Anyone who’s been near US President Donald Trump’s top aide Hope Hicks for more than a few minutes should quarantine at home following her positive test for Covid-19, a leading infectious disease expert said. Hicks traveled with Trump multiple times recently, including to the debate in Cleveland Tuesday. “Everyone who’s associated with Miss Hicks in … Read more
Dr.Stephen Hahn testifies during a US Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, on September 23. Alex Edelman/Pool/AFP/Getty Images The US Food and Drug Administration won’t allow political pressure to interfere with the agency’s decision-making on a potential Covid-19 vaccine, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said. Hahn sought to reassure … Read more
Italy sees biggest increase in cases since April Source link
Live updates: Germany lifts blanket travel warning Source link
TNO employees work during the opening of a COVID-19 testing site in Amsterdam, on September 30. Koen van Weel/ANP/AFP/Getty Images After successfully tamping down the first surge of infection and death, Europe is now in the middle of a second coronavirus wave as it moves into winter. UK: England’s largest study of coronavirus infections show the spread of the … Read more
Germany lifts blanket warning against travel to all countries outside the EU Source link
The pandemic has put 500,000 more girls at risk of being forced into child marriage this year, reversing 25 years of progress that saw child marriage rates decline, according to a new report by the charity Save the Children. Before the global outbreak, 12 million girls married each year, now the charity warns that up … Read more
The latest forecast from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects between 219,000 and 232,000 Americans will have died from coronavirus by Oct. 24. The so-called ensemble forecast, based on more than three dozen other forecast models, shows a large variation in predictions of how many people are likely to die in the … Read more