Colombian police use drones to detect high body temperatures
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – It is not a bird, a plane or Superman: the aircraft...
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Large contingent of Cuban doctors help Mexico with coronavirus: sources
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 500 Cuban health workers are helping tackle...
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France’s coronavirus deaths on the rise again, at 28,132
PARIS (Reuters) – French health authorities reported 110 new coronavirus deaths on...
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Brazil widens use of malaria drugs in mild coronavirus cases
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s health ministry on Wednesday...
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Julia Roberts, other stars hand over social-media spotlight to health experts
(Reuters) – Actors Julia Roberts, Hugh Jackman and Millie Bobby Brown are among the...
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Egypt to offer coronavirus testing in all general hospitals
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt signalled an expansion of testing for the new coronavirus on...
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Sweden tops Europe COVID-19 deaths per capita over last seven days
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden, which has opted for a more open strategy in combating the...
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U.S. workplace safety agency steps up COVID-19 inspections
By Tom Hals (Reuters) – The U.S. Labor Department will expand inspections of businesses to...
Read MoreDenmark to send back inaccurate antibody tests from China’s Livzon
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark has asked for a new supply of a quarter million antibody test kits from Chinese diagnostics firm Livzon after a batch of tests proved too inaccurate, healthcare authorities said in a...
Read MoreMonkey studies encouraging for coronavirus vaccine; virus travels further on breezy days
By Nancy Lapid NEW YORK (Reuters) – The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the...
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WHO reports most coronavirus cases in a day as cases approach five million
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization expressed concern on Wednesday about the...
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Turkey’s daily coronavirus cases below 1,000: health minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The number of new cases of new coronavirus infection identified in the...
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A nurse struggled with COVID-19 trauma. He was found dead in his car
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Becoming a nurse in 2018 was a dream come true for William...
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Chile coronavirus cases surpass 53,000: health ministry
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile surpassed 53,000 confirmed cases of the...
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UK death toll from confirmed coronavirus cases rises to 35,704
LONDON (Reuters) – The death toll in the United Kingdom from confirmed cases of COVID-19...
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GSK ties up with gene editing start-up Mammoth for COVID-19 test
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer health unit has tied up with...
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Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll steady, new cases fall
ROME (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 161 on Wednesday,...
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Lonza CEO says up to Moderna who would get COVID-19 vaccine first: CNBC
ZURICH (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Moderna must decide which country would be first to get an...
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Inovio says COVID-19 vaccine produces antibodies in mice, guinea pigs
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – U.S. immunotherapy company Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc...
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Roche’s Tecentriq wins FDA approval as first-line therapy for some lung cancer forms
(This May 18 story corrects paragraph 4 to say Tecentriq won “three” other NSCLC...
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