No ‘Miracle Cure’ for Coronavirus Until Clinical Trials Prove Madagascar’s Herbal Medicine
WASHINGTON – Scientists are putting an herbal remedy from Madagascar, purported to cure COVID-19, to the test. Researchers at…
US Health Chief Rejects Notion of Coronavirus Failure
The United States leads the world with nearly 90,000 coronavirus deaths, but the U.S. health chief Sunday rejected the notion…
US, Russia, Britain Top List of COVID Infections
Nearly 4.6 million people worldwide have been infected with the coronavirus and more than 310,000 have died because of it,…
Cats With No Symptoms Spread Virus to Other Cats in Lab Test
Cats can spread the new coronavirus to other cats without any of them ever having symptoms, a lab experiment suggests.…
VIRUS DIARY: On a River, With Rod and Reel, he Finds Peace
ROSCOE, N.Y. – The Catskills village that calls itself “Trout Town USA” is all but a ghost town this spring.…
AP-NORC poll: Majority Disapprove of Coronavirus Protests
A majority of Americans disapprove of protests against restrictions aimed at preventing the spread the coronavirus, according to a new…
Viruses Are Always Changing, Here’s Why That Could Hamper Development of an Effective COVID-19 Vaccine
The Trump administration is pushing to have hundreds of millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine available by the end…
WHO Chief Warns Countries to Lift COVID Restrictions With Extreme Caution
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Wednesday that countries lifting restrictions to control the spread of the coronavirus…
Whitmer Says ‘Racism’ Fueled Protests Over Virus Response
LANSING, MICHIGAN – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday said gun-toting protesters who demonstrated inside the state Capitol in opposition…
COVID Pandemic Blocking Shipments of Vaccines for Millions of Children
The U.N. Children’s Fund warns that COVID-19 mitigation measures are preventing the shipment of vaccines to dozens of developing countries,…
WHO Says It Wants to Join China’s Probe Into COVID-19 Origins
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday it wants to take part in Beijing’s probe into the origins of COVID-19.…
After COVID-19 Losses, NYC to Offer Trauma Counseling for Front-Line Workers
After the suicides of two New York City health care workers in the past week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced…
YouTube Expands Fact-Check Feature to US Video Searches During COVID-19 Pandemic
YouTube, the video service of Alphabet Inc’s Google, said on Tuesday it would start showing text and links from third-party…
WHO Director General Cautions Pandemic Is Far From Over
Noting that several European nations are preparing to ease coronavirus-related restrictions, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday…
Some Nations Inch Toward Reopening as Virus Deaths Rise
BEIJING – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to return to work after recovering from the coronavirus, his office…
US Health Officials Recognize 6 More Coronavirus Symptoms
U.S. health officials say that chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and the loss of smell…