New study shows drug mocked by Trump’s critics helped COVID patients
Researchers at the Henry Ford Health System in Southeast Michigan have found that early administration of the drug hydroxychloroquine makes hospitalized patients substantially less likely to die. The study, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, determined that hydroxychloroquine provided a “66% hazard ratio...
U.S. coronavirus cases rise by over 53,000 as several states set new records
The United States reported more than 53,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and several states set new records, according to a Reuters tally. A surge in coronavirus cases has put President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis under the microscope and jeopardized reopening the economy,...
Seven U.S. states post record COVID cases, curfew ordered in Miami
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alaska, Missouri, Idaho and Alabama all registered new daily highs in cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Texas hit a new peak for hospitalizations, with one doctor calling for a “complete lockdown” in the state to...
The week that shook the Trump campaign
When Donald Trump had dinner with Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus at the White House on Saturday, word of the get-together quickly reverberated across the president’s political sphere. The 91-year-old billionaire is a longtime backer of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, and Trump...
Trump seeks to claim the mantle of history in fiery Mount Rushmore address
President Donald Trump on Friday issued a fiery condemnation of a “left-wing cultural revolution” he said is mounting a “radical assault” on American democracy in a speech steeped in historical hyperbole delivered against the stunning backdrop of Mount Rushmore on the observed Fourth of July....
Pakistan’s foreign minister tests positive for Covid-19
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi confirms he has tested positive for Covid-19 via his official Twitter account on Friday. According to the foreign minister, he felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined at home. He plans on carrying his duties from home. It’s not...
It’s 8 a.m. in New York and 1 p.m. in London. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.
There have been more than 10.8 million confirmed cases of coronavirus globally, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. Of these cases, more than 2.7 million are in the US, which saw more than 52,000 new Covid-19 cases Thursday, the highest daily jump in cases...
As it works to contain coronavirus, Singapore is on track to face its worst dengue outbreak in history
Singapore has just begun to get its second wave of coronavirus under control. Now, it’s on track to face its worst-ever outbreak of another viral infection: dengue. More than 14,000 dengue cases have been reported in the city-state since the start of the year, according...
Kim Jong Un calls North Korea’s handling of the coronavirus “a shining success”
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called the country’s handling of the coronavirus “a shining success,” according to a report from the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). According to KCNA, Kim said the country had “thoroughly prevented the inroad of the malignant virus...
Brazil approaches 1.5 million coronavirus cases
Brazil’s health ministry reported 48,105 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, taking the country’s total to 1,496,858. Thursday’s figures represent the second-highest daily jump in new cases since the pandemic began. The highest was recorded on June 19, when 54,771 new cases were...
Colombia just had more coronavirus deaths than any day since the pandemic started
Colombia recorded 171 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, the highest one-day jump since the pandemic began. That brings the country’s death toll to 3,641, according to its health ministry. The ministry also reported 4,101 new cases, raising the nationwide total to 106,110.
More locally transmitted coronavirus cases in Chinese capital
China reported five new coronavirus cases Thursday, according to the country’s National Health Commission (NHC). Three were imported from abroad, and two were locally transmitted in Beijing. There were no new related deaths on Thursday. The NHC also reported four new asymptomatic cases, which are...
Mexico reports highest daily jump in new cases
Mexico’s health ministry reported 6,741 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday — its highest daily jump so far. The ministry also reported 678 more related deaths. The latest figures raise the nationwide total to 238,511 cases and 29,189 deaths, according to the ministry.
The US approves a new test that detects both flu and coronavirus
Earlier today, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized a new test that diagnoses both influenza and the novel coronavirus. The test, designed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is the first dual test to get emergency use authorization from the...
Coronavirus in North Korea: Kim Jong-un claims ‘shining success’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hailed his country’s “shining success” in dealing with Covid-19, according to state news agency KCNA. Speaking at a politburo meeting, Mr Kim said the country had “prevented the inroad of the malignant virus and maintained a stable situation”. North...
