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Israeli army targets Hamas position in Gaza

Gaza security sources say Israeli fire targeted Hamas observation posts east of Rafah and east of Khan Yunis, causing no casualties. Israel and Hamas have ...

Twitter hides Trump tweet behind notice for potentially dissuading people from voting

To assuage voters' concerns about voting by mail amid the ongoing public crisis facing the postal service, states have expanded locations that allow voters to ...

Putin critic flies to Germany for treatment

Mr Navalny is in an induced coma, and his condition is reported to be stable . Navalny gained prominence as a critic of corruption and of the government led ...

US FDA approves blood plasma therapy to treat Covid-19

After Trump claimed Saturday that FDA employees were engineering delays to sabotage his re-election, Meadows said the president's tweet reflected "frustration...

Twitter attaches disclaimer on Trump's 'mail drop boxes' tweet By

Other users will be able to quote tweet Trump's post, but they are not able to like, reply or retweet it. Twitter has flagged a Tweet from President Donald T...

IDPH: McHenry County sees decrease in COVID-19 cases, positivity rate

Brookings County cases have risen to 182 total positive cases (eight new Sunday): 146 of those people have recovered, with 35 active cases and one death . Wa...

Coronavirus likely to vanish faster than Spanish flu: WHO chief

That time, it took two years to overcome the consequences of the infection, Ghebreyesus said and added that the modern advances in technology could enable the w...

Ottawa drops to single-digit new COVID-19 cases Sunday

At an tweet, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott verified that 27 of this state's 34 local public health programs reported five or four new cases now and ...

NYC Teachers Union Threatens Strike Says Schools Not Ready To Reopen

UFT President Michael Mulgrew threatened legal action against the city and said teachers would strike if the mayor tried to force them to return to classrooms...

Kids can carry higher Covid loads than adults

Recent research articles in different journals have claimed that children and infants with COVID-19 infection have a much higher viral load compared to adults...

RDIF Working With 4 Partners in India on Russian COVID-19 Vaccine

Large-scale testing of the vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya institute, is due to start in Russian Federation next week. " This is an interesting case f...

Coronavirus: India to get dedicated vaccine portal soon, says ICMR

Speaking to reporters here, he said that a Covid-19 vaccine is likely in the next 4-5 months. As of now, all the information is scattered. Currently, 2 Covid-19...

Glitch in COVID reporting

Based on data provided in today's epidemiological summary, there are at least 964 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario now. Since the beginning ...

Florida Keys to release modified mosquitoes in plan to fight illness

Whether or not the modified mosquitoes can efficiently crash the population of these mosquitoes in Florida remains an open question, some experts say. " The...

AU launches continental campaign to mitigate COVID-19 impact in Africa

The continent-wide everyday average was 10,300 recently, below 11,000 the week previously. The announcement was made by John Nkengasong, director of the Addis...

Children May Spread COVID-19 More Easily Than Previously Thought

This also implies that they can carry a higher infection load as compared to other people with the same disease. If a child picks up the coronavirus from anot...

DNC 2020: Joe Biden convention speech fact-checked

Republicans plan to nominate Trump and Pence at their four-day celebration. The California senator responded, "I think that there is so much about what com...

Researchers compared COVID-19 with other infectious diseases like the flu

The study of 192 children and young adults - newborns to 22-year-olds - found that 49 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and another 18 showed symptoms of COVID...

Children are silent spreaders of novel coronavirus

However, recent research articles in different journals have claimed that children and infants with COVID-19 infection have a much higher viral load compared to...

‘Healthy’ kids carry more virus than very sick adults

This also implies that they can carry a higher infection load as compared to other people with the same disease. It can also give the bug a "jump start". "In ki...

Drug firm Momenta object of $6.5B deal

Nipocalimab recently received a rare pediatric disease designation from the U.S. FDA. J&J thinks that Momenta's lead drug nipocalimab could be a kind of Swiss...

California reports first human case of plague since 2015

The health officials believe that the resident from South Lake Tahoe may have gotten the plague from an infected flea while walking his dog in the Tahoe Key...

COVID-19 cases in Douglas County increase to 870; 120 remain active

Locally Stearns County had 21 new cases, Sherburne County had 11 and Benton County had 2. At a Wednesday news conference, Health Director Dr. Debra Bogen sai...

Ely College GCSE results 2020

Mr Williamson remains under intense pressure despite apologising to pupils - and has repeatedly refused to say whether he will consider resigning. However, this...

United Kingdom signs coronavirus vaccine deals with J&J and Novavax

The deals include thirty-million doses of J&J's vaccine, Ad26.COV2.s, as well as sixty-million doses of Novavax's vaccine, NVX-CoV2373. A federal official mad...

Mum was right! Honey better for treating coughs and colds than antibiotics

The researchers say that doctors can recommend honey as a suitable alternative to antibiotics , which are often prescribed for such infections, even though the...

Whitley County reports second COVID-19 related fatality Thursday

The newest case was discovered in the southern Vancouver Island region, according to Island Health data . The number of those hospitalized with COVID-19 held...

Study finds asymptomatic kids may be more contagious than severely ill adults

Yet infected youngsters were found to have to have a significantly higher level of virus in their airways than 162 adults who had been hospitalised with the vir...

Trump pitches convalescent plasma as an effective treatment for COVID-19

The authorization is on hold for now as more data is reviewed. People who survive an infectious disease such as COVID-19 are left with blood plasma containi...

India reports record single-day spike in COVID-19 cases

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in the last 24 hours, coronavirus cases saw a spike of 64,531 with 1092 deaths. The record high recoveries have ens...

89 new COVID-19 cases, one additional death

On the Alberta government website, 177 cases are shown under Friday's date, however, 74 of those were from before August 14 and have only now been reconciled, b...

COVID-19 vaccine trials in regional Qld

In a Wednesday interview with Australia's Special Broadcasting Service (SBS ), Morrison said he is "hopeful but also naturally cautious" that a vaccine being d...

Officials Recommending Flu Shots For Area Seniors

Flu shots will be required for all students in Massachusetts schools, announced the Massachusetts Department of Public Health , today, August 19. The term, '...

B.C. COVID-19 update

In all, there are now eight outbreaks of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities and one in an acute care facility, the officials said . Gustafrson said...

Nursing Home Cases Of COVID-19 Still Rising

He said the impact of Covid-19 has been "utterly devastating" for those living and working in nursing homes. The group is the industry's main trade association....