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Forget Wuhan, Covid-19 May Have Appeared in Italy 5 Months Before February, Finds Shocking Study

The study says that novel coronavirus may have been present in Italy five months before the first official case was recorded in the European country

Nov 16, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Economy

Japan Posts Biggest Economic Expansion in More than 50 Years But Virus Fears Stay

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had called for a third extra budget last week amid fears that recovery and growth could slip.

Nov 16, 2020

By Jacob J

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Cuomo Criticizes Federal Covid-19 Vaccination Plan, Threatens Legal Action

The black and brown communities that were first on the list of who died cannot be last on the list of who receives the vaccine, says Cuomo.

Nov 16, 2020

By IANS

Health

Scientist Behind Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Expects Return to Normal Life by Next Winter

The scientist behind the development of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine believes that the vaccine will have an impact by summer next year

Nov 16, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

'Evolution' of Antibodies In COVID-19 Patients May Help Predict Their Survival: Study

Individuals in whose bodies the antibody response did not evolve or develop fully, most often did not survive the SARS-CoV-2 infection, found the study

Nov 15, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Society

Chilling Video Shows Texas Prisoners Removing Dead Bodies of Coronavirus Patients

After an epidemiologist shared a video that shows the new job of Texas prisoners during the pandemic, a New York doctor called it modern-day 'slavery'

Nov 15, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

New Model Suggests More Than 70,000 People May Die Before Joe Biden's Inauguration

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times claiming the lives of over 1.3 million globally

Nov 15, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Health

From Microchips to Change in DNA, COVID-19 Vaccine Rumors Go Viral Again After Pfizer News

Some baseless claims appeared on social media after Pfizer-BioNTech revealed that their Coronavirus vaccine showed 90% efficacy

Nov 15, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Millions of Coronavirus Vaccines Can Be Ready By Christmas, Claims Professor

The deadly virus outbreka has created a major stir around the world in recent times infecting more than 53.9 million people worldwide

Nov 15, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Health

Trump Asks Congress to Pass Covid-19 Relief Bill Amid Calls For 'Red Alert'

Democrat-controlled House of Representatives in early October passed a $2.2 trillion relief bill

Nov 15, 2020

By IANS

Society

BEWARE: Fake Coronavirus Vaccines An 'Emerging Threat', Warns UK Crime Agency Boss

The fraudsters have already peddled fake PPE and also coronavirus test kits amid the deadly virus pandemic as people increasingly started buying products online

Nov 14, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Health

Recovering Coronavirus Patients Struggle to Get Back Their Normal Lives, Say US Researchers

Months after discharge from hospitals, many recovering patients said they were "emotionally affected" by COVID-19

Nov 14, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

China Discovers Coronavirus on Shrimp Packaging From Saudi Arabia

The deadly virus has created a major stir around the world in recent times infecting more than 53.4 million people worldwide

Nov 14, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Health

More Infectious Covid-19 Mutant Replaces Original Strain to Dominate World; How Will Pandemic End?

In terms of ending the Coronavirus pandemic, experts are divided over vaccine efficacy as a mutation of the virus could render it useless.

Nov 14, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

20 Million Americans Could Get Vaccinated in Dec 2020: Operation Warp Speed Chief

Operation Warp Speed is the Trump administration's national program to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines.

Nov 14, 2020

By IANS

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Elon Musk Fans Conspiracy Theory Over Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Tests, Says Something 'Bogus' Was Happening

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO told his Twitter followers that "something extremely bogus" was going on because two of his Covid-19 tests came positive and two others came negative.

Nov 13, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

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Coronavirus Reach: Earth's Last Places in Pacific Too Report First Cases of Covid-19

Many Pacific Island nations which did not notice any Covid-19 case since the beginning of the pandemic suddenly started reporting their first cases

Nov 13, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Gates Foundation Pledges $70M More for Pushing Covid-19 Vaccine in Poor Nations; Conspiracy Theory Questions Timing

The announcement from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation comes just three days after Pfizer said that its vaccine candidate has so far proved to be 90% effective.

Nov 13, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Society

People With Learning Disabilities Six Times More Likely to Die from Covid-19: Report

Researchers in the UK reviewed data on the deaths of people identified as having learning disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nov 13, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Economy

Surge in Covid-19 Cases Could Hinder Economic Recovery, Says Fed Chief

Key Covid-19 metrics including daily case count, seven-day average daily increase and hospitalizations rise in the US.

Nov 13, 2020

By IANS

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