Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average

By Reuters,

The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico lea...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Anxious WHO implores world to ‘do it all’ in long war on COVID-19

By Reuters,

The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , who

Next big COVID-19 treatment may be manufactured antibodies

By Reuters,

As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against...

Anthony Fauci , coronavirus , COVID-19 , vaccine

U.S. election will be November 3 as planned, Trump advisers say

By CNN,

The White House and Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican president’s musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying the...

Mark Meadows , President Donald Trump , White House

U.S. makes deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, deaths expected to rise

By Reuters,

Two major drug companies will supply the U.S. government with 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, the Trump administration said ...

coronavirus

Large U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trials will exclude pregnant women for now

By Reuters,

The first two COVID-19 vaccine trials in the U.S. will not be tested in pregnant women this year, raising questions about how this vulnerable populati...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine , pregnancy

Providing women with contraception could save poor countries billions – researchers

By Reuters,

Low- and middle-income countries could save billions of dollars a year in health care costs by investing in making contraception widely available to w...

contraceptives , reproductive health

Why COVID-19 is killing diabetes patients at alarming rates

By Reuters,

Darrell Cager Sr., 64, had diabetes. So his youngest daughter urged him to seek care. The next day, he collapsed and died in his New Orleans home. ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Diabetes

India sees record 49,000 new coronavirus cases, drug shortages in places

By Reuters,

India reported over 49,000 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus with 740 new deaths on Friday, marking the biggest daily surge in cases even as offici...

Coronavirus infections accelerate in Africa

By Tonny Ndungu,

The spread of the coronavirus in Africa has lagged much of the globe, but it’s picking up speed. Health authorities say the highly infectious virus ...

coronavirus

U.S. government executes third man this week after 17-year hiatus

By Reuters,

A week that marked the return of capital punishment by the U.S. government after a 17-year hiatus ended on Friday with a third execution of a federal ...

capital punishment , Execution , President Donald Trump , U.S. government

California shuts down again as coronavirus outbreak grows

By Reuters,

California’s governor on Monday clamped new restrictions on businesses as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations soared, and the state’s two large...

California , coronavirus

Counting the burials: African nations scramble to track COVID-19

By Reuters,

Long after the funding for his project was frozen, Bilal Endris has kept a lonely watch over cemeteries in Ethiopia’s capital by slipping cash to gr...

coronavirus

Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not ‘highest bidder’

By Reuters,

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them mo...

bill gates , coronavirus

WHO Official: Coronavirus probably can’t be eliminated under current conditions

By VOA,

The World Health Organization’s emergencies program chief said Friday that the new coronavirus probably could not be eliminated if current global co...

coronavirus , Mike Ryan , world health organization

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to head WHO COVID-19 review amid anti-globalism barbs

By Reuters,

Avowed multilateralists Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark will lead a World Health Organization (WHO) panel scrutinising the global response to th...

coronavirus , Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

U.S. Supreme Court rules some Trump financial records can be revealed

By Reuters,

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trump’s financial records but prevented - at least f...

Trump , U.S. Supreme Court

US officially withdrawing from WHO

By CNN,

The Trump administration has notified Congress and the United Nations that the United States is formally withdrawing from the World Health Organizatio...

Donald Trump , who

Djokovic’s event taught us to be cautious – French Open director

By Reuters,

French Open organisers are taking every precaution to ensure the Grand Slam does not meet the same fate as Novak Djokovic’s Adria Tour, which was ab...

Adria Tour , COVID-19 , French Open , Grand Slam

Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million

By Reuters,

Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Donald Trump , world health organization