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Toronto and Peel moving into Stage 3 Friday

One day after Toronto recorded just a single new COVID-19 case in the city, Queen's Park announced it would be joining the majority of the province in Stage...

Drinking two bottles of wine a week 'increases dementia risk'

The factors associated with the greatest proportion of dementia cases were less education in early life, hearing loss in middle age and smoking in later life (7...

World Health Organization says the current pandemic is one big wave and not seasonal

According to Harris, the proof that summer does not affect the transmission and infectiousness of the SARS-CoV-2 is the number of cases in the summer season in ...

Tighter lockdown restrictions for millions in northern England

Britain on Thursday banned people from different household in Manchester and stretches of northern England from meeting indoors because of a spike in coronavir...

Queensland braces for Covid-19 community transmission after infected teens didn't quarantine

She did not get tested until Monday. "They had chosen themselves to go into quarantine in their home.so that was an excellent response from those people", she...

NSW record 18 new cases as officials search sewage

Chief Minister Andrew Barr today said ACT residents should avoid leaving the Canberra region except for essential purposes. Coronavirus restrictions are to ...

People urged to 'double down' on efforts to fight Covid-19

Dr Glynn said that at least 18 of the cases are linked to a Covid-19 cluster at a factory in County Kildare. The factory is closed and outbreak control teams ar...

Coronavrius: Home visits banned in parts of northern England

Millions of households in Manchester and nearby parts of northern England woke up to new lockdown rules on Friday, hastily imposed following concerns over a spi...

Ontario to reveal back-to-school plans as 89 new cases reported

Elementary school children in kindergarten through to Grade 8 will return to school five days per week across Ontario for a full day, which includes recess and ...

ONTARIO SCHOOLS: Elementary students return full time, some high schoolers part

Deiter says he hopes to get students back in school "in a short amount of time and in a way that is safe and sustainable for everyone". It will be easier to kee...

AstraZeneca: Won’t profit from COVID-19 vaccine in pandemic

Hill said Oxford has partnered with drugmaker AstraZeneca to produce their vaccine globally, and that the company has already committed to making 2 billion do...

Vietnam reports first virus death after months of successful countermeasures

The Thanh Nien newspaper said a 70-year-old man died after contracting the disease while being treated for a kidney illness at a hospital in Da Nang where more ...

COVID-19 Is 'One Big Wave' Not Seasonal, Warns WHO

Prof Evan Kontopantelis , from the University of Manchester, told the Daily Telegraph: "The results of this survey in terms of associations between height an...

Harvard study explains how COVID-19 causes loss of smell

However, some COVID-19 patients experience anosmia without any nasal obstruction. The study noted: "In Italy, a large proportion of patients with coronavir...

Winneshiek County now has 21 known active COVID-19 cases

The Indiana State Department of Health announced that 970 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the state which brings the state total to 65,...

No sign that coronavirus is seasonal, according to WHO

Asked about WHO's stance on charging for Covid-19 testing, the World Health Organization official explained that this was a decision governed by countries alo...

Government may provide indemnity to NZ supplier of Covid-19 vaccine

However, Western countries have also fought to gain rights to the first batch of vaccines, raising concerns that impoverished countries may be the last to recei...

Manitoba announces two new cases of COVID-19

Officials also said that the man had not been hospitalized with the coronavirus . Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer, refuses to add d...

Medicine Hat down to nine active COVID-19 cases

That's 26 more than Wednesday's update. Hospitalization rates in the province remain stable with 87 people in hospital and 17 people being treated in intensiv...

Manitoba suffers first COVID-19 death in months

There are now five people who are in hospital, with two in intensive care. The last death related to the illness caused by the novel coronavirus in the provin...

Children carry COVID-19 virus, small study finds

An worldwide team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently identified the olfactory cell types that are most vulnerable to...

Fauci Recommends Wearing Goggles or Eye Shields to Protect against Coronavirus

He continued: "It's not universally recommended, but if you really want to be complete, you should probably use it if you can". The recommendations come as th...

Record-high 14 new coronavirus deaths reported in Oregon

Meanwhile, 17,721 Oregonians now have the virus, or are presumed to have it, after 304 more cases are reported. According to the Oregon Health Authority , th...

Coronavirus not 'seasonal', the current pandemic constitutes 'one big wave'

Dr Margaret Harris, a spokesperson of World Health Organization , came up with the information on Tuesday at a scheduled virtual press conference, reports Unit...

Charlottesville City Schools Superintendent recommends 9 weeks of virtual learning

In smaller districts, such as Lakehead District School Board, where student enrollment is lower, those students would attend full time. McCombs, a mother hers...

Russia Plans to Register World's First Coronavirus Vaccine By August

Given that dozens of vaccine trials are underway around the world and a small number are in large-scale efficacy trials, most developers have cautioned that muc...

We're only just beginning to learn how Covid-19 affects the brain

Image: A microscopic image shows SARS-CoV-2 from a patient in the US. The condition, medically known as anosmia, is one of the earliest and most commonly repo...

Donald Trump Jr suspended from Twitter over Covid cure claim

He argued that it had only been rejected as a treatment for Covid-19 because he had suggested it. "The important point of course, is to note that medical rese...

Britain announces plans to tackle "obesity time bomb"

Global Positioning System in areas of England with poor health will be encouraged to prescribe cycling and patients will be able to access bikes through their s...

Cloud Hospital Recognized As A "Best Hospital" In New Report

Cloud Hospital President Craig Broman says, "CentraCare - St. Cloud Hospital is pleased to receive this recognition on behalf of the dedicated physicians and em...