Pandemic

Vastly expanded approval and distribution of rapid, at-home tests represents a powerful tool in the fight against COVID-19 — and just possibly, the future of disease diagnostics.Why it matters: Vaccines will take time to arrest the spread of the coronavirus — even without problems around distribution and acceptance. Some experts…

news, latest-news, brendan murphy, shane fitzsimmons, national museum, covid-19 plan, coronavirus plan, objects, australian of the yearThe federal government's COVID-19 pandemic plan is Australia's most important document of 2020. And the copy belonging to Professor Brendan Murphy might just be the most significant. It might be worse for wear, it's…

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The Associated Press57m ago / 5:38 AM UTCPARIS — Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has set back decades of progress against the most severe forms of malnutrition and is likely to kill 168,000 children before any global recovery takes hold, according to a study released Monday by 30 international…

Michael Esmond, the owner of Gulf Breeze Pools & Spas in Florida, spread the holiday spirit in December by paying off some past due utility bills for 114 families in the area.Esmond performed a similar act of generosity in 2019 when he donated $4,600, which paid the utility bills for…

Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: capture bats and help prevent the next global pandemic.A few meters ahead, nearly…

Coronavirus infections can lead to bacterial infections—and bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment with antibiotics Credit: Neil Hall Getty Images There are plenty of reasons why we need to bring this pandemic to a swift end. With each day, thousands more people die, and hundreds of thousands more become…

Congressman-elect Bob Good (R-Virginia). John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesGOP Representative-elect Bob Good of Virginia on Saturday labeled the coronavirus pandemic as "phony" at a rally in support of President Donald Trump in Washington, DC."This looks like a group of people that get that this is a phony pandemic,"…

Pandemic protocols helped slow down other diseases – DOH Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) - December 13, 2020 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Health protocols imposed on the public to avoid the transmission of COVID-19 have slowed down other diseases as well, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III revealed the other…