Medicine
Fauci: US may see ‘surge upon surge’ of virus in weeks ahead
- November 30, 2020
Dr Anthony Fauci , head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned a travel-heavy Thanksgiving holiday may make the current situation in America even worse, predicting "a surge superimposed on the surge we are already in". (more...)
- November 30, 2020
Dr Anthony Fauci , head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned a travel-heavy Thanksgiving holiday may make the current situation in America even worse, predicting "a surge superimposed on the surge we are already in". (more...)
COVID-19 in Sask.: 1 more death, 197 new cases announced Saturday
- November 29, 2020
A recent outbreak among a teenage hockey team resulted in nine players and one coach testing positive. Multiple teams are now self-isolating as a result. One case with pending residence information was assigned to the South Central. These include, but are not always limited to, end-of-life care, major surgery, intensive care or critical care, maternal or pediatrics cares, long-term care residents whose quality of life or care needs are unmet or those patients with specific challenges. (more...)
- November 29, 2020
A recent outbreak among a teenage hockey team resulted in nine players and one coach testing positive. Multiple teams are now self-isolating as a result. One case with pending residence information was assigned to the South Central. These include, but are not always limited to, end-of-life care, major surgery, intensive care or critical care, maternal or pediatrics cares, long-term care residents whose quality of life or care needs are unmet or those patients with specific challenges. (more...)
United begins flying Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
- November 29, 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Conservative lawmaker Nadhim Zahawi will oversee the country's biggest vaccine program in decades. The government has secured an additional 20 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which has 95% efficacy, according to tests. (more...)
- November 29, 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Conservative lawmaker Nadhim Zahawi will oversee the country's biggest vaccine program in decades. The government has secured an additional 20 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which has 95% efficacy, according to tests. (more...)
China's Wuhan finds coronavirus on imported frozen food_china
- November 29, 2020
In a new report entitled "The Early Cryptic Transmission and Evolution of Sars-Cov-2 in Human Hosts, ' they have claimed that the viral disease originated in India in the summer of 2019". Moreover, the paper said that the virus originated in July or August 2019 after northern-central India and Pakistan suffered the second-longest recorded heat wave that led to a water crisis. (more...)
- November 29, 2020
In a new report entitled "The Early Cryptic Transmission and Evolution of Sars-Cov-2 in Human Hosts, ' they have claimed that the viral disease originated in India in the summer of 2019". Moreover, the paper said that the virus originated in July or August 2019 after northern-central India and Pakistan suffered the second-longest recorded heat wave that led to a water crisis. (more...)
Britain asks regulator to assess Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
- November 29, 2020
Oxford and AstraZeneca published interim efficacy results on Monday, which showed that the vaccine could be 90% effective when given as a half dose followed by a full dose. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a tweet said: "Incredibly exciting news the Oxford vaccine has proved so effective in trials". Unlike vaccines made by Pfizer and another American company, Moderna, AstraZeneca's can be stored for months in normal refrigerators. (more...)
- November 29, 2020
Oxford and AstraZeneca published interim efficacy results on Monday, which showed that the vaccine could be 90% effective when given as a half dose followed by a full dose. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a tweet said: "Incredibly exciting news the Oxford vaccine has proved so effective in trials". Unlike vaccines made by Pfizer and another American company, Moderna, AstraZeneca's can be stored for months in normal refrigerators. (more...)
Coronavirus: 206 New Cases And Seven Further Deaths In Ireland
- November 29, 2020
In Cavan - Less than 5 new cases with an incidence rate of 85.3, and 65 cases in the last fortnight. Nisra said: "The 69 Covid-19 deaths occurring in hospital this week represents the largest weekly number in this setting since the start of the pandemic in March 2020". (more...)
- November 29, 2020
In Cavan - Less than 5 new cases with an incidence rate of 85.3, and 65 cases in the last fortnight. Nisra said: "The 69 Covid-19 deaths occurring in hospital this week represents the largest weekly number in this setting since the start of the pandemic in March 2020". (more...)
United Kingdom set to approve Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from December 7 - FT
- November 29, 2020
The U.K. government, which has secured 100 million doses of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, has targeted a rollout to begin before Christmas. Dry ice usually is limited on flights, but United got FAA approval to vehicle about 15,000 pounds of it for each flight, according to the WSJ report. (more...)
- November 29, 2020
The U.K. government, which has secured 100 million doses of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, has targeted a rollout to begin before Christmas. Dry ice usually is limited on flights, but United got FAA approval to vehicle about 15,000 pounds of it for each flight, according to the WSJ report. (more...)
