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[ad_1] New York City – Dr Ahmed Hozain intends to wake up around 4am on Friday and begin the first day of his Ramadan fasting. For 15 hours, the 32-year-old surgery resident and lung transplant researcher plans to abstain from eating, drinking, chewing gum and taking medicine as he goes …

[ad_1] Robot maker Boston Dynamics announced Thursday that its quadruped robot Spot is already in use at a Boston hospital to help with coronavirus treatment. The company now has ambitious plans to expand the use of its robots to help healthcare workers during the pandemic, and is also open to …

[ad_1] The head of the US agency in charge of developing a vaccine against the coronavirus says he was removed from his job for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by US President Donald Trump. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says there are “worrying upward trends” in early …

[ad_1] A coronavirus testing center was opened in Sefton with the help of the army. The pilot testing center at Esplanade Park and Ride in Southport has offered testing for key workers since earlier this week. The tests were for those who isolated themselves because they or someone they live …

[ad_1] The government said on Thursday that the growth of the coronavirus in India has been more or less linear and not exponential due to the success of certain strategies and that the country has fared much better than developed countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom …

[ad_1] According to a study by Hong Kong researchers, more than 232,000 people may have been infected in the first wave of Covid-19 in mainland China, four times the official figures. Mainland China reported more than 55,000 cases as of February 20 but, according to According to research by academics …

[ad_1] French researchers plan to test whether nicotine patches will help prevent or lessen the effects of the deadly coronavirus. Evidence is beginning to show that the proportion of smokers infected with coronavirus is much lower than the rates in the general population. Scientists are now wondering if nicotine could …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Two domestic cats in New York State tested positive for coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in companion animals in the United States, federal officials said. The cats, who had mild respiratory illnesses and are expected to recover, are believed to have contracted the virus from people …

[ad_1] MUMBAI: “Can I get some sleep for a few hours?” Was the first message Anshuman Thakur wrote to a senior colleague around noon just after finishing a media call with Ajit Mohan, head of Facebook in India. Thakur, a former telecommunications rain producer at NM-Rothschild-y-Morgan Stanley, who became head …

[ad_1] Trump said he is seeking to shield the job market for US citizens at a time when the previously booming economy has gone off a cliff, with 22 million joining the unemployment ranks due to the coronavirus-related shutdown. “Without intervention, the United States faces a potentially protracted economic recovery …