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Roche launches new studies of Actemra

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Ontario expands COVID-19 testing, regional reopening of economy being considered

For example, Niagara Public Health reported no new cases yesterday. Ontario unveiled more of its plan to test for the virus today, which will focus on first r...

Eastern Washington child hospitalized for inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19

The syndrome was identified in the U.S.in late April and early May, the hospital says. Meanwhile, Westmoreland County, with just 443 cases, would get $31.6 mi...

Samsung Health platform is now available on company’s smart TVs in India

Today, Samsung announced the availability of Samsung Health experience for Samsung TV owners. "We knew that to do this, we needed to develop a user-centric and ...

Antiviral drug Remdesivir approved for Covid-19 treatment in the UK

The study was unable to confirm a benefit of either drug, used either alone or in combination with macrolide antibiotics, for patients with COVID-19, and foun...

South Korea reports 79 new coronavirus cases, most since April 5

After 45 days of stricter social distancing, the country switched to the scheme on May 6 to enable citizens to carry out social and economic activities under qu...

WHO Warns Of A 'Second Peak' In Countries That Reopen Too Quickly

Several thousand brokers and others used to crowd the trading floor as recently as the 1990s. Veterans, along with nursing home residents, have made up a sign...

Henry reports nine new COVID-19 cases, one new death today

Playgrounds are to reopen Monday across Metro Vancouver with restrictions in line with Phase 2 of B.C.'s COVID-19 restart plan. Elsewhere in the province, the...

6 local vaccine candidates identified, 30 groups on job

Some companies in India are at late pre-clinical stage. Many drugs are being tested around the world for help for Covid-19, however, this is risky since this ...

White House's McEnany also votes by mail, slams voting by mail

Kayleigh McEnany , Donald Trump's new press secretary who opposes equal marriage and trans-inclusive bathrooms, has been caught out in a lie about election fr...

103-Year-Old Woman Celebrates Coronavirus Recovery With a Bud Light

Gunn says Stejna was the first to test positive in her Wilbraham, Mass. nursing home. and was forced to be moved into a different part of the facility after com...

Weekly UK virus deaths at lowest level in six weeks

The ONS figures show 42,173 deaths involving Covid-19 had occurred in England and Wales up to May 15 when care home deaths are taken into account. The governm...

CVS in Ambler to begin offering COVID-19 testing on May 29th

Patients who are eligible for a test based on CDC guidelines and state or local requirements will first need to register for an appointment on the CVS website ...

Farmers market restrictions relaxed, no new COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island

No new cases were reported on Vancouver Island, with the total staying at 127. In total, 14 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and one acute-care unit...

Pharma chiefs see coronavirus vaccine by year-end, but challenges 'daunting'

According to a regularly-updated document maintained by the World Health Organization, there are 10 vaccines in clinical trials for COVID-19, and 115 in preclin...

France bans hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19 patients

It comes after the World Health Organsiation (WHO) paused a large trial fo the drug because of safety concerns. "Although observational studies can not full...

Traveling safely to avoid COVID-19

Consistent with this observation, the Guidelines further note that in experiments involving primates, infection and subsequent development of antibodies resul...

China’s Parliament Approves Controversial National Security Law for Hong Kong

The U.S., Australia, Canada, and United Kingdom said the law would "undermine" the agreement and "raises the prospect of prosecution in Hong Kong for political ...

Prevalence of ‘silent’ Covid-19 infections much higher than thought

Whether or not people who have been infected are immune to the new coronavirus , the findings emphasize an urgent need for accurate global data on how many peo...

Merck Enters Race to Develop COVID Vaccine

Merck is the latest pharmaceutical giant to join the race to develop a vaccine to treat COVID-19. In another major move, Merck is partnering with the non...

New York Will 'Supercharge' the Reopening

Robert Mujica, the budget director for NY state, was among those accompanying the governor. He expressed anger and frustration over some conservatives, who ha...

England to launch coronavirus 'test and trace' system as lockdown eases

But they will not be given a test themselves unless they develop symptoms and even those who have already tested positive for the virus or for antibodies that s...

Employers Should Not Rely on Antibody Tests to Reopen — CDC

But the CDC says the tests shouldn't be used to make important policy decisions for places like schools or jails. "Many viruses and other germs don't spread r...

Remdesivir improves time to recovery in Covid-19 patients, says new study

Hirsch, MD, emphasized the value of five-day remdesivir regimens for patients hospitalized with COVID-19-noting that effective therapy supplies are now limited,...

Aide to British PM Cummings says he doesn’t regret lockdown trip

Addressing journalists in the garden at Downing Street, Mr Cummings said: "I did not ask the Prime Minister about this decision". The row has dominated news...

Coronavirus breakthrough as Bill Gates backed vaccine enters Phase 1 trial

The results of the first phase of clinical trials in Australia are expected to be known in July, Novavax said, and thousands of candidates in several countrie...

Second straight sub-300 day for new COVID cases

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HHS, AstraZeneca Partner to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Dev't; Alex Azar Quoted

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New Ontario COVID-19 cases falls below 300

Ontario is reporting 287 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, marking the first time in more than two weeks that the number of new cases has been lower than 300. Ford...

Jellinbah miner identified as man COVID-19 tragedy

He died a short time later and a positive COVID-19 test was returned about 11:00pm. He said the man had been unwell for some time and did not get tested. Howe...

China gets promising early results from Covid-19 trial

We've begun to scale up to make a vaccine that can be deployed", Glenn said. It comes days after biotechnology company Moderna had said that the preliminary...

Virus spread 'still accelerating' in Brazil, Peru, Chile

Aside from that, of concern to officials of the World Health Organization, are the increasing contagions in other LatAm nations such as Nicaragua , Guatemala ...

Zurich International back Mental Health Awareness Week

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New Yorkers disapprove of Gov. Cuomo's handling of nursing homes

Several parts of the state have reopened in the past week, with the exception of New York City, where "the numbers have been worse". To keep up to date with...

France Bans Treatment of Covid-19 with Hydroxychloroquine After WHO Warning

President Trump said that he is no longer on hydroxychloroquine , the anti-malarial drug he has been taking for several weeks as a treatment to ward off the ...