

Albert. The total number of active COVID-19 cases across the province was at 608 on Wednesday, down from the day before. Elsewhere in the Peace Country, the...

Joe Biden And Bernie Sanders Have Created a Unity Task Force

The panel proposed setting targets to zero out carbon emissions in the power sector by 2035 and in the agriculture sector by 2030, as well as mandate that all n...

Indigenous overdose deaths spike in B.C. during pandemic

The toll of the illicit drug toxicity crisis on BC First Nations individuals is rising again this year, erasing previous gains, according to data released today...

Alberta updates COVID-19 numbers for July 6

Officials say two patients linked to the outbreak have died. Surgeries requiring an overnight stay will be postponed or completed at another hospital. There wer...

World Health Organization says 'evidence emerging' of airborne coronavirus spread

The story about the scientists' letter , which was originally published by The New York Times , included interviews with almost 20 scientists who criticiz...

McPherson County reports 85th case of COVID-19

Tuesday's coronavirus cases were spread throughout the state - with 88 in Bernalillo County in central New Mexico; 34 in San Juan County in the northwest; and...

Teenage victim of COVID-19 had complex medical history

Though social media posts about the party were later deleted, screenshots of the event called it a "release party" and advertised it with games, basketball, a D...

Million Cases: Coronavirus Continues To Surge Across US

Covid-19 hospitalizations have amplified in the state, with far more than 3,200 Covid-19 inpatients and in excess of 800 ICU patients at the moment described in...

Have pubs closed because of coronavirus?

The pub said it was "slowly" working through a list of customers who had left their details behind at the weekend, and confirmed that all staff had tested n...

New study warns of brain damages linked to COVID-19

The condition - which can follow on from minor infections such as colds - sees immune cells activated to attack the fatty protective coating that covers nerve...

Republicans to require coronavirus testing at party convention

The Republican National Committee had already gone so far as to move the scheduled August 24-27 convention from the original host city Charlotte, N.C., after Go...

World Health Organization acknowledges 'emerging evidence' that coronavirus may be airborne

It had added that the droplets fell to the ground quickly. Alberta Health says it's watching all emerging evidence closely in concert with Ottawa and will...

New law allows all MA voters to cast ballots by mail

In-person early voting will be available for the State Primary which is August 22-28. Early voting for the primary election will take place between August 22 ...

Bubonic Plague Case in Inner Mongolia Confirmed by China Officials

While the four people infected in Inner Mongolia survived, a separate patient in northwestern Gansu province died of the illness. Septicemic plague result...

Ontario adds another 118 cases of COVID-19

The website says 15,112 tests have been completed in the last day. The ministry also indicated there are now 144 confirmed cases among long-term care reside...

New Jersey to require masks outdoors when social distancing isn't possible

Should Giants players in any of those states wait until later this month to travel, it's possible they miss the first two weeks of training camp if Murphy's adv...

World Health Organization acknowledges ‘emerging evidence’ of airborne transmission of coronavirus; Details

Chan School of Public Health, said the report under review at the WHO "makes many reasonable points about the evidence that this mode of transmission can happen...

Iran reports highest one-day COVID-19 deaths since outbreak

The startlingly steep jump in fatalities has taken both the health authorities and people by surprise. The 200 deaths reported on Tuesday exceed the previous ...