Slideshow ( 2 images )AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government was fighting on two fronts on Friday to maintain a night-time curfew it says is vital to slow a third wave of coronavirus cases less than a month before a national election. The Senate was debating a bill rushed through parliament by Prime Minister Mark […]
After more than a year since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a global health emergency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to underscore that there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or […]
Extending the symptoms that trigger a PCR test for COVID-19 could help detect around a third more cases of the disease. New research led by researchers at King's College London and published in the Journal of Infection suggests that restricting testing to the 'classic triad' of cough, fever and loss of smell which is required […]
At least two dozen people have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a conference in California that was hosted by Peter Diamandis, the co-founder of a coronavirus vaccine company. Last month, Diamandis, 59, hosted an annual summit for a paid-membership group called Abundance 360 in Culver City, Calif. The event was initially slated to take place […]
FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure QuinteroCARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela will begin vaccinating medical personnel against the novel coronavirus on Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro said in a press conference on Wednesday. The announcement comes after the first 100,000 doses of […]
The new president of the United States has been referred to as having grief as a superpower. U.S. citizens have expectations about their president as “comforter-in-chief,” something at which President Biden’s predecessor failed miserably. As we surpass the grim milestone of 20,000 deaths in Canada to COVID-19, I am left wondering who is demonstrating leadership […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. California is expanding its coronavirus vaccine program to include people aged 16-64 with high-risk health conditions. As of March 15, health care providers can use their “clinical judgment” to vaccinate those with conditions that could lead to death or severe illness […]
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NACHOD, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Jan Mach had coped with his eastern Czech district hospital’s COVID-19 wards filling up – until 22 new arrivals on Monday alone were too much and he had to seek outside help. On Wednesday, ambulances took 15 patients to hospitals as much as 230 km (140 miles) away, as closer […]
A new strain of the coronavirus in Southern California, first reported last month by Cedars-Sinai, is rapidly spreading across the country and around the world as travelers apparently carry the virus with them to a growing list of global destinations, according to new research published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association […]
