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United Kingdom pubs may close early amid virus spike

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Biden says he may have authority to implement nat'l mask mandate

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Donald Trump disparages his own scientists, promises vaccine very soon

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CDC's Redfield: Facemasks more powerful than vaccines in COVID-19 battle

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Wisconsin election officers: 'Do not try to vote twice'

Why? Because he doesn't want your vote to count. In previous elections, the ballots needed to be received by the Elections Office no later than Election Day. Ho...

McEnany quiet on reports of positive coronavirus tests at White House

Trump told a voter that he had his healthcare plan "all ready", adding that "it's a much better plan for you". "It was not a person that I was associated w...

Perry High School varsity football suspended until September 26

Dea and other teachers reached out to their students and assigned homework remotely until students could come back to the classroom on Wednesday. Biff strongl...

B.C. adds $660M in tax incentives to recovery plan

Members of the legislature across party lines unanimously approved funding for plan in March. The economic recovery plan includes targeted funding for the tou...

United Kingdom tightens curbs on north-east England as cases surge at 'concerning level'

New local restrictions are being introduced in northeast England - including a 10pm curfew for bars and pubs and a ban on people mixing with others outside thei...

Apple launches iPad 8 and new iPad Air for up to $ 10299

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At Least 30 Attleboro High Students Infected After Contact With Classmate

Above, a coronavirus test is performed at Boston University in July. Almost 30 MA high school students have been told to quarantine after parents sent the...

3rd school employee in Renfrew County tests positive for COVID-19

Thursday afternoon RCDHU tested 98 individuals, 83 staff and 15 students. Classes began at the Pembroke high school on Tuesday, Sept. 8. "We all have COVID-19...

Governor Abbott Urges Texans to Get Flu Shot

Coronavirus symptoms often come on suddenly around day five to seven, but can appear as long as 14 days after exposure. Recently, Robert Redfield, the director ...

The Majority Of Children Dying From COVID-19 Are Children Of Color

As per the study , three-quarters of the coronavirus-deaths have been of the people who had some underlying condition such as lung disease and obesity. One ei...

Saline County: 27 new COVID-19 cases; county total at 610

The Department of Health reported 1 new case of the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the total cases confirmed in Vermont since the beginning of the pandemi...

Bill Gates Sr dies

But he nevertheless doubts that any candidate will try to have a vaccine approved in the USA by the end of October, according to CNBC . Gates family said in ...

Gallatin County reports 14 new cases of COVID-19

There have also been 1,708,131 negative tests reported. After cases had dropped to the double-digits Monday, the new tally Wednesday comes as a notable surge. O...

No Shortage, India Producing over 6,900 Metric Tonne Oxygen: Health Ministry

As the number of patients infected with the Coronavirus increases in the country, the crisis of lack of oxygen is also deepening. According to the Health Minis...

U.S. details plan to provide free COVID vaccine for all Americans

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New coronavirus seen up close in graphic details inside lungs

They then examined the cells 96 hours later using scanning electron microscopy. Among hospitalized patients without any severe acute respiratory syndrome cor...

Fatal 'flesh eating bacteria' spreading in Long Island Sound!

Matthew Cartter, the state epidemiologist for the Health Department. At least five people are now infected with the flesh eating bacteria which is known as " ...

Anti-Inflammatory Drug May Shorten COVID-19 Recovery Time

The Eli Lilly corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. The findings from the 1,000-person study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infe...

New York Sports Clubs' owner files for bankruptcy

It's not the first gym company to file for bankruptcy - Gold's Gym and 24 Hour Fitness also began restructuring in the spring. Before the pandemic, Town...

Military Burn Pit Victims

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COVID-19 Numbers as of 3 pm September 15

There have been 2,608 cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 3,784 in the Fraser Health region, 195 in the Island Health region, 225 in the N...

Review under way after healthcare worker catches Covid-19 from quarantined person

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Pfizer Says Late-stage Coronavirus Vaccine Study Shows Moderate Side Effects

Worrisome adverse events haven't appeared so far, but fatigue has been the most common side effect noticed during the trials so far, as per the company presenta...