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US sets coronavirus infection record; deaths near 224,000

/ from 14 hours ago

BOISE, Idaho -- The US coronavirus caseload has reached record heights with more than 83,000 infections reported in a single day, the latest ominous sign of the disease’s grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to the Rocky Mountain West reel under the surge.The US death toll, meanwhile, has ...

France surpasses 1 million confirmed virus cases amid spike

/ from 19 hours ago

PARIS -- French health authorities said France has recorded over one million confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, becoming the second country in Western Europe after Spain to reach that number of known infections.The national health agency released new figures showing that tests had confirmed at least ...

Trio who lived on space station return to Earth safely

/ from October 23, 2020

MOSCOW — A trio of space travelers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station.The Soyuz MS-16 capsule carrying NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, and Roscosmos’ Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan at ...

FDA approves first Covid-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir

/ from October 23, 2020

US REGULATORS approved on October 22 the first drug to treat Covid-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through an IV.The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average — in ...

Next up in hunt for Covid-19 vaccine: Testing shots in kids

/ from October 22, 2020

THE global hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine for kids is only just beginning — a lagging start that has some US pediatricians worried they may not know if any shots work for young children in time for the next school year.Older adults may be most vulnerable to the coronavirus, but ...

Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary

/ from October 22, 2020

ROME — Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pontiff while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at the Rome Film Festival.The papal thumbs-up came midway through the film that delves into issues Francis cares about most, including the ...

Cathay Pacific cuts 8,500 jobs, shutters regional airline

/ from October 21, 2020

HONG KONG — Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Wednesday it would cut 8,500 jobs and shut a regional airline as it grapples with the plunge in air travel due to the pandemic.About 5,300 employees based in Hong Kong and another 600 elsewhere will likely lose their jobs, and ...

UK to infect healthy volunteers to speed up vaccine efforts

/ from October 20, 2020

LONDON -- UK researchers are preparing to begin a controversial experiment that will infect healthy volunteers with coronavirus to study the disease in hopes of speeding up the development of a vaccine.The approach, called a challenge study, is risky but proponents say it may produce results faster than standard research, ...

Argentina passes 1 million cases as virus hits Latin America

/ from October 20, 2020

USHUAIA, Argentina -- At the edge of Argentina in a city known as “The End of the World,” many thought they might be spared from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.Sitting far from the South American nation’s bustling capital, health workers in Ushuaia were initially able to contain a small ...

Trump says Sudan to be removed from terrorism list

/ from October 20, 2020

CAIRO — President Donald Trump on Monday said Sudan will be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism if it follows through on its pledge to pay $335 million to American terror victims and their families.The move would open the door for the African country to get ...

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