The Kansas City metro has emerged from stay-at-home orders and local leaders have started to reopen businesses after weeks of shutdown from the coronavirus. What you need to know:The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Wednesday the state has 11,681 cases confirmed cases of COVID-19 and there have been 247 deaths since the outbreak…
The World Health Organisation has decided to hat trials of hydroxychloroquineWHO says the antimalarial drug is being withdrawn from its multi-country Solidarity Trial of potential treatmentsThe announcement comes two days after the US withdrew emergency use authorisations for both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquineGeneva - The World Health Organisation said it had decided on Wednesday to halt…
Share on PinterestResearchers think that a severe form of COVID-19 may trigger diabetes in some people.Diabetes develops when the body’s ability to regulate blood glucose levels breaks down. It can either result from damage to beta cells in the pancreas that produce the hormone insulin, known as type 1 diabetes, or from the body becoming…
Share on PinterestResearchers are developing a new type of antibody test that may be better at detecting immunity to the new coronavirus.In the weeks after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, many companies rapidly developed tests, or assays, for detecting antibodies to the virus.Unlike assays that detect the virus itself, antibody tests…
By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Dexamethasone is the first drug anywhere in the world that’s been found to reduce mortality from covid-19.Felipe Caparros Cruz / Alamy Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 17 June UK begins using dexamethasone to treat covid-19 patients Covid-19 patients in the UK are being treated with dexamethasone…
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