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Amazon launches new fitness band, fitness app: Functions, pricing, other details

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According to a report by Daily Mail Online, elderly volunteers who were administered the vaccine produced not just high levels of neutralizing antibodies but ...

Clark County sees COVID-19 progress, but challenges remain

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Moderna Plans to Supply 80 Million Doses of Covid Vaccine to EU

The latest data from an early Phase I study includes an analysis from 20 additional people detailing how the vaccine performed in older adults. Despite now be...

DuPage County reports 93 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, no new deaths

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Coronavirus victims will be paid to go into self-isolation

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Pregnant women should avoid all caffeine, says new study

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Vaccine will be available only after trials are successful: Serum Institute

Asked about a timeframe, he said: "That depends very much on the number of cases that occur in the weeks and months ahead". "The one thing that you would not ...

Patient Receives First Dose In UC COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

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Justice Department seeks data about coronavirus nursing home deaths NY, others

In New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and MI, the states' governors issued orders preventing nursing homes from refusing COVID-19 patients entry, despite the ...

Explained: Why Covid disease is more severe in men than women

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NY will not follow ‘indefensible’ CDC change on quarantines, Cuomo says

After weeks of encouraging people to get tested if they may have been exposed to COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly changed cours...

West Nile Virus found in Renfrew County

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Concern about immunity following coronavirus re-infections

World Health Organization spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a United Nations briefing in Geneva regarding the Hong Kong case that, while anecdotal reports of r...

China, Italy agree to work together for recovery

In a joint news conference, Wang said he chose Italy as the first country to visit after the outbreak, and this shows how China attaches importance on Italy. Th...

Nancy Pelosi vows to investigate as CDC quietly changes COVID testing guidelines

Krutika Kuppalli, an infectious disease physician in Palo Alto, Calif., told the Times . A spokesperson at the US Department of Health and Human Services d...

Moderna's candidate shows similar immune response in young and old volunteers

According to a news agency Reuters, Dr. Jacqueline Miller, Moderna's senior vice-president for infectious disease development, told the panel that the compan...

COVID-19 claims another Manitoban, 25 new infections announced on Tuesday

Seven people are reported being treated for the virus in hospital with one person now in intensive care. In total, four staff members and three patients are aff...

OH reports 884 new COVID-19 cases, 10 new coronavirus-related deaths

Breakdown of cases by zip codes includes: 185 cases for Sidney (45365); Anna (45302) 34 cases; Botkins (45306) 16 cases; Conover (45317) two cases; Fort Loramie...

58 new cases of COVID-19, one more in Northern Health

Fifty-eight new cases of COVID-19 were reported by the province in the past 24 hours, while more people are in hospital with the virus. By specific health reg...

UF Covid-19 Plasma Treatment Part of Nationwide Study

Days later, neither Trump nor the heads of the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expressed such d...

Boston Conference Led To 20,000 MA Coronavirus Infections

The Pharmaceutical Biogen event brought together 175 company leaders both from the United States and other countries. "We never would have knowingly put anyone ...

Hong Kong coronavirus researchers report first documented case of COVID-19 reinfection

He was found to be infected by two different coronavirus strains but he didn't show any symptoms from his second infection. As other research has suggested,...

More South Zone areas have zero active COVID-19 cases

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British drug company starts trial of new COVID-19 drug

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Torontonian contracts West Nile virus; first resident infected in 2020

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WHO set to certify Nigeria free from wild polio

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UK's Johnson says face masks in schools possible

Johnson, whose Conservative government has come under fire for how it has tackled education during the coronavirus crisis, said it was "crucial" for all childre...

BC health officials report 269 new coronavirus cases since Friday

Meanwhile, the outbreak at Fraser Valley Packers has been declared over. The Health Department reported five new deaths on Monday, though some may have happen...