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[ad_1] After throwing a grenade that threatens to blow up a huge Covid government aid and funding bill and force a government shutdown amid a pandemic, President Donald Trump was playing golf on Christmas for the second day in a row. Donald Trump. Source: Associated Press Failure to agree on …

[ad_1] Drew Angerer / Getty Images Image: Complex As the holidays progress, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have shared Christmas messages, calling on the public to continue to apply Covid-19 safety precautions and refrain from gathering in large groups. “Jill and I wish you and your family …

[ad_1] An anti-blocking letter in one of New Zealand’s leading medical journals by “Covid Plan B” academics has drawn contempt from top advisers to the Health Ministry. The letter to the editor of the NZ Journal of Primary Health Care from academics at several major universities states that New Zealand …

[ad_1] Drew Angerer / Getty Images Image: Complex As the holidays progress, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have shared Christmas messages, calling on the public to continue to apply Covid-19 safety precautions and refrain from gathering in large groups. “Jill and I wish you and your family …

[ad_1] The experimental jab is offered to people who have been in close contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19 in the last eight days. Photo: KTS / Science Photo Library via AFP If effective, it could protect vulnerable people who have not yet been vaccinated or cannot. And it …

[ad_1] French health authorities have confirmed the country’s first case of the virus variant that prompted strict new lockdown measures in Britain and global travel restrictions. A Frenchman living in England arrived in France on December 19 and tested positive for the new variant on Friday (local time), the French …

[ad_1] South Korea appeared to be winning the fight against coronavirus – the rapid increase in its testing, contact tracing and quarantine efforts paid off when it weathered an early outbreak without the financial pain of a lockdown. But a deadly resurgence has reached new heights during Christmas week, prompting …

[ad_1] World Dec 26, 2020 01:20 AM3 minutes to read New South Wales has recorded another six coronavirus cases related to Sydney’s North Beaches cluster. New South Wales has recorded nine additional coronavirus cases, six of which have been linked to the Avalon (North Beaches) group and all are linked …

[ad_1] World December 25, 2020 10:18 PM4 minutes to read Dr. Susan Moore with her son (left) and at the hospital where she fought Covid-19. Photo / Twitter A black female doctor who died fighting Covid-19 complained of racist healthcare in widely shared posts on social media days before her …

[ad_1] World Dec 25, 2020 08:57 PM2 minutes to read The controversial case is back in court. Photo / Supplied / File The California Supreme Court refused to stop prosecution of a woman accused of murder after authorities said she used methamphetamine before her stillborn fetus was born. On Wednesday, …