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UK’s National Health Service mourns Egyptian doctor’s death from coronavirus
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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