Health

For Canadians eager for an impetus against the coronavirus, this week brought both optimism and words of sober caution. The federal government on Wednesday announced the first of many major offers to buy vaccines from two US-based multinational pharmaceutical companies: Pfizer and Moderna. There will be “millions” of doses, said …

The death toll comes less than five months after Brazil recorded its first Covid-19-related death. The ministry said 100,477 people had lost their lives and 3,012,412 had been infected. In the last 24 hours, 905 people have died from Covid-19. The day was marked by demonstrations of solidarity with the …

Therefore, a group of researchers at Duke University developed a simple technique for analyzing the effectiveness of various types of masks that have become a critical component in stopping the spread of the virus. The search began when a professor at Duke’s School of Medicine helped a local group buy …

Researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine published a study projecting nearly 300,000 COVID-19-related deaths in the United States by December. IHME Director Dr Christopher Murray compared the COVID wave to a roller coaster in a press release Thursday. …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – On Friday, Judge Eric Aarseth issued a temporary injunction, ordering Kriner’s Diner to close its covered grounds, in accordance with emergency orders from the City of Anchorage. Kriner’s attorney, Blake Quackenbush, argued that the order in question had not been efficiently amended, and urged the court …