Angry Trump vows to stage rally in battleground state of Georgia
- November 29, 2020
Denis McDonough, President Barack Obama's last Chief of Staff, said that Biden's team can also access classified information now including the Presidential Daily Brief. Ellis added, "On to SCOTUS!" - an acronym for the Supreme Court of the United States. But Luntz is correct about this being Trump's election to lose. (more...)
- November 29, 2020
Denis McDonough, President Barack Obama's last Chief of Staff, said that Biden's team can also access classified information now including the Presidential Daily Brief. Ellis added, "On to SCOTUS!" - an acronym for the Supreme Court of the United States. But Luntz is correct about this being Trump's election to lose. (more...)
Novel Coronavirus Mutations Do Not Appear to Increase Transmissibility
- November 29, 2020
They found no evidence that any of the common mutations are increasing the virus's transmissibility. Viruses are known to mutate all the time, and some, like influenza viruses, change more often than others. Van Dorp. "It's nearly impossible to imagine this virus came from Wuhan", Professor Wang Linfa, a renowned virus hunter and Singapore-based biologist, told the Telegraph earlier this month. (more...)
- November 29, 2020
They found no evidence that any of the common mutations are increasing the virus's transmissibility. Viruses are known to mutate all the time, and some, like influenza viruses, change more often than others. Van Dorp. "It's nearly impossible to imagine this virus came from Wuhan", Professor Wang Linfa, a renowned virus hunter and Singapore-based biologist, told the Telegraph earlier this month. (more...)
United States starts first air shipment of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
- November 28, 2020
Pfizer's vaccine, jointly developed with German partner BioNTech, must be stored and transported at minus 70 degrees Celsius (-94F), although it can be kept in a fridge for up to five days, or up to 15 days in a thermal shipping box. According to the Wall Street Journal , United began operating charter flights on Friday to position doses of the vaccine if and when the FDA gives emergency authorization approval. (more...)
- November 28, 2020
Pfizer's vaccine, jointly developed with German partner BioNTech, must be stored and transported at minus 70 degrees Celsius (-94F), although it can be kept in a fridge for up to five days, or up to 15 days in a thermal shipping box. According to the Wall Street Journal , United began operating charter flights on Friday to position doses of the vaccine if and when the FDA gives emergency authorization approval. (more...)
Alberta granting more peace officers power to enforce COVID-19 rules
- November 28, 2020
Sixteen thousand two hundred tests were conducted in the last day, with 7.6 per cent of them coming back positive. Alberta's Justice Minister Kaycee Madu granted certain peace officers and community peace officers temporary authority to enforce the public health orders. (more...)
- November 28, 2020
Sixteen thousand two hundred tests were conducted in the last day, with 7.6 per cent of them coming back positive. Alberta's Justice Minister Kaycee Madu granted certain peace officers and community peace officers temporary authority to enforce the public health orders. (more...)
World Health Organization backs calls for further trials on Oxford Covid vaccine
- November 28, 2020
The new trial will assess the efficacy of vaccine at lower dosage. Soumya Swaminathan, a chief scientist at the World Health Organization, also said that "if we are to explore this hypothesis of having perhaps a better efficacy with a lower dose, then it would need a trial". (more...)
- November 28, 2020
The new trial will assess the efficacy of vaccine at lower dosage. Soumya Swaminathan, a chief scientist at the World Health Organization, also said that "if we are to explore this hypothesis of having perhaps a better efficacy with a lower dose, then it would need a trial". (more...)
Latest projections indicate Montreal COVID hospital capacity should hold next month
- November 28, 2020
The number of hospitalizations, meanwhile, decreased by two, to 22, and the number of people in intensive care dropped by three to four. But that number is far below what was reported during the peak of cases last spring, when seniors over 70 years old accounted for 35.2 per cent of total COVID infections in Quebec. (more...)
- November 28, 2020
The number of hospitalizations, meanwhile, decreased by two, to 22, and the number of people in intensive care dropped by three to four. But that number is far below what was reported during the peak of cases last spring, when seniors over 70 years old accounted for 35.2 per cent of total COVID infections in Quebec. (more...)
Minnesota Reports 101 New COVID-19 Related Deaths
- November 28, 2020
To date, 16,043 COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized in Minnesota and 3,638 patients have been in the ICU. The previous record of 72 was reported November 18th and 24th. "It's clear that we are in the most unsafe public health moment that we've experienced since 1918", Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said on his podcast Wednesday . (more...)
