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Beyoncé & Peloton Partner For The Beyoncé Artist Series Benefitting HBCU Students

News of the collaboration comes as Bey is now the most requested artist by Peloton's 3.6 million-plus members. The " Halo " hitmaker has signed a multi-year...

UK Gov suffers massive defeat as Lords vote through amendment to IMB

In response to the vote, a Government spokesperson said: "We are disappointed that the House of Lords has voted to remove clauses from the UK Internal Market Bi...

1 in 5 Coronavirus Patients Has Mental Health Problems

Connections between viral outbreaks and mental health issues is not entirely new, with Simon Wessely, regius professor of psychiatry at King's College London sa...

FDA grants EUA for Lilly's monoclonal antibody for Covid-19 treatment

The EUA granted by FDA aids in distribution and emergency use of the monotherapy. The EUA covers bamlanivimab 700mg for the treatment of mild-to-moderate CO...

CDC Confirms Masks Protect You and Those Around You

Wearing a face covering can protect you- as well as those around you - from coronavirus , according to new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and P...

Long-acting PrEP for women - ‘hugely significant’ for the HIV response

A single injection of a drug called cabotegravir every two months was so successful in preventing HIV in a clinical trial among women in sub-Saharan Afric...

Trump campaign wants Georgia to count all ballots by hand for recount

Until the next redistricting after the 2030 Census, district maps in most cases can only be redrawn under court order - but Murphy said state courts also saw Re...

Coronavirus Canada Updates: Ontario reports 1242 new coronavirus cases

After the Region of Peel reported over 300 new COVID-19 cases and sounded the alarm over exponential virus spread and the negative impact it's having on hos...

COVID-19 survivors at increased risk of psychiatric disorders, study finds

Nearly 20% of people received a psychiatric diagnosis within three months of getting Covid-19 in the study . The researchers also found that people with a pr...

Health Secretary confirms mass Covid testing for 67 local authorities in England

So I can tell the House that last night I wrote to 67 directors of public health, who have expressed an interest in making 10,000 tests available immediately an...

Ontario reports record high 1388 new COVID-19 cases

Ontario is reporting a record high of 1,388 new COVID-19 cases today, and 15 new deaths due to the virus. In Peel Region, the only area now in the red categor...

GOP Tries Again to Get High Court to Ax Obamacare

President Donald Trump's administration is joining Republican-led states in challenging the law, which the GOP has been trying to wipe out since it was enacte...

FDA Grants Emergency Use of Experimental Drug for COVID-19

However, for patients with a high risk of disease progression, hospitalisation and accident and emergency (A&E) visits occurred in 3% of bamlanivimab-treated pa...

Medicago reports promising early Phase 1 test results for COVID vaccine

Phase 1 clinical trials include about 100 volunteers and are created to flag any immediate safety concerns and offer an initial indication of whether the shots...

Vermont sees highest 1-day COVID case jump since April

The number includes new positives from tests processed over the weekend. From April 1 to November 7, there have been 106 probable cases, bringing La Salle Count...

Five more deaths, 335 new cases in Ireland

For the third time this week, the province has hit triple digits when it comes to COVID-19 cases as 159 new ones were announced Sunday. It brings the death toll...

Foo Fighters perform new single 'Shame Shame' on 'SNL'

Foo Fighters are Dave Grohl , Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, and Rami Jaffee. It's unpredictable, yet catchy and just when you think...

New restrictions announced in USA states seeing Covid-19 surges

New York's micro-clusters, until now, had been in Brooklyn and Queens in New York City; in Orange and Rockland counties in the Mid-Hudson region; and in Broome...

Pfizer Reports Big News on Early Vaccine Results

According to Pfizer , the vaccine gave protection seven days after the second dose and 28 days after the first dose of the vaccine. To do so, it will need tw...

All social gatherings and indoor group activities banned in BC

The bans will begin at 10 p.m. tonight (Nov. 7) and will remain in place through November 23. Social Gatherings: No gatherings of any size allowed outside of ...

COVID-19 test positivity rate in NYS focus areas trends lower: governor

Travelers must obtain a test within three days of departure from that state. If the second test is negative, you will not need to quarantine for two weeks. "W...

Experts oppose treating Alzheimer's with the drug aucanumab

Shares of Biogen were halted on Friday. (The FDA intends to render its own final verdict by March 7, 2021).But the other bad news is that, when you get right do...

Covid-19: Indians most open to getting vaccinated, says global survey

The British-Swedish drugmaker has signed supply with many countries including the US, UK, Australia , China, Brazil and the European Union (EU) Member States ...

727 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed Sunday

There are now more than 6,000 active cases in Alberta, 171 people in hospital, including 33 people in ICU. The latest available numbers for the City are 96 acti...

Over 5000 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Indiana

Meanwhile, the metro's seven-day average of new cases rose to 765. Galway is one of 15 counties in the State to have less than ten new cases reported today. O...

Travellers from Denmark barred from entry to UK

Denmark is the UK's largest source of imported pork - including bacon - with machinery and nuclear reactors among the other major import items. The UK has ...

Potential Covid-19 vaccine to be manufactured in Australia from tomorrow

In the survey that included 18,526 adults from 15 countries, 73 per cent of respondents said that they were willing to get a Covid-19 vaccine if available. Th...

Al Roker reveals he has cancer as he takes time off

And it's a good news-bad news kind of thing. According to the American Cancer Society ( ACS ), 1 in 9 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer , and the dise...

Coronavirus: Five further deaths and 335 new cases in Ireland

Six new Health Care Facility outbreaks and one new community outbreak have been reported, there are now 31 ongoing Health care facility outbreaks. Sherburne Cou...

Victoria borders expected to be lifted on 23 November

The state government will make another call on the border closure to greater Sydney and Victoria at the end of this month. When quizzed about the possibilit...

Denmark to cull 17 mil. minks amid virus fears

Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said half the 783 human coronavirus cases in northern Denmark "are related" to mink. "In the Netherlands, feral cats who...

Realtors asked to suspend open houses in B.C. to protect clients

As of Wednesday evening, among Wyoming residents, there have now been 105 coronavirus-related deaths confirmed, 12,675 lab-confirmed cases and 2,369 probable ...

Another 425 cases reported in BC in 24 hours

Additionally, deaths are up by 54. Since the pandemic began, there have been 16,560 cases recorded in B.C. and 273 deaths. In recent weeks, the Fraser Healt...

COVID-19 Numbers as of 3 pm November 5

The state's Risk Assessment Dashboard reported Wednesday for data as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, showed that Whatcom County is making two of four Phase 2 metrics g...

Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

But it seems that the virus has continued to spread on Denmark's mink farms, and it's possible that some of these circulating strains have mutated to become mea...