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Scientists Explain Why Some COVID-19 Patients Lose Their Sense of Smell

Covid-19 patients, for example, typically recover their sense of smell within a couple of weeks, whereas the condition brought about by other viral infections a...

What Dr. Fauci says about wearing goggles in public

Sadeghi writes that it is inaccurate to claim that Fauci was warning about COVID-19 specifically in 2017, as the disease didn't exist back then. The FDA rep...

This is the back-to-school plan for Windsor-Essex students

Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce unveiled the Ontario Government's plan to reopen schools in September during the COVID-19 pandemic. Spor...

Authorities in Australian state of Victoria make masks compulsory for all

Andrews implored people to stay at home if they feel sick to curb the virus' spread. 'We can not open up with these numbers, we can not open up with significa...

One new cases reported Tuesday in Nelson Co. by health dept.

MDH is now reporting that the number of patients who no longer need isolation represents individuals with confirmed COVID-19 who no longer need to self-isolate....

Coronavirus: NSW records 14 new cases of COVID-19

A prominent Illawarra businessman has revealed he has tested positive to COVID-19 as part of the growing Sydney Thai Rock restaurant cluster. "We have followe...

17 extra flights scheduled from Sydney to Brisbane, ahead of tighter borders

It is understood police and health authorities are using mobile phone data to ensure they get the full picture of the women's movements since their return to Qu...

Coronavirus: Scientists discover why COVID-19 causes loss of smell

More research is needed among younger patients. Among 100 people, 78% showed some kind of cardiac involvement in MRI scans and 60% had ongoing inflammation in...

USA economy plunged a record 32.9% in the second quarter

The US economy plunged a staggering 32.9 percent from April through June on an annualized basis, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported- by far the worst co...

COVID-19 vaccine candidates enter late stage clinical trials

Scientists at Imperial College London say they are immunizing hundreds of people with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an early trial after seeing no wo...

Virus isolation period to be increased from seven to ten days

Anyone currently self-isolating who may be nearing the end of their seven days - for example on day six of isolation - will now need to stay inside until they h...

Coronavirus pandemic is 'one big wave,' not seasonal, say World Health Organization officials

The WHO has said that young people could be behind recent spikes in coronavirus cases in Europe. Harris warned that there will be " one big wave " of corona...

Twitter suspends Stella Immanuel, doctor who claims a coronavirus 'cure'

Dr. Stella Immanuel found social media fame after she came forward with certain claims about a cure for the virus. "The tweet requires deletion because it v...

John Lewis mourned as 'founding father' of 'better America'

Obama was the third former president to speak at Lewis' funeral, with former President George W. Bush remembering the way Lewis insisted "that hate and fear...

Province reveals plan for full return to school in September

The province said most elementary schools in the province can return to full-time in-class instruction with minimal modifications to school bell schedules and t...

COVID-19 worst global health emergency so far

Tedros will convene a meeting of the WHO emergency committee for Thursday, which is mandatory given the declaration of a public health emergency six months befo...

Trump Rips CNN for Asking About Tweet on Controversial Doctor

The president's comments come after Twitter temporarily suspended his son Donald Trump Jr.'s account, after he posted a video on Facebook and Twitter whic...

Herman Cain dies after COVID-19 battle

Newsmax reported that Cain died at an Atlanta hospital and had been critically ill for several weeks. It's not clear when or where Cain was infected, but h...

Herman Cain Dies of COVID-19, Was Hospitalized After Trump's Tulsa Rally

Cain, 74, was diagnosed with the disease in late June and later hospitalised after attending a Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally for President Donald Trump, where many a...

Coronavirus drags German economy into record recession

The International Monetary Fund has predicted that global growth will fall by 4.9% this year. The single largest quarterly decline since the Commerce Departmen...

Coronavirus leads to record drop in German GDP

Stable infection rates saw it reopen factories, shops and restaurants from early May, allowing economic activity to pick up again. The sharp decline in second...

SMH Named a 'Standout' Hospital by U.S

Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, ranked No. 1 nationally. The complete listing of America's Best Hospitals can be found here. Cliff Megerian, MD...

WHO Says COVID-19 Pandemic Is One Big Wave, Not Seasonal

For months, health officials in Canada and around the world have described COVID-19 cases in "waves" and encouraged the public to help "flatten the curve" ahead...

COVID death toll reaches 150000 in US

This means one person in the country died about every minute from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. While health experts predict the number to rise in the coming w...

Coronavirus: Why masks will STILL be needed, even after a successful vaccine

Local researchers are now recruiting hundreds of participants to test the vaccine's effectiveness. There are many other companies racing to come out with a vacc...

Kodak stock surge attracts 43000 Robinhood traders in 24 hours

Mr Trump announced the deal at a news conference on Tuesday evening. The impact they have on prices is unclear, but similar buying sprees have erupted in pock...

Douglas County reports 143 new cases, 2 deaths

There are 182 coronavirus test still pending results, and 4,239 COVID-19 tests have been negative for the virus. He reports being asymptomatic and was tested Mo...

Two new Qld COVID-19 cases from Vic

Camera IconParklands Christian College at the Logan suburb of Park Ridge. The school's principal Gary Cully confirmed a coronavirus infected cleaner worked ...

Gohmert suggests without evidence that wearing mask contributed to contracting coronavirus

A spokesperson for Barr said the attorney general will be tested for the virus on Wednesday because of his contact with Gohmert. Louie Gohmert , who said l...

Totally Recovered From COVID? The Heart Says Different

It could be due to the formation of blood clots , which cause an obstruction of the arteries, "Goldberg said". As these studies showed the involvement of the...

U.S. Attorney General William Barr to be tested for coronavirus

Axios notes that "Gohmert, a fierce defender of President Trump and member of the House Freedom Caucus, has been walking around the Capitol without a mask ...

Covid-19: Infectious coronaviruses 'circulating in bats for decades'

According to the researchers, including those from the Pennsylvania State University in the USA, understanding the evolutionary history of SARS-CoV-2 has been h...

Coronavirus updates: Health Canada authorizes first COVID-19 treatment drug

A study in the U.S. found that remdesivir shortened recovery time by 31 percent. But Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer of Canada, warned that "th...

Halifax rally hopes to increase pressure for public inquiry into April massacre

Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the government is responding to calls from families, survivors, advocates, and Nova Scotia members of Parliament ...

2 additional cases of West Nile virus confirmed in Miami-Dade County

The health unit said Monday afternoon that two positive pools of mosquitos had been found during routine monitoring. The first reported case was in an adult r...