Health

California has again broken the daily record of newly confirmed coronavirus cases, continuing the onslaught of infections that have already sent more people to hospital at any stage during the epidemic. According to data compiled by the Times, 34,490 new daily coronavirus cases were reported in the state on Monday, …

Los Angeles County is likely to receive 84,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in the first allotment from the next state, hopefully as early as next week, the county’s public health director Barbara Ferrer said Tuesday. The county could receive second-phase doses in late December and some of those vaccines …

First it was toilet paper. Then it was meat. Now, those are antacids. Or people who are over-the-counter at online or in stores are finding that they cannot easily buy antacid drugs such as Toms, Pepsid and its general version, Femotidine in parts of the country. A few weeks ago, …

Raleigh, N.C. – Government Roy Roy Cooper on Tuesday issued a new stay-at-home order to limit the spread of coronavirus, ordering most businesses to close at 10pm every night, starting Friday. “We must act now to save lives, maintain the capacity of the hospital and keep our economy safe,” Cooper …

But, this sluggishness could help raise a deadly second wave in Canada, which is now pulling the capacity of hospitals in almost every region of the country as health authorities impose more restrictions and lockdowns. “From what you say we are better than the worst country in the world,” says …