Medical
Beijing Company Shows Promising & Safe Results For Covid-19 Vaccine
Many scientists have warned that the pandemic that has already infected at least 8 million people and killed over 437,000 worldwide might only be stopped with an effective vaccine, which typically takes years to develop. "The vaccine can then be rolled out to more people in the United Kingdom and beyond in pivotal trials". Spearheaded by Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, the IVA says... [Full Article...]
1 in 5 Has Health Issues That Impact COVID-19
As coronavirus cases around the world continue to spike, researchers have published a new set of findings that purport to offer revealing new insight about who's most at risk from the COVID-19 virus. The researchers calculated the number of individuals without an underlying condition that could be considered at increased risk due to their age, using minimum ages from 50 to 70 years. [Full Article...]
COVID-19: No deaths in four days as active cases drop
Of those cases, 13 people were in hospital for treatment including four people who required critical or intensive care. Fraser Health has confirmed a resident at Maple Hill long-term care facility adjacent to Langley Memorial Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19 and the person is in self-isolation. [Full Article...]
Nintendo just launched a free Switch game that’s flawless for quarantine
Thankfully, there's another fitness-focused game now available for the Switch, and, best of all, it's completely free. This week, Nintendo quietly launched a game called Jump Rope Challenge , which is exactly what it sounds like. It allows you to keep track of your daily progress, as well as set a daily goal to reach. The goal is to hit 100 jumps a day, but each player's score can be saved an... [Full Article...]
Rights groups hail landmark United States ruling protecting LGBT workers
Civil rights protections in the workplace now include all gender identities and sexual orientations. The ruling - in two gay rights cases from Georgia and NY and a transgender rights case from MI - recognises new worker protections in federal law. [Full Article...]
Northam to push legislation to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday
The Minneapolis headquarters offices will be closed in observance. He added that it is time we elevate that so it is celebrated by everyone. The Democratic governor is giving every executive branch employee this Friday off as a paid holiday and will work with the legislature later this year to pass a law codifying Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday. [Full Article...]
FDA Terminates Emergency Use Authorization Of Hydroxychloroquine To Treat Covid-19
The agency said it had received almost 390 reports of complications, including more than 100 cases involving serious heart problems. On Thursday, a National Institutes of Health expert panel revised its guidelines to specifically recommend against the drug's use except in formal studies . [Full Article...]
Nursing homes to reopen to visitors
New York, for example, doesn't include cases in which nursing-home residents died in a hospital, to avoid the risk of double-counting, but many states do include hospital-based deaths in their nursing-home statistics. "The Subcommittee is concerned that lax oversight by the [CMS] and the federal government's failure to provide testing supplies and personal protective equipment to nursing homes and... [Full Article...]