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West Nile Virus found in Sifton Bog mosquito trap

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Masks , face shields, and gloves have become the new normal, and people are playing with different ideas to protect themselves in a world where isolation is har...

McConnell ally won’t rule out pre-election Supreme Court nominee vote

She was the first Hispanic woman and the first Cuban-American woman to serve on the Florida Supreme Court after spending a decade as a judge on an intermediate ...

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Trump Preps Health Care Executive Actions This Week

Millions of others, including those with private insurance offered by employers, could lose other benefits now guaranteed under the ACA. The party was able to m...

Active COVID-19 school-related cases in Ontario jump by 51

The website says that 47 new cases were reported in Brampton, 31 in Mississauga and five in Caledon. The cresting cases, including 51 school-related cases in ...

First Trump-Biden debate to focus on Supreme Court, coronavirus and race

Cindy can have Sleepy Joe!" Everything this country stands for is on the line. Trump has demanded that Biden release his list of who he would nominate if ...

Amazon Tells Echelon Fitness to Stop Selling Prime Bike

At $500, it's almost a clone of Peloton's $1,900 product. But, overnight, Amazon released a statement saying that Echelon, and the Prime Bike, have nothing to...

Victoria reports fewer Covid cases

The city has been under a hard lockdown, including a nightly curfew, since August 2. There are still no active cases of COVID-19 in Greater Shepparton, as 15 ...

CDC withdraws guideline on SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread

Now, it does appear that in the near future, the CDC is planning to update its recommendation regarding the airborne transmission of the coronavirus . Such a c...

Saskatchewan orders additional flu vaccine to meet anticipated demand

Such hesitancy is set to grow as people's trust over the efficacy of flu vaccines decreases following the storage mishap. "We all know how busy the NHS have...

Fire breaks out at COVID hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack

Preliminary investigation revealed that the fire broke out due to an electrical short-circuit in one of the hospital's air conditioners. The rescued patients ...

New cases of Covid-19 confirmed this evening in Galway, Mayo & Roscommon

Elsewhere in the figures, there were 34 new cases confirmed in Cork, 30 in Kildare, 18 in Donegal , 10 in Galway, 10 in Louth , six in Clare, six in Mayo, six...

28-year-old Texas doctor dies after two month battle with coronavirus

Adeline Fagan, a second year OBGYN resident living in Houston, died early Saturday after a couple months-long battle with Covid-19, her family announced in a p...

Dengue may lead to some immunity against virus

It would not be the first time a rise in neurological diseases followed a pandemic - five years after the Spanish Flu swept the world a century ago there was a ...

COVID-19: Singapore develops robot for swab tests

In the full data released late Sunday, the ministry classified 1,015 of the reported cases as imported, 2,244 as community cases and 54,317 involving dorm resid...

Cleveland Clinic Study Says Flu Vaccine Does Not Increase COVID-19 Risk

The health system is working to provide the free flu vaccine to 30 million people, the highest number on record. "The vaccine is good, it's safe, and it does ...

Kingsville high school reports COVID-19 case: GECDSB

The province reported seven new cases on Monday. The school had cleaning protocols in place and work was done to ensure the school was safe to open Monday mor...

Africa OKs COVID-19 herbal medicine trial protocol

This picture taken on April 24, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva next to their headquarters, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, cau...

Hospitalizations Up As New COVID-19 Cases Drop Statewide

Douglas County has reported 2,084 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 88 cases since Friday. This information can be found at https://www.coronavirus...

Influenza vaccine does not increase Covid-19 risk

Household contacts of people who were instructed to "shield" during the first wave of the pandemic. Employers of frontline health and social care workers also...

Ontario to announce fall COVID-19 plan today

The last time Ottawa had this many known active cases was May 7, when they were 520. There are now 10 patients in hospital being treated for COVID-19, includi...

Over 100 schools now have COVID-19 cases: SOS Alberta

Visitation to the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary is being limited as staff and patients deal with an outbreak of COVID-19. Hinshaw said it's particularly...

Twelve New COVID-19 Cases in Mason County Monday

Renfrew County and District Health Unit's acting Medical Officer of Heath, Dr. Robert Cushman, has declared the region has entered its second wave of COVID-19 i...

CDC Changes, Then Retracts, Its Take on Coronavirus Spread

However, the updated two-page explanation provided some new guidance on how to protect against airborne transmission. While it is just so far research from ...

10PM LOCKDOWN: Curfew expected as England's coronavirus alert level upgraded to four

In a statement, the UK Chief Medical Officers said: "The Joint Biosecurity Centre has recommended that the Covid-19 alert level should move from Level 3 (Covi...

CDC reverses testing guidelines for people without COVID-19 symptoms

So, we're just waiting to see what their next update will say. The Wall Street Journal also confirmed the CDC pulled its new guidelines. But people who desc...

London could face new coronavirus restrictions 'within days', Hancock says

According to new modelling and a source close to the Mayor of London , Sadiq Khan , the capital is only two or three days behind the North West and East co...

Over 60 wealthy nations join WHO's COVID-19 vaccine plan

The COVAX Facility investment was part of the Government's broader Covid-19 vaccine strategy, which includes a $15m contribution to research by the Coalition fo...