Health

Geneva (AFP) – The new coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has stalled, the World Health Organization said on Friday, urging the country to take advantage of the opportunity to reduce transmission. “The increase in Brazil is no longer exponential, it has stagnated,” WHO chief of health emergencies Michael Ryan said in …

Researchers in Australia have devised a test that can determine a new coronavirus infection in about 20 minutes using blood samples in what they say is the world’s first breakthrough. Monash University researchers said their test can determine if someone is currently infected and if they have been infected in …

FOX 35 INVESTIGATES: Health officials confirm that the death of motorcyclists has been eliminated from the number of victims of COVID-19 Two days after a FOX 35 investigation, health officials confirm that the death of a motorcycle that was initially counted among COVID-19 deaths has been removed from the state’s …

LAKELAND, Florida – Tears filled the room when a 90-year-old Florida man arrived at a nursing home in full protective gear to say goodbye to his wife before she died of COVID-19. Sam Reck of Lakeland, Florida had spent the past four months apart from JoAnn Reck, his wife of …

A rising tide of new coronavirus cases is flooding emergency rooms in parts of the United States, with some patients being moved to the hallways and nurses working additional shifts to keep up with the increase. Patients struggling to breathe are being placed on ventilators in emergency rooms as intensive …