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COVID-19 cases in Douglas County increase to 489; 167 remain active

Allegheny and Philadelphia counties had more sets of big daily increases of 240 and 163, respectively. The state as a whole reported 747 new positive cases Frid...

NYC to enter reopening phase 4 on Monday

New York City is on track to begin Phase IV of the state's reopening plan Monday - but indoor businesses that were slated to reopen as part of the phase will re...

White House Document Shows Oklahoma among 18 States in Coronavirus 'Red Zone'

A document prepared for the White House Coronavirus Task Force but not publicized suggests Oklahoma is among 18 states that should go back to more stringent m...

Australian pub cluster adds to second-wave coronavirus fears

Professor Sutton said every time the state records a triple figure rise, it's unsafe. "It's cunning in some respects, where people can be infectious for quite...

Biden says he's had intel briefings, warns of election meddling

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has claimed he received intelligence briefings warning of foreign interference in the upcoming president...

Baby contracts coronavirus in outbreak at Vancouver neonatal ICU

On a positive note, there were no new deaths due to COVID-19 in British Columbia in that time period. 2,802 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have recov...

Australian state bans "dancing, mingling" at weddings

It comes after NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian reinstated restrictions for weddings and all indoor hospitality venues on Friday as coronavirus cases continue...

COVID-19: Worker at Site C in Fort St. John tests positive

Of those, 18 live in the Interior Health region, while nine are from the Fraser Health region. "We continue to work with the Northern Health Authority and str...

Sask. Hutterite woman voices concern about COVID-19 outbreak

Twelve people are in hospital, with 11 individuals receiving inpatient care, including seven in Saskatoon, two in the South, one in the North, and one in the Ce...

Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN Begins Human Trials, 'No Adversities' so Far

The human trials of the country's first indigenous Covid vaccine began at the Rohtak PGIMS on Friday. "This is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled ...

Teen Dies of Bubonic Plague After Eating Infected Marmot in Mongolia

The plague is found in marmots there as well as in some other wild animals in parts of Mongolia , northwestern China and eastern Russian Federation, accordin...

21 new cases, including three epi-linked cases

COVID-19 has had a profound impact on everyone in British Columbia. "That gives us a better idea of how this virus is transmitted in community settings so we ...

Ontario adds 102 new cases of COVID-19

Elliott noted the province processed 26,492 tests on Wednesday . Visitors will need to have a negative COVID-19 test within the previous two weeks. Across On...

Melbourne, On COVID-19 Lockdown, Reports Record Case Count

Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria said on Thursday (July 16) two men in their 80s died overnight from the coronavirus , as the state logged a ...

Phase 4 Delayed Until August 10th

Crowd sizes will also stay the same, as now a maximum of 50 people are allowed to gather indoors and, while this was due to increase to 100 on July 20, the limi...

Walmart & Sam’s Club Requiring Shoppers to Wear Mask

Company leaders at Walmart say they will have an employee dedicated to enforcing the company's requirements at store entrances. Several of America's large...

Squirrel With Bubonic Plague Found in Colorado

A microbiologist at the University of Southampton, Dr Matthew Dryden, asserts: " Bubonic plague is caused by a bacterium and so, unlike COVID-19, is readily t...

Idris Elba says racist shows shouldn't be censored or removed

He explained to the publication: "To mock the truth, you have to know the truth. But to censor racist themes within a show, to pull it - wait a second, I think ...

Australian pub cluster adds to second-wave COVID-19 fears

Sutton said if cases continued to rise guidelines could be reviewed. Professor Michael Kidd, the country's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, said he was concerned...

France gives $9 billion pay raise to health care workers

The bulk of the package comprises 7.5 billion euros ($8.5 billion) for pay increases for nurses and careworkers, who will get an average monthly raise of 183 eu...

COVID-19: No deaths reported in B.C., with 13 new cases

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. "It was distressing to me, especially to see 25 one day". The province is now seeing 209 active cases...

Biden Outlines $2 Trillion Climate Plan

The new regulations also likely will reduce what types and number of projects that get this intense NEPA review. An earlier version of the proposed rules trunca...

Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries

The hospitals reported to send data daily to the central database at Washington include critical access hospitals, children's hospitals, general hospitals (in...

Antibodies from a coronavirus infection fade in months, study finds

The research is still in a very early stage and has seen a rapid turnaround, with academics at the Rosalind Franklin Institute at Oxford University condensi...

'Gold standard' clinical trial finds hydroxychloroquine won't prevent Covid-19

However, with questions arising over the authenticity of the study and its findings , World Health Organization resumed the trials. Back at the start of th...

Oklahoma's governor says he has tested positive for COVID-19

One of Stitt's cabinet members, David Ostrowe, tested positive for the coronavirus in March. According to Johns Hopkins University's tracking of coronavirus...

FDA COVID-19 announcements and actions this week

Systemic adverse events were more common following the second vaccination and in those who received the highest vaccine dose. The scientists studied antibod...

Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Interim Results Are Positive

The company has said that some data on how the massive trial is going could be available by the end of the year. The company aims to enroll 30,000 adults in t...

Goldman traders' best result in years spurs surprise profit gain

Wall Street's main indexes opened sharply higher on Wednesday after Goldman Sachs delivered a strong quarterly profit, while promising early data for a poten...

United Kingdom to offer jobs for highly skilled Kenyans without university degrees

It was announced in a statement from home secretary Priti Patel today that a health and care visa will provide a route for key health professionals to work in...

Three deaths in Victoria as state records 238 new Covid-19 cases

The number of Victorians killed by the virus is now 27 and the national toll is 111. "These hospitalisation numbers are of great concern to us", Mr Andrews sa...

Public Health confirms 1 new travel-related case of COVID-19

Washington County followed with 17 new cases for a pandemic total of 293 and no deaths, while Carter County added 12 cases for a total of 120 and two deaths. S...

Trump signs bill to punish China over Hong Kong, rails against Biden

Has no plans to speak to China's President Xi. He again heralded his own limited travel ban from China earlier in the year and slammed Biden for not support...

McPherson County reports 4 new cases of COVID-19

This brings the County's total number of positive COVID-19 case to 68 and increases the active case number to eight. In March and April, adults 19-49 were among...

Man, 30, Dies After Attending a ‘COVID Party,’ Texas Hospital Says

Chief Medical Officer of Methodist Healthcare Dr . Jane Appleby spoke about a heartbreaking moment she had with the patient. Appleby said she shared the sto...