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Australia not anxious about vaccine trial pause, cases rise in hot spot

AstraZeneca later stated that it initiated the pause-but has not disclosed specifics on the adverse reaction and when it took place. A spokesperson for AstraZ...

Vaccine could be ready by mid-October, says BioNTech CEO

A second individual familiar with the matter, who also spoke to Statnews on condition of anonymity, said the finding is having an impact on other AstraZeneca ...

Plea to stop 'inappropriate' testing as people without Covid symptoms seek tests

He added: "We want to set out very clearly for everybody - so that everybody has the chance to see these rules, read them and then to follow them, and that's wh...

Lungs damaged by coronavirus can fix themselves in three months

The average age of the 86 patients was 61 and 65% of them were male. The study has over 150 patients participating to determine what happens after recovering fr...

Queensland records two new cases

Queensland recorded two new cases overnight, including a woman in her 30s who works at the hospital and a woman in her 20s who lives with an already confirmed ...

Anita Hill Says She'll Vote For Biden

But Hill told CNN on Saturday that despite Biden's shortcomings in the past, she believed he should be elected rather than President Donald Trump. "Its more ab...

Coronavirus: 307 new COVID-19 cases, 6 of them in Galway

Currently, 37% and 51% of medical/surgical beds and ICU beds are available, respectively. As of midnight September 5, the total number of Louth cases stood at...

Chinese mainland reports 10 new COVID-19 cases, all imported

The WHO has cautioned that the findings do not mean that steroids should be given to all COVID-19 patients, and the organization now recommends doctors not to...

Clinical trial of Covid-19 Influenza Kit approved in S. Korea

It found that was the case for 54 per cent of parents, up 16 percentage points from a year ago, among 3,000 families surveyed in Canada, the United States, Japa...

Coronavirus after-effects: Inflammatory syndrome in children could damage their hearts, study shows

Re-opening Continues Across Densely Populated New York And New Jersey Areas NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 07: A child wearing a protective mask holds an Amer...

Daily Covid-19 cases in Canada up by 25%

There have been 1,31,495 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 9,143 deaths, with the trend of increased cases among younger people, the Public Health Agency o...

Three dead, 147 infected after COVID super-spreader wedding

No details on the third death linked to the reception have been released, but all three caught the virus from people who had been at the event or who were inf...

Three NSW emergency workers test positive

The nine new cases were diagnosed in the 24 hours to 8pm on Monday night from 12,494 tests. NSW has recorded nine new cases of COVID-19 and 150 boarders at a ...

World Health Organization warn there may not be a widespread vaccine available until mid

Russian Federation drew a great deal of skepticism when it announced that it developed the world's first approved COVID-19 vaccine in August, which President Vl...

Clinical trial of Covid-19, influenza kit approved in South Korea

Flu shots are now available and doctors are urging people to get vaccinated this year to avoid the double whammy of flu and COVID-19 this winter. Redfield sai...

Nightclubs ordered closed in British Columbia after spike in COVID-19 cases

There are no new community outbreaks however, community exposures continue to occur. During a phone call with media Tuesday morning, Dr. Elizabeth Brodkin, Fr...

307 new cases of Covid-19 today includes increase in Louth cases

That list can be found here. Cases of COVID-19 in Dawson County continue to fall for the second week in a row, according to data from the Georgia Department o...

As UK coronavirus cases rise, "people have relaxed too much" officials warn

Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), has said the latest increase in coronavirus cases i...

Australia secures access to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine within months By

There are now 175 COVID-19 vaccines in various stages of development, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), of which 33 are now in human trials. C...

Roche gains FDA Emergency Use Authorization for simultaneous COVID-19 / flu test

The worry over infection transmission by means of surfaces started in late March after an investigation distributed in the renowned New England Journal of Medi...

Ottawa COVID-19 cases increase by 21

Twenty-nine of the of the 34 health units reported five cases or fewer. An additional COVID-19-related death was reported for a total of 2,811 lives lost to t...

Woman COVID-19 patient sexually abused by ambulance driver in Kerala’s Aranmula

The incident came to light a day after a 19-year-old woman was raped by an ambulance driver as she was being shifted to a Covid care centre at Pandalam in ...

Africa confirms more than 1.29 mln COVID-19 cases

The unprecedented migration not only hollowed out India's economy but also spread the virus to the far reaches of the country. Looking at the cases trend an...

102 additional cases of Covid-19 confirmed this evening - no new deaths

NPHET confirmed 102 new cases today, of which 75% are under 45 years of age. Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; "182 o...

Ontario records close to 200 new COVID-19 cases

The most new cases reported Tuesday are in Toronto (48), followed by Peel (42) and Ottawa (37). The government reported 185 new cases Tuesday, following a sim...

Philippines adds Australia's CSL as potential vaccine source

Under the agreement, more than 84.8 million vaccine doses will be provided for the Australian population, with early access to 3.8 million doses of the Univer...

When's the best time to get a flu shot? Doctor explains

Foti said health care professionals aren't sure if those who have the flu or COVID-19 are more susceptible to being infected with the other virus. Unlike a ye...

Have your say: Are you anxious coronavirus is out of control?

Virus cases were "increasing exponentially", according to another member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), Professor John Edmunds, from t...

Covid: Australia hopes to roll out nearly 85 million vaccine doses

The deals promising onshore manufacture of the University of Oxford vaccine by AstraZeneca and the University of Queensland vaccine by CSL will be announc...

COVID-19 case count linked to Toronto-area wedding climbs to 23

They are warning anyone who attended the events - which took place on the last weekend of August - that they may have been exposed to the virus, and to monitor ...