Health

Plans proposed by Donald Trump and his education secretary to reopen America’s schools in the fall are “reckless” and could lead to many teachers leaving the profession, the president of one of the nation’s largest teacher unions warned. The new school year is just a few weeks away in the …

The reopening and relaxation of social distancing restrictions in some states may be contributing to the country’s first notable increase in deaths from coronavirus since April, when the pandemic peaked initially. The number of cases in late June increased more than during the first peak of the outbreak. At the …

It is not often that one hears the word “pandemic” and “inspired” in the same sentence. But the director of the US National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, says that despite all the suffering and grief that COVID-19 has caused around the world, he has at least witnessed a …

New Delhi, July 16 Zydus Cadila’s move to begin human trials of his locally developed vaccine candidate for COVID-19 is an important milestone for an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat,’ Department of Biotechnology secretary Renu Swarup said Thursday. Zydus Cadila said Wednesday that he has started phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of …

There are thousands of personal health factors that contribute to your risk of contracting COVID-19, which is why the disease poses such a significant threat. Pre-existing conditions, such as heart disease and high blood pressure, can put you in danger of coronavirus, as can your blood type. However, although early …