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2 types of testing look for COVID-19 infections new and old

COVID-19 is a viral illness that causes the body's immune system to produce special proteins called antibodies to fight off infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus,...

Hospital in Karnataka gets nod for plasma therapy trials

When the patient showed no improvement in his condition, his family requested the hospital for administration of plasma therapy , a first of its kind treatment...

FDA approves first at-home coronavirus test

The LabCorp kit includes a Q-tip-style cotton swab, and patients are advised that other cotton swabs should not be used with this test because of concerns abo...

More Deaths, No Benefit From Malaria Drug HCQ in VA Virus Study

There are several additional studies of hydroxychloroquine underway, including at the University of Washington and University of Minnesota, as well as work by...

Coronavirus: New study suggests why COVID-19 is hitting Europe particularly hard

Laboratory tests also found that certain mutations resulted in deadlier strains of the coronavirus . 'This highly complex analysis of the genome sequence of ...

Trump's decision to suspend immigration could hurt Indian techies

Immigration is a regular talking point in Mr Trump's presidency, who ran his 2016 presidential campaign on a promise to enforce tougher borders and stricter imm...

Don't neglect other health services amid Covid-19, WHO warns

Dr. Tedros said "We are deeply concerned that the virus now appears to be gathering pace in countries that lack the capacity of many G20 countries to respond to...

4 new deaths, 105 new known cases of coronavirus confirmed in Alberta

This means that in just one week, confirmed cases have jumped up by 1,068. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, has attributed the grow...

Facebook Unveils US Map Breaking Down Reported Coronavirus Symptoms by County

The opt-in CMU survey asks Facebook users if they were experiencing coughing, fever, shortness or breath or loss of smell-symptoms that can show up in COVID-19 ...

World Health Organization chief: Worst of coronavirus pandemic yet to come

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) said today that all available evidence suggests the novel coronavirus originated in animals in China late a year ago a...

BC announces support framework for rural and Indigenous communities

Henry said the new normal will still see restrictions on festivals, parades and travel, adding they still expect no more than 50 people at a gathering (but only...

Federal agency orders nursing homes to alert residents, families to coronavirus cases

The state's release of the information came a day after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued new requirements for nursing homes , mandating th...

Germany and Australia are close to releasing COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

A number of federal politicians, including Mr Joyce, have cited privacy concerns about the Covid tracker, which will be available in the next couple of weeks, a...

29 new cases and 3 more COVID-related deaths in BC

Imperial, which owns Kearl along with ExxonMobil Canada, said as of Thursday it had two active COVID-19 cases on site, and 10 active cases away from the site. B...

Facebook to roll out coronavirus symptom-tracking survey to UK

In early April, Facebook began prompting some users in the U.S. with a CMU survey asking them to self-report COVID-19 symptoms. Each day, Facebook invites som...

New Cases in Ontario News Centre

A handful of provinces reported stable numbers of new positive cases, while Ontario - one of the provinces hardest-hit by the virus - said community spread has ...

West Orange COVID-19 Cases Rise by 24 as of Monday

Her parents, Ebbie and LaVondria Herbert, took her to a doctor for a severe headache on March 23. Skylar's fever then skyrocketed, as she began to shiver, and...

Coronavirus and nursing homes

Data collected by the NCF, which represents not-for-profit adult social care providers, suggests 4,040 people may have died from Covid-19 in residential and nur...

Roche : Healthcare Giant Roche Joins Push for Antibody Coronavirus Test

There are two kinds of tests that are often discussed as being similar, even though they are not. Germany is taking out Europe's initial large scale coronavir...

Who urged not to hope for a vaccine against COVID 19

Trials of a vaccine that could protect against Covid-19 are to begin in England. According to a report, scientists at Oxford University have produced a ...

Coronavirus: Air travellers required to wear non-medical masks under new rules

Travellers will be required to don non-medical masks in airports and airplanes when asked by authorities to do so. They are also required to wear masks when...

Plasma therapy helps Delhi`s critical coronavirus COVID-19 patient recover

The Plasma Bot takes you through a series of simple questions to determine your eligibility, from the perspective of both your ability to meet the actual biolog...

COVID-19 tests delayed by contamination at CDC lab, says report

Problems with the tests were reported not long after the first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, was announced in late January in the US. That...

Coronavirus: 'Low confidence' over arrival of PPE from Turkey, says NHS boss

Britain has appointed the former Goldman Sachs investment banker who led the country's 2012 Olympic planning to organise the domestic manufacture of personal pr...

Wisconsin Extends Stay-at-Home Order Until May 26: Governor

Many business across the state were already shut down as a result of the previous order. "Today, we are announcing that Michigan , Ohio , Wisconsin, Minneso...

Ontario reports 568 new COVID-19 cases, 39 related deaths

Yesterday the number of cases increased by 5.2 per cent. Ontario reported 568 new test-positive COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the province's total case ...

Why we may never get a COVID-19 vaccine

We've so far found with coronavirus that those infected have had different antibody responses, some weak, some strong. However, World Heath Organisation's l...

Almost 2,500 deaths reported in NY nursing homes

Roy Goldberg, medical director at Kings Harbor Multicare Center, a 720-bed home in the Bronx which reported 45 fatalities. By the end of March, at least 43 de...

US President Donald Trump says China might suffer consequences for coronavirus pandemic

And we weren't exactly invited, I can tell you that, the President told reporters. The US president also attacked former vice president Joe Biden, who is Demo...

Have You Recovered From COVID-19? Your Plasma Is Needed!

The ICMR has already sought participation in a phase-II randomised controlled trial to assess the safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma. The management pla...

Recovered from coronavirus the Muscovites offered to donate plasma

The FDA has created a dedicated new website seeking recovered COVID-19 donations , and explaining its potential uses. "It is to inform that in light of publi...

Don't rely on unapproved coronavirus tests, Brits told

Monthly production could reach millions of units - in the double-digit range - by June. It added that such tests could also allow screening within high-risk g...

Governor begins to reopen Texas

Within the orders , select activities and services that pose minimal to no threat of spreading COVID-19 are allowed to reopen using a "Retail-To-Go" model, cer...

Charity warns United Kingdom care home deaths could be over 7000

She added: "It is so important to show these stats as it will open everyone's eyes to the reality of what is happening in our care homes - it's unsafe". She add...

Covid-19 deaths in Ireland, 421 confirmed cases in Meath

The state's list omitted homes with fewer than five deaths. Renewing your home or vehicle insurance? McNamara added, "In light of that, I would ask that Min...