Medical personnel move a deceased patient to a refrigerated truck serving as make shift morgues at Brooklyn Hospital Center on April 09, 2020 in New York City.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesA coronavirus model once cited by the White House now projects more than 200,000 Americans could die of Covid-19 by Oct. 1, as new…
As states across the nation continue to ease coronavirus-induced lockdown restrictions, more and more Americans are venturing out of the safety of their homes. But meeting up with friends or family, going to the office, and carrying on with daily life overall will look much different as the novel disease still presents a risk.The reopenings…
Image copyright Matthew Horwood/Getty Images A life-saving treatment for seriously-ill hospital patients with Covid-19 is being used across the UK from today, following breakthrough results in a UK trial.Dexamethasone - a cheap, widely-available steroid - was shown to reduce deaths among patients on ventilators and on oxygen.The UK's chief medical officers say it should be…
By Jessica Hamzelou A contact tracing advert on a billboard in London this monthReuters/Hannah McKay JUST how many people have been infected with the coronavirus? Statistics are trickling in from cities and countries around the world, but the figures vary hugely. Some regions are reporting that less than 1 per cent of people have been…
outbreak of coronavirus infections tied to a market — 137 cases after an additional 31 were reported on Wednesday — Beijing has started living through a milder, and so far limited, version of the disruptive restrictions that China enforced earlier this year to stifle its first tidal wave of infections. Residents in the capital have…
A batch of rice noodles was left unrefrigerated for more than 63 hours before serving. Published: November 13, 2026, 12:05 am Last updated: November 13, 2026, 12:04 am Four people have been sentenced in Taiwan in relation to a fatal food poisoning outbreak that occurred in 2024. In 2025, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office said five
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State and local governments spent about $3.7 billion in opioid settlement funds last year. That’s more than the median annual income of 42,000 American families combined. The money comes from companies that were sued for aggressively pushing painkillers and fueling the opioid crisis. Large amounts went to addiction treatment, recovery housing, and other initiatives that