Trump touts economy as the US reports a record number of new coronavirus cases
President Trump spoke from the White House briefing room this morning to tout a better-than-expected jobs report. The appearance came a day after the US set a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day, with more than 50,000 cases reported. It took...
Fauci warns US lockdown restrictions were eased too soon as coronavirus cases surge
White House coronavirus task force member, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has warned that individual states across the US may have relaxed lockdown regulations too soon, adding that the country has so far been unsuccessful in gaining control over the national outbreak. “In the United States, even...
It’s 8 a.m. in Atlanta and 1 p.m. in London. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.
The United States saw a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day, with 50,203 new infections reported on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. It took a little more than two months for the US to record its first 50,000 coronavirus cases....
New cases of coronavirus in Israel and Palestinian Authority at record levels
Weeks after appearing to have the spread of coronavirus firmly under control, both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are now seeing new cases of the virus emerging at record levels. Daily infections surge: Israel recorded 966 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, according to the Ministry...
Middle East at “critical threshold” in pandemic
The Middle East is at a “critical threshold” in the outbreak as countries across the region have started to ease their lockdowns and the pandemic speeds up, according to Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, regional director for World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Region. “The number of cases...
Americans are still reluctant to wear face masks because of mixed messaging early in the pandemic, Fauci says
The “mixed message” about wearing a mask at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to the reluctance of some Americans to wear a face covering now, Dr. Anthony Fauci told NPR in an interview Wednesday. Americans were first told in February and March...
Hospitals prepare for another surge
(CNN)Inside a Houston hospital partly transformed into a coronavirus specialty unit, one doctor says he expects to reach capacity in the next 14 days. “In the last three weeks, I have seen more admissions and sicker patients than on the previous ten weeks,” says Dr....
Reopenings stall as U.S. records nearly 50,000 cases of COVID-19 in single day
(Reuters) – Governors of U.S. states hit hardest by the resurgent coronavirus halted or reversed steps to reopen their economies on Wednesday, led by California, the nation’s most populous state and a new epicenter of the pandemic. New cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by...
Trump refuses to lead as pandemic worsens and allies desert him on masks
(CNN)Most Presidents would try to stop the United States from barreling toward disaster. But Donald Trump has nothing to say and no answers to mitigate a calamity unfolding on his watch that he seems resolved to ignore. On the day when the government’s top infectious...
Jumaane Williams threatens to block city tax collection over NYPD funding
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has vowed to invoke an untested power under the city charter to block Mayor Bill de Blasio from collecting property taxes if he doesn’t freeze NYPD hiring and take cops out of schools. “It hasn’t been done before, but that’s not...
Coronavirus updates: Europe reopens borders but US travelers remain barred
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 511,000 people worldwide. Over 10.4 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and...
Rare Coronavirus-linked Syndrome Has Affected Hundreds of U.S. Children
300 children in the U.S. are known to have suffered from a rare inflammatory syndrome thought to be linked to the coronavirus which causes COVID-19, according to research. Those diagnosed with the condition known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) are sick enough to...
Doctors in Egypt face arrests and death over pandemic criticism, Amnesty International says
Human rights group Amnesty International called on the Egyptian government Thursday to stop jailing and harassing doctors who criticize the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. “Health care workers have to make an impossible choice: risk their lives or face prison if they dare to...
Argentina’s president enters self-isolation as preventive measure against Covid-19
Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez is self-isolating from Wednesday at his official residence Quinta de Olivos, according to a statement released by the Casa Rosada, seat of executive power in the country. The measure was recommended by Dr. Federico Saavedra from Argentina’s Presidential Medical Unit. According...
Germany’s Angela Merkel urges EU leaders to agree on pandemic recovery plan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the coronavirus pandemic has deepened inequality within the European Union (EU) and has called on member states to agree on an economic recovery package before the end of July. Speaking in Germany’s lower house of parliament — the Bundestag —...