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Air district issues health caution as wildfires push smoke into Valley

Stedman, air pollution control officer, in an August 18 advisory. The Air District has issued a Spare the Air alert , according to an NBC affiliate in the B...

Ebola cases rising in Democratic Republic of Congo

The number of cases has doubled over the past five weeks, it said. In a statement, the United Nations health agency said, the outbreak has since spread to 11 ...

West Nile virus claims first victim in Spain

To date, there have been no pools of mosquitoes in the EOHU territory that have tested positive for the disease, however the positive human case indicates that ...

Trump open to deal with Democrats on funding for post office

House Democrats have been pushing a almost $3.5 trillion relief package they passed in May that included the $25 billion for the post office. "Pure Trump. Box...

COVID-19 spike in Winneshiek County continues

McHenry County had 65 new cases per 100,000 people for the week of August 9 to 15, down from 80 cases per 100,000 people for the week of August 2 to 8, and a 5....

James Blunt Contracted Scurvy

Blunt was then rather blunt about not impressing these girls, but shoving it in their face a little."So out of principle I made a decision to become a carniv...

Schools in COVID-19 hotspots should have proactive testing: Hunter

On Tuesday, 125 infections were confirmed and 102 infections were confirmed on Wednesday. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said the provinces still needs the to...

COVID-19: 2 deaths and 156 new cases confirmed

The Department of Health has said there is always a time lag for registering deaths in the community, with the process taking up to five days. THERE's been an...

Russian Federation plans Covid-19 vaccine output at 6 million doses a month

He was replying to a query about plans for joint venture with Indian pharma companies for producing the vaccine. More than 160 other vaccines are under develo...

More coronavirus cases linked to Brisbane Youth Detention Centre - 22-Aug

As of Saturday August 22, Queensland has nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with fifteen active cases. Health authorities are prioritising testing at the d...

Number of new COVID-19 cases in Ontario surpasses 100 again today

There was also a new death, raising the province's total number of people reported to have died from COVID-19 to 2,797 across Ontario. This is the highest num...

Nestle launches vegan alternative to tuna

The idea of vegetarian food is extremely popular in Asia, many Chinese food plants are expanding their sales of meat for vegans. The plant-based tuna will joi...

Children are silent spreaders of novel coronavirus

Of the 192 participants, 49 tested positive and had significantly higher levels of virus in their airways compared to virus-stricken adults in intensive care un...

India to have coronavirus vaccine by 2020 end: Harsh Vardhan

Zydus Cadila had stated in the review meeting that it may be able to launch the vaccine by next year. He did not give details of the research organisation. Ther...

Elmer Huerta volunteered for a coronavirus vaccine trial. Here's why

Governments and drugmakers around the world are in a frenetic race to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus . Addressing an online press briefing, Dmitri...

Lively COVID-19 circumstances in BC hit new superior at 824

A total of 3,889 people who tested positive have recovered. "Our honest condolences to all those who have lost friends and loved ones during the COVID-19 pand...

Donald Trump Blames FDA ‘Deep State’ for Coronavirus Vaccine Delay

Scientists, public health officials and lawmakers are anxious that the Trump administration will push the FDA to approve a vaccine in advance of the election, e...

Ontario adds 131 new COVID-19 cases

Ontario is adding 131 new cases of COVID-19. Testing figures remain steady after almost 29,000 tests were processed on Friday, Health Minister Christine Ell...

Johnson & Johnson to test COVID-19 vaccine in 60,000 volunteers

This enrollment of the volunteers, as mentioned on the government's database and also confirmed by the company, is nearly double in size when compared with the ...

Ontario reports 76 new COVID-19 cases

The problem apparently has to do with some public health units using an outdated Integrated Public Health System to record the data rather than the custom COVID...

Minnesotans catch coronavirus at Sturgis rally

Ashley Bloomfield said. One patient was hospitalized as of Friday. They also cautioned that it would be hard to track down attendees who got infected before hea...

Tom Reed Voices Support for Postal Service in Upcoming Election

He said he was making preparations to send out another round of direct payments to Americans and provide more money for small businesses and schools but that ...

Individual linked to ME wedding reception outbreak has died

All of the people with positive results have been notified and told to quarantine for 14 days, whether or not they have symptoms, according to the letter. Six o...

WHO chief hopes Covid-19 pandemic will last less than 2 years

Dr Michael Ryan, WHO's emergencies chief, noted that the 1918 pandemic had three distinct phases, of which, the second one at the fall of 1918 was the most deva...

World Health Organization hints on how long COVID-19 will last

Dr Michael Ryan, WHO's emergencies chief, noted that the 1918 pandemic had three distinct phases, of which, the second one at the fall of 1918 was the most deva...

Children may carry more Covid-19 in systems than previously thought

Some kids enrolled in the study went to an urgent care clinic for testing, while others were hospitalized with symptoms of COVID-19 or the related inflammato...

Delta permanently bans the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden

In the background, a man wearing a Marines hat could be seen wearing a mask. "But to me, this was just a peaceful protest about wearing masks I guess", O'Neill ...

Two Covid-19 deaths reported and 54 new cases

As of Friday, there were now 629 active cases of COVID-19 across B.C., well over double the active count of 278 from July 31. Meanwhile, an Angus Reid poll re...

COVID-19 vaccine won't be mandatory in US

Mandatory vaccine requirements will generally be in the state health authorities. Meanwhile, there are promising COVID-19 vaccines that are now in phase 3 tri...

B.C. sees 90 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths

There have been 4,915 cases of the virus in B.C. since the pandemic began, and 202 total deaths. On Thursday, the Island Health region saw one new case of COV...