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Anthony Fauci says Pfizer vaccine's trial success may boost acceptance

The country's top infectious disease expert. Fauci said, "Of course, Jake, that is obvious". He said the military could "potentially" play a role in deliver...

FDA OKs First Totally At-Home COVID-19 Diagnostic Test

Stephen Hahn said. The test kit can also be used in doctor's offices, hospitals, urgent care centers, and emergency rooms for all ages, but samples must be ...

Binghamton University Returning to Remote-Only Classes

Officials did not respond to questions about how many tests were available. As a result, they designed a weekly prize drawing, which includes different kinds ...

Group rallies at Camas district headquarters for in-person school

Sayone Thihalolipavan, a medical consultant with Public Health Services of the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency. The Phillipsburg School Dis...

New study finds video games beneficial for mental health

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Pfizer, BioNTech plan filing as vaccine proves 95% effective

The shot helped to prevent severe disease, according to the analysis , with nine of 10 severe cases in the trial occurring in the placebo group. After immunisa...

Mouthwash can kill coronavirus in 30 seconds, study says

Mouthwashes containing 0.07% of the ingredient cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) showed "promising signs" of reducing COVID-19 according to the study , with the r...

Amazon opens online pharmacy, disrupting another industry

CVS shares fell as much as 8.5% in early trading in NY, while Walgreens Boots dropped as much as 10.3%. Shares of GoodRx, a company that finds users prescrip...

COVID has been in Italy since September 2019

The real surprise (and remember the study is yet to be peer-reviewed) was that they found antibodies in patients from as early as September 2019. Italian scie...

California 'Sounding The Alarm' With New Restrictions Amid Coronavirus Spike

Previously, it took two weeks for a county to be moved. The shift into the "purple tier" for 41 of 58 counties comes as the number of daily new coronavirus ...

PM to premiers: Feds don't have 'infinite resources' for COVID aid

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued to prod premiers towards more stringent measures to rein in the precipitous rise in COVID-19 cases, warning that his go...

Pro-EU candidate Sandu leads Moldova presidential run-off, incumbent digs in

Workers at Sandu's campaign office chanted "victory" after the former World Bank economist won 53.38% of votes compared to 46.62% for Dodon, with 96.55% of ball...

New Study Suggests COVID Patients More Susceptible To Mental Illness

Almost one in five people is diagnosed with a psychiatric condition within three months of contracting coronavirus - double the usual rate from other illn...

Ontario close to canceling non-essential surgeries again as coronavirus cases spike

Cases and deaths in long-term care homes continued to rise, the document shows. That means Ontario could, within weeks, have more cases per capita than France, ...

Ottawa Supports Canadian-Owned Pipeline Earmarked for Closure by MI

The pipeline carries about 23 million gallons (87 million litres) of oil and natural gas liquids daily between Superior, Wisconsin, and Sarnia, Ontario. Whitmer...

Trump Says Biden ‘Won’ - Then Claims Race ‘Rigged’ and Refuses to Concede

Trump has refused to concede the election, and repeatedly said he meant to overturn the result through legal cases - though no evidence of mass fraud in the N...

Spike in measles cases, deaths worldwide

The share of the global population which has received the first of two recommended doses of the vaccine has remained stagnant for more than a decade, at 84 to 8...

Million MAGA March: Pro-Trump protests in Washington D.C. turn violent

With right-wing militia group the Proud Boys among those attending, a large security presence was deployed to prevent clashes with anti-Trump events outside the...

58 returning travellers test Covid-19 positive in Qatar on Nov 15

Of these, 268 had a previously tested positive for Covid-19 so were known positives, while the remaining 2,579 had unknown previous infection status. These co...

Alberta sees 907 new cases of COVID-19 in single day

The province will provide another brief update on COVID-19 on Sunday before a detailed update including local COVID-19 numbers is provided on Monday. "We do k...

Costco Set to Require Masks for Entry, Including those with Medical Conditions

Get the full story in the video above. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a face shield is primarily used for eye protection for th...

Zuckerberg says Bannon did not violate enough policies to warrant Facebook suspension

In a video linked to Bannon's podcast that was posted to both Facebook and Twitter last Thursday, Bannon suggested beheading Fauci and Wray in punishment for th...

Russian Coronavirus Vaccine Estimated To Be 92% Effective

Pfizer announced Monday that early data around its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine trial shows that it is more than 90% effective in preventing the virus. Pfize...

California Is Second State To Reach 1-million COVID Cases

Following Texas earlier this week, California has unfortunately surpassed 1-million confirmed COVID-19 cases. Already, more than 241,700 people have died. B...

COVID-19 Numbers as of 3 pm November 13

As a public service, Shaw Media will provide open access to information related to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) emergency. Demographic data from Clark County Pu...

California, Oregon, and Washington Ask Travelers to Quarantine

Truck drivers are considered essential workers and are not impacted by the travel advisories. Newsom said in a news release , "Travel increases the risk of s...

US Sets New RECORD For Coronavirus Hospitalizations - More Than 60K

The milestone comes just hours after global cases surpassed 50 million, meaning about one out of every five people around the world diagnosed with the virus s...

India's COVID-19 tally reaches 8,773,479_china

Meanwhile, 8,115,580 people have recuperated from the deadly virus in the country, pushing the overall recovery rate to 92.97 per cent. Delhi observed anoth...

BC surpasses 20000 cases of COVID-19

Since Nov. 1, Richmond has had 24 new cases of the virus. At an Erie County COVID briefing Thursday, county health commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein presented Wi...

Republican Incumbent Wins Alaska Senate Race, Clinching 50 Senate Seats For GOP

McCarthy pointed to the 37 day recount in 2000 that ended in George W. Bush becoming president, saying, "Let's make sure we get this right". But adds that if Pe...

Fitness classes cancelled, smaller worship gatherings: New COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta

Singing, dancing and theatre groups will also have to take a break. They apply to Edmonton, Calgary, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Fort McMurray and Red Deer. A t...

Moderna stock jumps after key step toward COVID vaccine results

The biotech company said in a statement Wednesday it has enough cases for a first interim analysis of the Phase 3 study of its COVID-19 immunization, called m...

20% Covid-19 patients at risk of developing mental illness

They also found higher risks for developing dementia in patients over age 65. This means that the association between Covid and psychiatric illnesses is bid...

Updated CDC guidance shows masks protect the wearer and others

The CDC said early research supports community masking to lower virus spread, particularly when it's estimated that more than half of transmissions stem from as...

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...