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One of the nation's leading voices on cancer predicts the number of people who will die from breast or colorectal cancer in the U.S. will increase by nearly 10,000 over the next decade because of COVID-19's impact on oncology care."There can be no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing delayed diagnosis and suboptimal care…

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…

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. (GCIS) The death toll nationwide from Covid-19 now stand at 908.Infections increased to 43 434 nationwide, up from 2 642 the day before.Recoveries from the virus to date stand at 23 088, or 53.2%.Another 60 people have died of the coronavirus, 53 of them in the Western Cape, says Health MinisterZweli Mkhize."This…

By Adam Vaughan A woman and carer in Manchester during the UK lockdownSteve Forrest/Panos Pictures THE UK has been a leader in its coronavirus response, but not in a way any government would aspire to. The country now has the highest absolute excess deaths in Europe, 59,537 more than usual since the week ending 20…

Published on Jun 2, 2020The number of newly-recorded deaths linked to Covid-19 in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level for 7 weeks according to the Office for National Statistics.But on a separate measure of excess deaths from March to May across the UK, there were almost 62,000 more deaths than might have…