HEALTH

Counterfeit masks reaching frontline health workers in US

12:49 am May 13, 2020

Washington: On a day when COVID-19 cases soared, healthcare supplies were scarce and an anguished doctor warned he was being sent to war without bullets, a cargo plane landed at the Los Angeles International Airport, supposedly loaded with the ammo doctors and nurses were begging for: some of the first N95 medical masks to reach […]

Fauci says vaccine goal would cover 67 million

Fauci hopes for vaccine in advanced trials by early winter

12:37 am May 13, 2020

Washington: Dr Anthony Fauci says the government is working on several potential vaccines for COVID-19. We have many candidates and hope to have many winners, he told the Senate Health, Education, Labour and Pension committee. In other words, it is many shots on goal. Despite the rapid pace of work on vaccines, Fauci was offering […]

US choir outbreak called 'superspreader event' in report

Study: Virus death toll in NYC worse than official tally

12:49 am May 12, 2020

New York: New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the official tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Between mid-March and early May, about 24,000 more people died in the city than […]

Old couple found dead at home in UP's Banda

People worried more about health of loved ones: Study

2:58 pm May 11, 2020

Panaji: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, most of the people are more concerned about the health of their near and dear ones than their own well-being, says a study conducted by a leading business school in Goa. People are now more conscious about any bodily changes, and even mild cold, cough and sneezing, it says. The […]

Confusion over Delhi’s COVID-19 toll as govt data, figures from hospitals don’t match

8:14 pm May 9, 2020

New Delhi: Confusion prevailed over the number of deaths due to coronavirus in the national capital, with data from four hospitals showing that 92 people succumbed to the infection as against 68 fatalities reported by the Delhi government. The toll of 68 shared by the Delhi government in its health bulletin on Friday is based […]