A French team has reported transmission of Covid-19 across the placenta after a mother become infected during the last trimester of pregnancy. Both the mother and her newborn tested positive for coronavirus, according to the report, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. The woman was admitted to a French hospital in March with symptoms … Read more
The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso ran out of available intensive care unit beds on Monday, the state’s public prosecutor said. According to the state’s health secretary, there were only five available ICU beds on Monday, but later that day, Alexandre Guedes, a prosecutor at the State Public Prosecution Office, told CNN that demand for … Read more
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Trump, defended Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday after the White House made a concerted effort to discredit the infectious disease expert this past weekend. “We don’t have a Dr. Fauci problem,” Graham said at a news conference in Columbia, South Carolina. “We … Read more
Cyclists riding along Marina Bay overlooking the financial business district in Singapore on July 14. Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images Singapore has fallen into a deep economic slump — and it’s even worse than many had predicted. The government said Tuesday that GDP likely shrank 12.6% in the second quarter compared to the same time the previous … Read more