- November 28, 2020
To date, 16,043 COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized in Minnesota and 3,638 patients have been in the ICU. The previous record of 72 was reported November 18th and 24th. "It's clear that we are in the most unsafe public health moment that we've experienced since 1918", Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said on his podcast Wednesday . (more...)
Premier says province ready to distribute potential COVID-19 vaccine when available
- November 28, 2020
Speaking to reporters in the capital, Ottawa, on Friday, Trudeau said his government is working closely with provinces and territories to prepare for a vaccine roll-out. Canada is looking at the same data as regulators in the United States and European Union, and has a similar authorization system for use during a public health emergency, Sharma said. (more...)
- November 28, 2020
Speaking to reporters in the capital, Ottawa, on Friday, Trudeau said his government is working closely with provinces and territories to prepare for a vaccine roll-out. Canada is looking at the same data as regulators in the United States and European Union, and has a similar authorization system for use during a public health emergency, Sharma said. (more...)
Coronavirus: 335 more cases, three additional deaths in Ireland
- November 28, 2020
Of this total, 789 (59.2%) deaths took place in a hospital, 447 (33.5%) in care homes, nine (0.7%) in hospices and 88 (6.6%) at residential addresses or other locations. In Cavan - Less than 5 new cases with an incidence rate of 85.3, and 65 cases in the last fortnight. There has now been a total of 71,494 cases in Ireland since the beginning of the pandemic. (more...)
- November 28, 2020
Of this total, 789 (59.2%) deaths took place in a hospital, 447 (33.5%) in care homes, nine (0.7%) in hospices and 88 (6.6%) at residential addresses or other locations. In Cavan - Less than 5 new cases with an incidence rate of 85.3, and 65 cases in the last fortnight. There has now been a total of 71,494 cases in Ireland since the beginning of the pandemic. (more...)
Scotland leader to tell party she's 'never been more certain' of independence
- November 28, 2020
The UK Government now has the power to grant an independence referendum or not and it insists it will block one whether the people of Scotland vote for one or not. Scots voted 55-45 against independence in a 2014 referendum. "Across the Atlantic, even Trump is having to concede the outcome of a fair and free democratic election". (more...)
- November 28, 2020
The UK Government now has the power to grant an independence referendum or not and it insists it will block one whether the people of Scotland vote for one or not. Scots voted 55-45 against independence in a 2014 referendum. "Across the Atlantic, even Trump is having to concede the outcome of a fair and free democratic election". (more...)
Canada hopes to receive first doses of Covid vaccine in Jan
- November 27, 2020
The premiers also want to know how many doses will be available for each province broken down to weekly allocation. The premiers held their own conference call on Thursday before looping in the prime minister. The Pfizer vaccine still requires approvals from regulator including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Malaysia's Health Ministry before it can be distributed, Muhyiddin said. (more...)
- November 27, 2020
The premiers also want to know how many doses will be available for each province broken down to weekly allocation. The premiers held their own conference call on Thursday before looping in the prime minister. The Pfizer vaccine still requires approvals from regulator including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Malaysia's Health Ministry before it can be distributed, Muhyiddin said. (more...)
Trudeau turns to the military to help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- November 27, 2020
NDP health critic Don Davies was equally exasperated when he got no answer to when provinces are being asked to have their vaccine administration plans ready, or why Australia has a fully laid out vaccine rollout plan and Canada does not. "The Canadian Armed Forces will assist on planning, including to meet challenges like cold storage requirements, data-sharing, and reaching Indigenous and rural communities", Trudeau said. (more...)
- November 27, 2020
NDP health critic Don Davies was equally exasperated when he got no answer to when provinces are being asked to have their vaccine administration plans ready, or why Australia has a fully laid out vaccine rollout plan and Canada does not. "The Canadian Armed Forces will assist on planning, including to meet challenges like cold storage requirements, data-sharing, and reaching Indigenous and rural communities", Trudeau said. (more...)
COVID-19: B.C. health officials confirm another 887 cases, thirteen deaths
- November 27, 2020
Ontario health officials are reporting more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases after the province processed a record-breaking number of tests over the past 24 hours. Two new outbreaks in health-care facilities were reported at Royal Ascot Care Centre and Amica White Rock. "By paying attention to the places we go and the people we see, we can help contact tracers contain the further spread if that does occur". (more...)
- November 27, 2020
Ontario health officials are reporting more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases after the province processed a record-breaking number of tests over the past 24 hours. Two new outbreaks in health-care facilities were reported at Royal Ascot Care Centre and Amica White Rock. "By paying attention to the places we go and the people we see, we can help contact tracers contain the further spread if that does occur". (more...)
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