Health

Co-director of the intensive care unit at the CommonSpirit Dignity Health California Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, cares for a patient with COVID-19 at the hospital where she works, during Coronavirus disease (COVID -19) outbreak, in Los Angeles, California, USA, May 18, 2020. Lucy …

Kevin Dietsch / Pool / AFP / Getty Images Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said Friday that the White House coronavirus task force is “seriously considering” group testing for Covid-19. The proposal is still in the discussion stage, and is not expected to be announced at …

GENEVA (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s experimental vaccine COVID-19 is probably the world’s leading candidate and the most advanced in development terms, the chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The British pharmacist has already started conducting large-scale human trials in the intermediate stage of the vaccine, which …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US consumer spending rebounded in the largest amount on record in May, but earnings are unlikely to be sustainable as revenue will decline and is expected to further decrease as Millions lose their unemployment checks starting next month. The Commerce Department report on Friday added increases in …

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association say 16 players tested positive for coronavirus in the first wave of mandatory tests conducted in preparation for the season restart. Those 16 players were part of a group of 302 evaluated on Tuesday, a 5.3% rate of positive results across the …