Health

Federal health officials have begun preliminary work to establish protocols for a “challenge” trial of a COVID-19 vaccine, including creating a strain of the virus that could be used. Reuters reported it on Friday. A ‘challenge test’ is a controversial idea to deliberately infect a few hundred young, healthy volunteers …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared that his government will not accept outside assistance because the country is facing steep recovery efforts, state media reported Friday. The statement follows the move to lift a coronavirus lock on the border town of Kaesong, with Kim saying the three weeks …

An Ohio official announced Wednesday that voters will not be rejected by polling stations if they refuse to wear a mask, even with the state’s mask mandate amid the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary of State Frank LaRose of Ohio said in a press release that the state will encourage people but …

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is set to reach 200,000 by Labor Day, as children across the country prepare to return to school, according to a forecast by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC). The rate of new deaths could increase in the next …