pandemic
UK’s National Health Service mourns Egyptian doctor’s death from coronavirus
Egypt
April 23, 2020
UK’s National Health Service mourns Egyptian doctor’s death from coronavirus
Egyptian doctor Medhat Atallah, who worked as a geriatrician with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) at the Doncaster Royal…
EU leaders weigh massive virus economic recovery measures
Economy
April 23, 2020
EU leaders weigh massive virus economic recovery measures
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are set to weigh Thursday the damage the coronavirus has inflicted on health care…
Coronavirus second wave may be even worse: US health chief
World
April 22, 2020
Coronavirus second wave may be even worse: US health chief
A second wave of the novel coronavirus in the US could be even more destructive because it will likely collide…
Chinese writer faces backlash for ‘Wuhan Diary’
World
April 22, 2020
Chinese writer faces backlash for ‘Wuhan Diary’
After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary about the coronavirus…
No benefit, higher death rate for malaria drug in coronavirus study
World
April 22, 2020
No benefit, higher death rate for malaria drug in coronavirus study
A malaria drug widely touted as a potential cure for COVID-19 showed no benefit against the disease over standard care…
Egypt begins plasma therapy trial for severe coronavirus cases
Health & Fitness
April 21, 2020
Egypt begins plasma therapy trial for severe coronavirus cases
The Presidential Adviser for Health Affairs Mohamed Awad Tageldin announced Tuesday that Egypt has begun a trial using plasma taken…
Lebanese protests, politics resume with a new, virus twist
Middle East
April 21, 2020
Lebanese protests, politics resume with a new, virus twist
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese lawmakers convened Tuesday inside a cavernous Beirut theater so that parliament members could observe social distancing…
Women suffer as lockdown worsens Latin America’s ‘domestic hell’
World
April 21, 2020
Women suffer as lockdown worsens Latin America’s ‘domestic hell’
Weeks of confinement imposed by the coronavirus pandemic is taking a chilling toll on women and girls across Latin America,…
US readying ‘substantial’ aid to help Yemen fight coronavirus
Middle East
April 21, 2020
US readying ‘substantial’ aid to help Yemen fight coronavirus
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States is preparing a “substantial contribution” to help Yemen combat the coronavirus, but it…
Humans to blame for spread of coronavirus and other ‘zoonoses’
Environment
April 21, 2020
Humans to blame for spread of coronavirus and other ‘zoonoses’
Whether it came from a bat or a pangolin is not certain, but one thing is: the coronavirus outbreak that…