2 minutes agoTexas begins relaxing COVID-19 restrictions including opening restaurants, offices at 75% capacity
1 hour agoCDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreadsThe nation’s top public health agency has stirred confusion, by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spre...
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7 hours agoEurope adopts tougher virus restrictions as infections surgeEuropean countries are imposing new coronavirus restrictions as the crisis deteriorates, while the U.S. closes in on 200,000 virus deaths.
12 hours agoCzechs replace health minister amid record infection surgeThe Czech government is appointing an epidemiologist as the new health minister as the country struggles with a surge of infections.
13 hours agoEurope scrambles to contain rise in coronavirus casesPolitical pressure is growing in Europe for governments to tackle the rising number of coronavirus case without resorting to a spring-style lockdown that would hit the co...
13 hours agoClosing time: UK pubs must shut early as COVID cases surgeBritain’s top medical and scientific advisers will tell the public that COVID-19 infection rates are going in the “wrong direction” amid expectations the government is pr...
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Gulf between White House's words, Trump's actions on masksThe gulf between President Donald Trump and public health experts over wearing face masks keeps getting wider.
Italian virus survivor tells German leader: Germany saved meAn Italian coronavirus survivor from Bergamo has warmly thanked Germany’s visiting president for lifesaving treatment he received in the eastern Germany city of Leipzig.
Infection rates soar in college towns as students returnCollege towns across the U.S. have emerged as virus hot spots in recent weeks as schools struggle to contain the virus.
WHO Europe chief urges nations to keep up virus quarantinesThe World Health Organization’s European director has warned countries against reducing the quarantine period for people potentially exposed to the coronavirus.
Some UK bars to close early amid rising COVID-19 infections British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that authorities will have to impose tougher measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 and “protect’’ the Christmas holida...
1 day agoWhat are the rules on masks in schools?Whether students have to wear masks in schools depends on where they go to school.
As India's virus cases rise, so do questions over death tollIndia is now second in the world with the number of reported coronavirus infections with over 5.1 million cases, behind only the United States.
The Latest: First case-free day for New Zealand in 5 weeksIndia has confirmed another record jump in coronavirus cases, logging 97,894 cases in the past 24 hours.
UT Health, Memorial Hermann doctors save dying man with coronavirus by performing rare double lung transplant
Texas officials change how the state reports positivity rate after testing backlogs skewed coronavirus dataTexas health officials announced Monday they are changing the way the state reports a key metric used to evaluate the extent of coronavirus infection, a move that concede...
France tightens screws on public activities to fight COVIDTwo of France’s biggest cities with COVID-19 infection rates gathering speed even faster than the national surge in new cases are tightening limits on public activities.
Anti-inflammatory drug may shorten COVID-19 recovery timeA drug company says that adding an anti-inflammatory medicine to a drug already widely used for hospitalized COVID-19 patients shortens their time to recovery by an addit...
HISD officials monitoring several positive COVID-19 cases at campuses as online classes continueOfficials at the Houston Independent School District are monitoring several positive cases of coronavirus that have been reported at some campuses as students continue wi...
Europe tests gateway for tracing apps to work across bordersSix European Union countries and the bloc’s executive Commission have begun testing a virtual “gateway” to ensure national coronavirus tracing apps can work across border...
