The death toll from coronavirus in Florida hit 10,000 on Wednesday as the state continued to fight to bring the ongoing pandemic under control. Nearly six months since Florida’s first case was identified, the state reported 174 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll to 10,067. Florida now has …
Read More »We need to do a comprehensive study on Covid-19 ‘long-haulers.’ A lot is on the point | Oved Amitay and Anthony L Komaroff | Opinions
“Long-haulers” are no longer just a job description for truckers. This term now refers to the increasing number of people who carried Covid-19 and had symptoms for more than 100 days – even though tests did not leave any virus in the body. Covid-19 “long-haulers” continue to struggle with symptomatic …
Read More »Masks suppress coronavirus spread – but not all are equal | American news
Masks have been found to be one of the most effective tools in blunting the transmission of the coronavirus, but not all face masks are created equal. Duke University researchers sparked a debate earlier this month regarding bandannas and neck gaiters when they published findings on the effectiveness of 14 …
Read More »Coronavirus Live News: Global Cases Exceed 22m As Wall Street Record Disappears Economic Gloom | World news
2.04am BST02:04 Argentina confirmed 6,840 new cases of coronavirus and 172 dead on Tuesday as the country has struggled in recent weeks to contain a rise. The country’s health ministry said it now had a total of 305,966 cases and 6,048 deaths.Dr Luis Camera, a member of the Argentine government’s …
Read More »Thank you very much, Donald Trump – in New Zealand we are grateful for any kind of attention | Steve Braunias | Opinions
One of the great and enduring excitement of New Zealand life is when someone notices that we exist. We adhere to Rudyard Kipling’s 1891 observation of our most remote archipelago as ‘last and most beautiful’, a distant southern star, two vague, misty islands on the edge of the world – …
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