Fauci has consistently said that the USA needs an efficient testing and contact tracing plan in order to keep the outbreak under control. One of the things that we're seeing among the cases- we hear this in Florida, we hear this in Texas and elsewhere- is that roughly half of the new cases are Americans under the age of 35, which- which is, at a certain level, very encouraging news, as the expe... [Full Article...]
This additional assistance to the Victorian Government supplements existing planning support to Emergency Management Victoria and the Department of Health and Human Services. "We are dealing with the coronavirus, the COVID-19, better than nearly any country in the world and that's got to give us confidence to be able to move ahead", Morrison said. [Full Article...]
With U.S. hospitals ordering dexamethasone at higher levels than normal, suppliers are distributing both an oral tablet and injectable form of the drug. It is a huge step forward. India is a bulk manufacturer of dexamethasone. Hetero is in the process of making 20,000 vials available across the country. [Full Article...]
Today's coronavirus numbers are the highest the state of MI has seen in the month of June. The state says there have been 5,888 coronavirus deaths in MI. In the US, there are 2,444,483 cases, and there have been 124,732 deaths - while 653,562 people have recovered, according to the global COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. [Full Article...]
The Trump administration filed a late-evening briefing to the United States Supreme Court on Thursday, joining a number of states urging justices to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the signature health care law passed by the Obama administration. [Full Article...]
The three people who are hospitalized - the elderly couple and the cancer patient - are Barbosa's parents and his sister. Ron Barbosa's family celebrated the 30th birthday of his daughter-in-law. He said his dad is now "hanging on by a thread" in the ICU while on life support. Governor Greg Abbott to announce a pause in reopening plans earlier today after trying to downplay concerns last w... [Full Article...]
If you're bothered by ear loops, try a mask that has adjustable ties or straps. Health care professionals have attempted to clarify these misconceptions on social media. Schaffner suspects that people worry about wearing masks because breathing feels hard. "I'll see someone wearing a mask that's dangling from their chin and not covering their nose or mouth, which defeats the goal", Gavigan s... [Full Article...]
Serum Institute of India (SII) has partnered with the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc. for this vaccine and already started mass-producing one billion doses for India . "This astonishingly fast vaccine development - compared to the years it normally takes - is a result of the remarkably hard and collaborative work of the scientists, trialists and regulators", Fiona Watt, professor and ex... [Full Article...]