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Wisconsin woman took hydroxychloroquine for 19 years, still got coronavirus

But, he said , a randomised controlled trial such as this one, where neither the participant nor the researchers know who has been given the drug or a placebo,...

Have you ever seen Trump in a face mask?

On the same day, President Trump tweeted that he would order US flags lowered to half-staff for three days in honor of Americans who have died from the novel ...

United Kingdom coronavirus test with 20-minute wait being trialled

This would let them return to work the same day if they were negative rather than self-isolating just in case while they awaited results. If given the green l...

Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Permanently Closing Stores Nationwide

Bath & Body Works, another L Brands retail chain, announced a 20 percent increase in sales, as consumers raced to by soap and sanitizer amid the pandemic. The b...

CDC Issues New Guidance on Coronavirus on Surfaces

First reported by NPR's WLRN station in Miaimi , the practice has drawn ire from US health experts who say combining the tests inhibits the agency's ability to...

U.S. orders 300M doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine

Sanofi's chief angered the French government earlier this month when he said vaccine doses produced in the U.S. could go to American patients first, given the c...

Keep cleaning surfaces, but coronavirus mainly spreads person-to-person — CDC

The new language appears on the CDC's website under a heading of "surfaces and objects" indicating ways in which the virus is not readily transmitted. Only a sm...

Amy Klobuchar 'officially' being vetted as Joe Biden's running mate

Biden leads by 17 points among voters aged 65 and older and by 13 points among independents. "At worst for them, as coronavirus cases rise, Trump's judgement ...

Recovered COVID-19 Patients Called On to Donate Plasma

As a person fights the Covid-19 virus, the body produce antibodies to attack it. Blanchard Valley's outpatient laboratory is working in collaboration with the...

Superdrug now selling coronavirus antibody tests for £69

Reliable antibody testing on a large scale was "an important milestone", Hancock said, and would allow "systems of certification to ensure people who have pos...

Dutch farm worker contracted coronavirus from mink: agriculture minister

Dutch authorities believe that a mink may have infected a human with Covid-19, and are instituting mandatory testing at all mink farms in the Netherlands, CNN...

Disease model suggests United States lockdown delay caused at least 36,000 deaths

The lives of about 36,000 people could have been saved if the U.S. had begun imposing social distancing measures just a week earlier than it did in March to con...

Global COVID-19 trial of hydroxychloroquine, which Trump takes, begins

Workers in Britain will be administered either hydroxychloroquine or a placebo for three months, while in Asia, participants will be given chloroquine or a pl...

United Kingdom track and trace system in place from June

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that 17 percent of Londoners have had COVID-19. The companies said they were in talks with Britain about the system. Te...

Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works closing stores in Canada, US

L Brands said it is "closely evaluating all locations, especially more vulnerable centers for risk of closure", according to the company's quarterly earnings c...

UK's COVID-19 tracking system under fire amid warning of second spike

Justice Minister James Brockenshire said the contact tracing app needs to be up and running "as quickly as possible" but acknowledged that it may launch after...

USA announces antibody that blocks SARS-CoV-2

U.S. biopharmaceutical company claims to have discovered an antibody that could shield the human body from the coronavirus and flush it out of a person's syst...

Notre Dame will allow students back on campus for 2020 fall semester

Notre Dame is making national headlines after announcing a plan to have students back on campus this fall. In contrast, the California State University system...

AstraZeneca to begin supply of Covid-19 vaccine in September

AstraZeneca said it was also working with global distribution partners including the Serum Institute of India and promised that it would make the Oxford vaccin...

World Health Organization Approves Review Of Virus Response

A probe into the World Health Organisation's handling of the coronavirus outbreak has been backed by all members states as the U.S. renewed its severe criti...

Saint Peter's, Other Hospitals Seeing Rise in Coronavirus-related Illness in Children

The disease is associated with COVID-19 and also prevents symptoms similar to Kawasaki Disease , which includes severe inflammation that can lead to death. Any...

Scientists in China believe new drug can stop pandemic

The outbreak was first reported in China late past year before spreading across the world, prompting an global race to find treatments and vaccines. The resea...

FDA: Hydroxychloroquine isn't safe or effective in treating, preventing COVID-19

The larger problem, however, is that the president has many followers who look to him for leadership - and Trump's leadership on hydroxychloroquine may very wel...

Latest COVID-19 Numbers in Iowa ; BV County

Officials said the Bulverde and Canyon Lake cases are those with household contact with previously confirmed cases. Platte County, according to state numbers, h...

Monkeys develop virus immunity after infection, vaccine

Both studies were published today in the journal Science . "In these two studies, we demonstrate in rhesus macaques that prototype vaccines protected against S...

Human SARS antibody could pave the way towards a COVID-19 cure

It comes as scientists at a California biotech company claim to have found an antibody that completely blocks the virus. "These findings are really good news fo...

Several test positive for COVID-19 in Muskingum County

Positive COVID-19 results from the prisons in Jackson County are not included in the county's numbers. In spite of the close rates in some areas, the actual n...

Ontario to hold independent commission into long-term care

We need to fix it now", he said in the legislature. This request by the OLTCA-which amounts to around 70 percent of the provinces care homes-comes as there ha...

SC mother accused of setting vehicle on fire with toddler inside

Investigators said the auto was parked near mile marker 1 on I-126 West just after 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. He's right now at the Augusta Burn Center in Augusta wit...

Florida, Georgia Accused of Manipulating Data on Coronavirus Outbreaks

Jones said that over the last few weeks, the site 'crashed and went offline, data disappeared with no explanation and access to the underlying data sheets bec...

Trump defends taking hydroxychloroquine

In theory, repurposing existing drugs to treat coronavirus is a very good and sound idea (unlike Mr Trump's previous ones about injecting disinfectant or hitt...

Schools across North Yorkshire to get support with reopening

NASUWT General Secretary, Patrick Roach, said on the results: "The results of our survey underscore the fact that the Government has thus far failed to win the ...

Young people's mental health suffering during lockdown says charity

AWP has stressed it is more important now than ever before that North Somerset residents "be kind to each other and yourself" during both lockdown and Mental H...

Virat Kohli opens up on bribing culture in Indian cricket system

In a Facebook live chat with Bangladesh one-day captain Tamim Iqbal , he said ditching his earlier stance opened up scoring options for him. On one occasion, a...

Bars, Restaurants Can Reopen Friday In Northern Michigan: Whitmer

The timing of the decision lands just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, and no timetable has been given for the remainder of the state. Businesses must also ...