Health

COVID-19 lockdown risks 1.4 million extra TB deaths: study

by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The global lockdown caused by COVID-19 risks a "devastating" surge…

Virus model sees near-doubling of US deaths

WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) — A prominent US pandemic model on Monday significantly increased its coronavirus death forecast after…

Virus detectives tracking COVID-19 to its genetic origins

by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS with AFP bureaus Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — China reported its first cases of the new coronavirus in…

LA County faces food insecurity more than any county in the US

Eagle News — Los Angeles has more residents facing food insecurity than any other county in the entire United States.…

Remdesivir: The COVID-19 drug helping patients recover faster

by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse Remdesivir has been shown to speed up recovery times for patients with COVID-19 in…

Covid Marie, Corona and Lockdown: the newborns named after a pandemic

https://youtu.be/qtNgTyKR04g MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- First there was Corona Kumar, then Covid Marie: parents have taken to naming newborns after…

Over 130 virus therapies under investigation: pharma group

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — More than 130 therapies are being investigated as possible treatments for the coronavirus, a leading pharmaceutical industry…

PHL gov’t starts intensive community-based clinical studies on VCO as possible cure for COVID-19

  (Eagle News) – Philippine government has started intensive clinical studies on the curative properties of virgin coconut oil on…

Thunberg donates $100,000 to support children during pandemic

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated a $100,000 prize she won from a…

DOH announces youngest, oldest COVID-19 survivor: over 2-week old baby and 95-yr old man

  (Eagle News) – A baby just over two weeks old who contracted COVID-19 is the youngest survivor of the…

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