Cruise Ship Forced to Dock After 5 Passengers Test Positive for Coronavirus in Caribbean
The first cruise ship to resume sailing in the Caribbean since the coronavirus outbreak expanded in March, is idled again after ...
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Sniffer Dogs Beat Swabs in Detecting Coronavirus
Sniffer dogs are being used to identify people infected with the coronavirus, and early trials suggest they are incredibly ...
Measles Cases and Deaths Soaring Worldwide, WHO Says
The World Health Organization reports measles cases and deaths have soared around the globe since 2016. It ...
Greek-Turkish Rivalry Persists, Even in Celebration of Possible Coronavirus Vaccine
Greece and Turkey have long been at loggerheads over a host of issues – from a scattering of uninhabited islands in the ...
Texas Surpasses 1 Million COVID-19 Cases
Texas became the first U.S. state Wednesday to surpass 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, with California close behind.Health ...
Recordings Reveal WHO’s Analysis of Pandemic in Private
As the coronavirus explodes again, the World Health Organization finds itself both under intense pressure to reform and holding ...
Developing Nations Could Lose Out in Race for Coronavirus Vaccine
A vaccine for the coronavirus has proved 90% effective after early trials, according to its joint developers Pfizer and BioNTech. ...
US Records 1 Million COVID-19 Cases in First 10 Days of November
The United States on Monday reported more than 1 million new cases of COVID-19 in just the first 10 days of November.The U.S. has ...
New 3-D Weather-Mapping Program Could Revolutionize Forecasting
As severe weather events increase in frequency and intensity across the U.S. and around the world, scientists and forecasters are ...
One in Five COVID-19 Patients Develop Mental Illness
A study conducted by Britain’s Oxford University suggests COVID-19 can increase a person’s risk of developing a ...
Pakistan Says Pfizer Vaccine Not Suited for Developing Nations
A top Pakistani government scientist says Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is not suited for Pakistan, or other developing ...
US Supreme Court to Hear Obamacare Case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a Republican effort to strike down the Affordable Care Act health care ...
Brazil Suspends Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine in its Final Trials Before Possible Approval
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa suspended clinical trials of a Chinese ...
US Allows Emergency Use of COVID-19 Antibody Drug
U.S. health officials have allowed emergency use of the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an ...
British Prime Minister Johnson Welcomes Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine News
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed the news from pharmaceutical company Pfizer that its potential ...
HUD Secretary Ben Carson Tests Positive for Coronavirus
The secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a department ...
Hungary Becomes Latest European Country to Impose Lockdown
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Monday the government will impose a partial lockdown in an attempt to slow ...
Pandemic Threatens Decades of Progress in Global Health
The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, warns the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening decades of ...
Tropical Storm Eta Hits Florida Keys
Tropical Storm Eta made landfall late Sunday in the Florida Keys on its way into the eastern Gulf of Mexico before taking another ...
Trump Chief of Staff Meadows Tests Positive for Coronavirus
U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows has been infected with the coronavirus as the nation sets daily ...
US Has 3 Straight Days of Over 100,000 New COVID Infections
The U.S. reported more than 121,000 new coronavirus cases Friday, the third day in a row the nation has recorded more than ...
Trump Chief of Staff Meadows Diagnosed With COVID-19
President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows has been diagnosed with the coronavirus as the nation sets daily ...
France, Italy, Russia Hit Record-High Number of Coronavirus Cases
France, Italy and Russia reported new daily records for coronavirus cases Friday, a day after the United States set its third ...
Poland Sets Record for Daily COVID-19 Cases
Health officials in Poland reported a record number of coronavirus-related deaths on Friday as the first treatments began for ...