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University of Alabama sees 1,000 virus cases since reopening

The two unidentified students are "recovering well and are away from campus", according to officials. Before their return to Grounds, the University asked all u...

Federal government gives Ontario $381M to help with back to school plan

The association that represents Ontario's 43,000 doctors said Wednesday that the province's medical officers of health will work closely with the government and...

Amazon Launches Health-And-Fitness Tracker 08/28/2020

The Amazon Halo wristband consists of a sensor module and a band that attaches to the top of it. For example, members of both WW (formerly Weight Watchers) an...

COVID-19 tally inflated by lab's delay, large events

The additional fatalities brought Merced County's COVID-19 death count to 114 since the pandemic's start. Over the past seven days, the state has reported, on a...

COVID-19 contacts should be tested, regardless of symptoms

Beyond Pelosi, Trump critics including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reacted to the change and accused the administration of trying to reduce the number of positiv...

110 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Wednesday

A 62-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on August 16 and died on August 22 at Adventist Health Portland. Additionally, health officials say ...

Africa declared wild poliovirus free

Eradication efforts since 1996 "have prevented up to 1.8 million children from crippling life-long paralysis and saved approximately 180,000 lives", the United ...

Feds seek data on care home deaths in 4 Democrat-led states

The Department of Justice says the data will help inform whether it will initiate full investigations under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act. A...

1 death, 1 person remains hospitalized with COVID-19

The Wyoming Department of Health reports the state has had 3,135 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 37 deaths in the state resulting from COVID-19. Sheridan Coun...

In stunning reversal, CDC abruptly changes position on when to get tested

President Trump has indeed argued at various points this summer in favor of the need to reduce the volume of tests being conducted for coronavirus , wrongly...

DuPage County reports 93 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, no new deaths

While Clark County is encountering positive COVID-19 news, Melnick said Public Health is still having challenges in contacting confirmed cases and close contact...

European Union concludes talks with Moderna for potential COVID-19 vaccine

China has been administering Coronavirus vaccines on workers since July 22. Phase 3 clinical trials of this vaccine have been conducted in the UAE, Peru, M...

AstraZeneca starts trial of COVID antibody treatment

Up to 48 healthy people aged 18 to 55 years will take part in the first stage of the trial, aimed at evaluating the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of...

Washington health experts baffled by ‘strange’ new COVID testing guidance from CDC

They noted that testing contacts of infected people is a core element of public health efforts to keep outbreaks in check, and that a large percentage of infe...

Two cases of COVID-19 reinfection reported in Europe

In view of this, there are fears about the efficacy of potential vaccines against the virus , which has killed hundreds of thousands of people. The COVID-1...

West Nile Virus found in York County mosquitoes

West Nile virus is an infection transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. "It's not surprising to see positive mosquito pools in the mon...

Virus vaccine remains goal despite case of reinfection

The findings, although based on just one patient, supports the theory that COVID-19 immunity only lasts a few months. The researchers found that first strain re...

Jerry Falwell Jr. Confirms He's Resigned as Liberty University President

It comes after a business associate said he had had a sexual relationship with Mr Falwell and his wife. Falwell's work to shore up Liberty's finances after ...

HHS Denies It's Scaling Back COVID Testing Because Of White House Pressure

The CDC is changing its recommendations for travelers, urging them to pay attention to local and state recommendations, and dropping their 14-day quarantine fo...

China approves emergency usage of COVID-19 vaccines, official says

The world's first vaccine against the coronavirus to receive a government go-ahead has caused unease among global medical experts, who called Russia's fast-tra...

More mosquitoes in Sarnia-Lambton test positive for West Nile virus

EEE has been found repeatedly this summer in the area , according to the Oswego County Health Department. This is the second positive mosquito finding of the se...

Last week, there were 65 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Winneshiek County

The DOH updates COVID-19 data, including new positive cases, each day at statewide and county levels. Pierce County reported 30 new COVID-19 cases and one n...

Kazakhstan Secures Supplies of Russian Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate

The vaccine should begin producing a viral antigen which will activate a response in the body's immune system. A race is on among countries to guarantee a sup...

'A momentous milestone': Africa now free from wild polio virus

Some African countries have reported cases of vaccine-derived polio, but only countries with what is called "wild polio virus" are considered endemic. "The vacc...

Scientists Report First Case of Coronavirus Reinfection

According to Euronews, a woman in the city of Leuven was reinfected three months after her first case of COVID-19. The study from scientists at the Univers...

Cuomo, other governors mum on quarantine rules after CDC drops recommendation

The CDC recommends travelers wear masks indoors, wash hands, maintain social distancing guidelines, and monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19. If you're...

Iowa confirms state's first child death from COVID-19

An additional 96 recoveries are reported for a new total of 8,604. Santa Fe County reported 19 new cases, giving the county a total of 777. Brookings County...

Children Aged 12 And Over Should Wear Masks Said Who

The numbers were raising again in nations as diverse as South Korea, EU states & Lebanon. Meanwhile, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that...

ADHS enhances COVID-19 reporting for schools, child care, and shelters

There have been 61 cases of COVID-19 in the South Island region since the pandemic began, with the most recent confirmed symptoms reported six days ago. There h...

COVID-19 checkup: Vancouver Island adds 6 new cases, 13 now active

The Laurel County Health Department reported Monday that 10 new COVID-19 cases had been diagnosed between Saturday and Monday, which ranged in age from a 12-yea...

Hamilton County reports 5 new Covid-19 deaths

But despite the continuing surge in cases, prompted by a wave of recent outbreaks and infection clusters, Henry noted the province still has a low rate of "unde...

Falwell Resigns From Liberty U After Salacious New Details Surface

Embattled Christian-right leader Jerry Falwell Jr . detailed his wife's "indiscretion", which he described as brief and starting in 2012, in a stunning lengthy...

Victoria Records Lowest Coronavirus Numbers In Seven Weeks With 116 New Cases

The state of emergency - separate to the state of disaster declared on August 2 - is expected to be necessary until a vaccine is available. "I think we all ...

172 states, multiple candidate vaccines work with Covax

Coronavirus Vaccine update: The staff of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), who were preparing to go overseas, and frontline medics were offered two choices of in...

Canadian conservatives elect Erin OToole their new leader to battle Trudeau

O'Toole also reached out to Canadians of all backgrounds, "I believe that whether you are Black, white, brown, or from any race or creed, whether you are LGBT o...