BALTIMORE (AP) – The U.S. economy shrank in April-June with an alarming annual rate of 31.7% as it struggled under the weight of the viral pandemic, the government estimated Thursday. It was the sharpest four-year drop on record. The Department of Commerce downgraded its previous estimate of U.S. gross domestic …
Read More »Routine cleaning and disinfection leaves no trace of coronavirus on surfaces in hospital clinic, study finds
A hospital staff sanitizes the premise in the new covide hospital in Sector 39, on 7 August 2020 in Noida, India. Sunil Ghosh | Hindustan Times via Getty Images A new study testing multiple surfaces of an oncology unit in New Jersey found no traces of the coronavirus, suggesting that …
Read More »CDC defends controversial new guidance for coronavirus testing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is defending its controversial new guidance on coronavirus testing after writing from various medical groups and accusations of political intervention. Earlier this week, the CDC quickly revised its guidance on coronavirus testing, dropping its previous recommendation to test anyone who came in close …
Read More »COVID-19 in school: Coronavirus data 2 weeks after Germany’s school year ‘exposes’ expert
Berlin Germany’s students and teachers have been slowly returning to a more or less normal academic routine over the past few weeks, but have reported to the Federal Health Agency coronavirus infections, schools are in a difficult position. Just a few days after a number of German states reopened their …
Read More »No country can ride the pandemic until there is a vaccine, says WHO chief
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is attending a news conference organized by the Geneva Association of United Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 3 July 2020. [Photo/Agencies] The World Health Organization says the COVID-19 pandemic could be ended within …
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