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New testing suggests 1 in 5 New Yorkers already had Covid-19

The pandemic was more intense in New York City, the hardest-hit area in the U.S. There, 21.2% of people tested positive for a blood marker showing that they...

Coquitlam poultry plant closed as employees test positive

The two employees are among the 29 new cases that Henry announced on Thursday, increasing the province's case count to 1,824, which includes 1,092 recoveries. A...

Trump backtracks on bleach injection treatment claim

I mean we know the answer to this one", he said on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 on Thursday. "Calls to poison centres increased sharply at the beginning of Mar...

Coronavirus death earlier than thought

People who do not show any symptoms are a non-priority. At that time , the CDC restricted COVID-19 testing to individuals with coronavirus symptoms with k...

Coronavirus pandemic: Why Plasma Therapy could turn out be the best treatment

Coronavirus antibodies are specific immune proteins that develop when a patient has an infection. Dr. Dennis Williams, with the Kentucky Blood Center, says p...

Two deaths in brooks confirmed as COVID-19

This brings the province's known total to 3,401. An additional 47 people have recovered, bringing that total to 1,357. "I know this is getting increasingly hard...

World Health Organization defends coronavirus response, says it declared emergency at 'right time'

Meanwhile, WHO warned there were "worrying upward trends" of coronavirus cases in countries in Africa and central and South America. COVID-19 has claimed the ...

Cuomo: All Evidence Suggests New York on 'Downside of the Curve'

Andrew Cuomo said Thursday . Almost 1 in 7 people in NY who were randomly tested for coronavirus antibodies turned out to have them, Governor Andrew Cuo...

NYC docs say COVID patients' blood thickened, trying new treatments

When blood clots travel to the heart or lungs the can cause a life-threatening pulmonary embolism - or if they travel to the brain they cause a stroke. Dr K...

Spectrum Health uses plasma therapy to treat covid-19 patients

Researchers evaluated electronic health records of 5,700 patients with the disease caused by coronavirus from March 1 through April 4. The report said that al...

Coronavirus: Dettol and Lysol maker warns against injections after Trump comments

The study showed that, with a temperature of between 21 and 24 °C and a humidity of 20% in a non-porous surface, the virus takes 18 hours to be reduced by h...

HCA Midwest uses blood plasma transfusion for COVID-19 patient

The hospital authority on Monday said: "He was weaned off ventilator support on April 18". The CHI patients were all on ventilators before the treatments and ...

NY virus deaths hit 2-week low; state to OK video weddings

The continuation of this positive trend depends on our actions. Statewide, there were 16,213 in the hospital for the deadly virus as of midnight Saturday. "Ther...

Healthy 57-year-old woman was first confirmed coronavirus death in US

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after it tested tissue samples. The first known death from the virus in the USA was reported on February 29 i...

Trump Signs Order Suspending Immigration to Curb Job Competition

The order includes exceptions for the following groups: essential workers, medical personnel, spouses and children of US citizens, members of the Armed Forces,...

Accidentally Released Results Suggest Potential COVID-19 Drug Failed a Human Trial

The drug company and a scientist involved in the trial disputed that characterization, however. A summary of the experiment said remdesivir was "not associa...

Premier to unveil plan to slowly open Sask. economy

Moe said that contact tracing and testing will continue during the province's reopening. Premier Scott Moe unveiled the province's plan to re-open the economy...

Aussie-linked research suggests coronavirus can cause blood clots, strokes

The study also found that 88 percent of COVID-19 patients placed on ventilators in the hospital system died of the illness. The "association between large...

COVID-19: Germany to start tests on virus vaccine

The PEI said that the approval for human trials of the vaccine was the "result of a careful assessment of the potential risk/benefit profile of the vaccine ca...

COVID-19: 28 employees test positive at Vancouver chicken processing plant

Bonnie Henry said Thursday. As of Wednesday, BC has 103 people in hospital, down six from from Tuesday, including 46 in intensive care, also down six from Tue...

IL stay-at-home order extended through May 30 with modifications

If the stay-at-home order had been lifted this week, modeling shows there would have been a second outbreak in May, according to data put together by academic i...

FeganScott Law Firm Launches Investigation into Illinois Nursing Homes Amid COVID-19

Parkinson, speaking in response to Deborah Birx, MD, White House coronavirus task force coordinator, and her call for states to prioritize more COVID-19 testi...

Trudeau promises $9B aid package for students amid COVID-19

Georgia is even planning to start throwing open its doors on Friday, a timeline that President Donald Trump says may be premature. Trudeau said Canada is test...

Coronavirus kills 5-year-old child of Detroit firefighter, officer

America's youngest CoronaVirus victim lost her breath in Detroit after experiencing severe complications. When doctors told Skylar's parents that their daug...

Like UK, Germany approves human trial of ‘COVID-19 vaccine’

The monkeys given the highest dose of vaccine had the best response: Seven days after the animals received the virus, researchers could not detect it in the pha...

COVID-19 spread in USA weeks earlier than initially believed

Officials in northern California's Santa Clara County said the two people died at home on Febraury 7 and Febraury 18, neither had travelled outside the countr...

Two Coronavirus Deaths Confirmed Weeks Before The First Recorded U.S. Death

On Tuesday, California's Santa Clara County announced that tissue samples confirmed two people who had died in early February tested positive for COVID-19...

Cats with coronavirus: USA records first cases of pets contracting COVID-19

They say there still is no evidence that animals can spread the virus. Do not let pets interact with people or other animals outside the household. Official...

Trump signs immigration order curbing some green cards

After that, if the order isn't extended, the bureaucratic process presumedly will start back up where it left off. "It appears to only apply to immigrant (p...

Germany approves first clinical trial for potential Covid-19 vaccine

According to the institute, 200 healthy people between the ages of 18 and 55 will be administered doses of the drug at the initial stage of the trial, while the...

Coronavirus deaths in care homes quadruples in shocking development

The data about care home deaths is based around the reports to the Care Quality Commission from care home operators. It comes as ONS data shows that around a ...

Drones May Help Police In COVID Crisis

Westport, Connecticut, police are testing drone flights to detect the spread of COVID-19 among crowds at shopping centers and other locations. "Please help th...

Novel coronavirus is not "manipulated or constructed" in labs: World Health Organization spokesperson

Pompeo pressed China to allow inspections of its sensitive laboratories in the city of Wuhan, claiming that it was necessary for understanding the evolution of ...

Prince Louis celebrates second birthday with rainbow handprints

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have shared a sneak peek of Prince Louis' artistic skills ahead of his second birthday. The Duke and Duchess said they a...

China calls coronavirus lawsuit brought by USA state 'very absurd'

Chaib added that they are still unsure of how the virus managed to spread from animals to humans but that there was "certainly" an animal host. He also said t...