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Excuse me while I yawn, but we are heading for another weekend of tiresome protests as those who feel they must be heard plan to take to the streets in support of some cause or other – usually one in which they demand the rest of us simply must engage. …

The governments of New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania have been ordered to turn over Covid-19 data to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division as the agency weighs whether to pursue the probes, according to a statement released on Wednesday. Investigations would be launched under the Civil Rights of …

The relaxation will take effect on August 28, Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee has announced on Tuesday. Some social distancing rules will thus be removed or eased. Residents will be allowed to remove masks while exercising outdoors or visiting country parks – a requirement still in place …

Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Reuters in an interview on Monday that a vaccine should not be given an emergency use authorization (EUA) “before you have a signal of efficacy,” saying it could jeopardize the other various vaccines under testing. “One of …

As the US continues to lead the world with over 21 percent of total deaths and nearly a quarter of confirmed coronavirus cases (which could be partially attributed to record numbers of tests conducted), a new YouGov poll commissioned by CBS News shows the extremely polarized views of 2,226 surveyed …

“He has not had the virus,” Bedingfield told ABC’s George Stephanopolous on Sunday. “We have put in place really strict protocols as, I think, all of your journalists who attended our convention in Delaware this week saw.” Despite saying with certainty that the 77-year-old Biden does not have coronavirus, she …

The incident took place at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College Hospital in the central city of Jabalpur. According to the hospital’s social media account, a Covid-19 patient had crawled out of the fourth-floor window and “tried to jump.” Police were quickly called in, and people brought out a …

In a study whose key findings were first published by the Independent, the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) surveyed nurses and managers working in 163 care homes across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The staff at 70 care homes, 43 percent of those surveyed, said that they received patients discharged from …

“All the data we have, including WFP forecast that the number of people experiencing malnutrition will grow by 80 percent by the end of the year, … points to a real disaster,” David Beasley, Executive Director of the UN World Food Program (WFP), said. The rapid increase in the number …

In a tweet, Garcetti announced that he had instructed the city to disconnect utility services at a house in the Hollywood Hills, claiming that its tenants had put the community at risk by hosting parties “in flagrant violation of our public health orders.” The residence in question has reportedly been …