Italy posts lowest one-day death toll from coronavirus since lockdown

05/18/2020

ROME — Italy on Sunday recorded the fewest deaths from coronavirus in one day since its two-month lockdown began, as the country stands poised to reopen most commercial activity. The civil protection unit said 145 people had died…

Amazon could be next virus hot zone, says scientist

Agence France Presse 05/15/2020

The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest, warns Brazilian ecologist David Lapola, who says human encroachment on animals’ habitats — a likely culprit in the coronavirus outbreak — is soaring there because of rampant deforestation.…

First week of classes to focus on psychosocial counseling— Briones

Neil Arwin Mercado 05/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The first week of classes will focus on psychosocial counseling of both students and teachers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Education Secretary Leonor Briones bared Thursday. During the joint online hearing of…

Evacuees face double threat—virus, Typhoon Ambo

05/15/2020

The first typhoon of this year’s cyclone season slammed into the central Philippines on Thursday, forcing a complicated and risky evacuation for tens of thousands of people already hunkered down at home during the coronavirus pandemic. More…

China’s UN envoy: Beat virus before probing its origins

05/07/2020

China will not invite international experts to investigate the source of COVID-19 until the “final victory” over the virus, Beijing’s UN ambassador in Geneva said Wednesday. China’s priority is first beating the pandemic — and secondly countering…

China UN envoy says no intl virus source probe before pandemic over

05/06/2020

GENEVA, Switzerland–China will not prioritise inviting international experts in to investigate the source of COVID-19 until after the pandemic is beaten, Beijing’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva said Wednesday. “The top priority, for the time being,…

Trump speculates that China released virus in lab ‘mistake’

Associated Press 05/01/2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has speculated that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “mistake,” and his intelligence agencies said they are still examining a notion put…

Pope urges virus lockdown obedience amid church-state debate

04/29/2020

ROME — Pope Francis waded into the church-state debate about virus-imposed lockdowns of religious services, calling Tuesday for “prudence and obedience” to government protocols to prevent infections from surging again. Francis’ appeal came just two days after…

What you need to know about vaccines

Marc Cosep 04/23/2020

Our immune system helps to protect our body against pathogens that may cause infection. Most of the time, it is very efficient and either keep microbes out or tracks them down and gets rid of them. However,…

Some people turn to herbal medicine for virus without proof

04/17/2020

NEW DELHI — With no approved drugs for the new coronavirus, some people are turning to alternative medicines, often with governments promoting them. This is most evident in India and China, densely populated countries with a deep…

World faces new ‘Great Depression’ as virus death toll mounts

04/10/2020

UNITED States — World powers scrambled on Thursday to build a global response to the human tragedy and once-in-a-century economic collapse caused by the coronavirus epidemic, as the worldwide death toll topped 90,000. In a locked-down New…

World’s top animation festival moves online over virus

04/09/2020

The world’s top animated film festival was canceled Tuesday because of the coronavirus, but organizers said they would hold an online version instead. The Annecy Festival in eastern France is the latest in a string of major…

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