Dentists re-open in France after two-month lockdown
Anyone who suffered through France’s two-month lockdown with a toothache or other oral affliction of a non-emergency nature has a hope of licking the pain. Dental practices around the country are cautiously reopening and accepting appointments after the French government eased restrictions on some businesses, services and public activity. Yet More...
Italy releases near-record number of people from hospitals
Italy says a near-record 4,008 people were released from hospitals in the past day after testing negative for COVID-19 as the country continues its cautious reopening after a two-month national lockdown. Another More...
FDA authorizes antigen tests
U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced emergency authorization More...
Malaria drug shows no benefit in another coronavirus study
A new study finds no evidence of benefit from a malaria drug widely promoted as a treatment for coronavirus infection. Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube in a comparison More...
2 Russian doctors dead, 1 in ICU after mysterious accidents
Two Russian doctors have died and one remains in the intensive care unit in serious condition after falling out of windows in hospitals under mysterious circumstances. The tragic incidents last week made national More...
COVID-19 vaccine hunt heats up globally, still no guarantee
Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, spurring hope — maybe unrealistic — that an end to the pandemic More...
Trump: COVID-19 vaccine will be available by year’s end
President Donald Trump says he believes a vaccine for COVID-19 will be available by the end of the year. Trump also says the U.S. government is putting its “full power and might” behind remdesivir, a More...
Drug proves effective against virus as economic damage rises
Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — in a major medical advance that came as the economic More...
Groups sow doubt about COVID vaccine before one even exists
A coronavirus vaccine is still months or years away, but groups that peddle misinformation about immunizations are already taking aim, potentially eroding confidence in what could be humanity’s best chance to More...
Global confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed 1.34 million
The number of confirmed cases across the world has exceeded 1.34 million by Monday, with the death toll near 75,000, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. U.S. has reported 364,723 cases More...
