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DORCHESTER COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) – Dorchester County has recently seen an increase in its COVID-19 positivity rate, which officials said could be related to local crab collection houses. Dorchester County’s positivity rate is 7.27 percent. The increase is potentially related to local crab collection houses, where widespread testing is underway, …

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam was once again on high alert for the coronavirus after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected the country’s first case of local transmission for three months. FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays disinfectant inside a bus to ward off the recent coronavirus outbreak, …

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam was once again on high alert for the coronavirus after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected the country’s first case of local transmission for three months. FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays disinfectant inside a bus to ward off the recent coronavirus outbreak, …

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed iMASC, a new silicone mask that can be safely reused without fear of contamination. Researchers still need to analyze how effectively it traps viral particles, but it is a promising step to address the critical …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is not interested in buying possible COVID-19 vaccines through an initiative co-led by the World Health Organization, as it considers it to be slow and high-cost, two EU sources told Reuters, noting that the bloc was in talks with drug makers for vaccines cheaper …