Medical
PM Announces Funding For COVID Antibody Research, Online Mental Healthcare
As for the timing, Trudeau would only say that the federal government would introduce the relevant legislation when Parliament, which is sitting in person only one day a week and holding virtual sessions twice a week because of COVID-19, "allows it". [Full Article...]
AstraZeneca, Oxford University team up to develop Covid-19 vaccine
Professor Bell said the NHS will have priority access to the inoculation, which will be provided on a cost-only basis during the pandemic, if it proves to be effective. People treated with Remdesivir recovered about 30 percent faster than those on a placebo. AstraZeneca Plc (LON: AZN) is an global biopharmaceutical company, based in Cambridge, UK. [Full Article...]
Romney Proposes Plan to Boost Wages of Essential Workers over Unemployment Insurance
Senator Mitt Romney is proposing a temporary pay raise for essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Essential workers who make more than $50,000 a year are eligible under Romney's "Patriot Pay" plan, with staggered reductions in available tax credits extending up to people who make as much as $90,000 annually. [Full Article...]
Covid-19 mortality rate twice as high in deprived areas
Several charity leaders said the "worrying trend" reflects how people in deprived areas often live in cramped housing and are classed as "essential" workers who can not do their jobs from home. He said: 'This crisis is highlighting deep-rooted inequalities that have been papered over for decades. "Vulnerable children and families and those already experiencing disadvantage risk becoming the forg... [Full Article...]
Donald Trump launches fresh attack on 'disaster' World Health Organization for 'agreeing' with China
Thursday's report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said it concurred with "the wide scientific consensus" that the disease was not man-made. military may have brought the virus to China. "I'm not going to say anything", Trump responded when asked about Xi. "The U.S. government's goal was to blame China for the pandemic as well as to manipulate public opinion and to avoi... [Full Article...]
The Mrs Wicks Workout: Joe Wicks' wife takes over PE sessions
It's a community of people who are out there helping other people. "It doesn't matter if you walk into that hospital the richest man on earth or the poorest man in town - they love you, they take care of you, they make you feel safe". "She's always there for me when I need her the most and she knows how much it means to me that I don't let anyone down with these daily workouts". He then added ... [Full Article...]
Trump Again Claims He Is Treated Worse Than Lincoln
The COVID-19 illness, caused by the new coronavirus , has sickened more than 1.1 million in the United States and killed more than 67,000 Americans, shut wide swaths of society, including most schools and many businesses. Congress has already passed an aid package worth 3 trillion US dollars meant to ease the heavy economic toll of the crisis. And some experts have expressed concern that while ... [Full Article...]
Rapid test for COVID-19 recalled after Health Canada expresses concerns
A rapid test created to scan for COVID-19 is being recalled. "While the Spartan system, or the device, performed very well in a laboratory setting, and along the specifications the manufacturer had provided, it was in the real-life setting, in the clinical setting, where it didn't perform well". [Full Article...]