FILE PHOTO: EMTs go out with a patient at Hialeah Hospital where patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Hialeah, Florida, USA, July 29, 2020. REUTERS / Marco Bello (Reuters) – Coronavirus deaths in the United States rose by nearly 25,000 in July and cases doubled in at least …
Read More »WHO says there is no “zero risk” to ease travel restrictions
(Reuters) – There is no “zero risk” strategy for countries that ease international travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and essential emergency travel must remain the priority, the World Health Organization said ( WHO). FILE PHOTO: A traveler walks at Tegel airport, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, …
Read More »The three key obstacles to eliminating a coronavirus vaccine
Vaccines have transformed the world, saving hundreds of millions of lives. They are also by far our best hope for stopping the Covid-19 pandemic. Our other options to stop the disease are to stay apart, which hurts our economy and society, or to build a “collective immunity” through natural infection, …
Read More »There is a 48-state salmonella outbreak related to domestic poultry, and more people are infected than in previous years
As of this week, 938 people have been infected with salmonella in 2020. Cases have almost doubled in the past month: 473 people have been sickened since the last case report in June, the CDC said. The alleged culprit in this outbreak is poultry. Public health officials interviewed more than …
Read More »Trump’s planning for the deployment of the coronavirus vaccine in the United States falls short
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As scientists and pharmaceutical companies work at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus, public health officials and top US lawmakers are sounding the alarm about lack of planning on the part of the Trump administration for national distribution. FILE PHOTO: United States President …
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