Jetstreams streaked across the skies above San Diego and Los Angeles as the Air Force’s famous Thunderbirds honored frontline COVID-19 responders and essential workers with an aerial acrobatics show on Friday. A formation of six F-16C/D Fighting Falcons first zig-zagged across San Diego County to […]
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Two more nursing homes report COVID-19 cases
CLOSE Buy Photo Dozens of county residents arrived for free COVID-19 testing during the third day of testing performed by IUPUI’s Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health for the Indiana State Department of Health in downtown Muncie Monday, April 27, 2020. Participants receive results […]
In California’s crowded prison system, COVID-19 takes the vulnerable
Mel Henson, 65, a retired carpenter serving a prison sentence for DUI and scheduled to be released later this year, became one of the first people in the California prison system to die after contracting Mel Henson, 65, a retired carpenter serving a prison sentence […]
UPDATE: Medilodge of St. Clair responds to COVID case questions
CLOSE Buy Photo Lake Huron Medical Center Senior Services and Volunteer Coordinatory Rosemary Hunger screens a hospital employee as she enters Thursday, March 26, 2020. As a precaution, every person who enters the hospital is pre-screened for symptoms of coronavirus. (Photo: Brian Wells/Times Herald) After several […]
Health and Social Care Secretary’s statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 15 May 2020
Coronavirus press conference (15 May 2020) Good afternoon and welcome to Downing Street for the daily coronavirus briefing. I’m joined by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Jenny Harries and by NHS England’s Medical Director for Primary Care Dr Nikki Kanani. I want to take […]
Ventilator Survival Rates For COVID-19 Appear Higher Than First Thought : Shots – Health News
A nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan holds a cellphone last month so a COVID-19 patient can see and listen to his family. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images A nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in […]
Yes Bank launches FD+COVID-19 insurance cover. Here’s how to avail it
Yes Bank in partnership with Reliance General Insurance announced the launch of FD+COVID-19 cover for new fixed deposit (FD) holders. People investing in FDs of Rs 1 lakh and above at an interest rate of 7.25 percent, for a minimum period of one year and […]
An HIV-fighting strategy might help against COVID-19
Though many people are pinning their hopes on a COVID-19 vaccine, another option is available: preventive treatment. At a Senate hearing this week, Anthony Fauci noted that a vaccine — which is probably months or years away — isn’t the only way to protect someone […]
Trump unveils audacious plan to develop Covid-19 vaccine by end of 2020
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday rolled out a hyper-ambitious plan to develop and manufacture hundreds of millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of 2020, outlining an aggressive process that, if successful, would shatter conventional wisdom about the typical process for developing […]
Ventilator Survival Rates For COVID-19 Appear Higher Than First Thought : Shots – Health News
A nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan holds a cellphone last month so a COVID-19 patient can see and listen to his family. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images A nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in […]