China joins COVAX coronavirus vaccine alliance

Coronavirus: Masks made mandatory outdoors across Italy, other Euopean develpments

Italians were subject to some of the strictest lockdown measures in the world when the country became the first in Europe to be overwhelmed by the coronavirus earlier in the year.

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Trump pushes FDA to quickly clear coronavirus antibody treatments, erroneously calling them a ‘cure’

ANALYSIS: Testing is key but a testing-only strategy is called a "complete failure."

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Symptoms of Covid-19 are a poor marker of infection --British study

86% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during lockdown did not have virus symptoms (cough, and/or fever, and/or loss of taste/smell), finds a study by UCL researchers. The authors say a more widespread testing programme is needed to catch ‘silent’ transmission.

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STUDY: 82% of early virus infections in Los Angeles originated from Europe

WHO reports record one-day rise in global coronavirus cases amid European outbreak

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases on Thursday, with the total rising by 338,779 in 24 hours led by a surge of infections in Europe.

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Could The Live Flu Vaccine Help Fight Off COVID-19?

Up to 150 million could join extreme poor, World Bank says

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Up to 150 million people could slip into extreme poverty, living on less than $1.90 a day, by late next year depending on how badly economies shrink during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank said Wednesday in an outlook grimmer than before.

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Covid-plagued White House proves testing alone can't keep America safe

Nevada Halts Use of Rapid Coronavirus Tests in Nursing Homes, Citing Inaccuracies

Nevada has ordered its nursing facilities to immediately suspend the use of two rapid tests for the coronavirus, manufactured by companies Quidel and Becton, Dickinson and Company, after the tests’ performance was found to be lacking, according to a directive issued on Friday by the state’s department of health.

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New Zealand Stamps Out the Virus. For a Second Time.

The first time New Zealand thought it had eliminated the coronavirus from its isolated shores, a mysterious outbreak in its largest city shattered any sense of victory over a tenacious foe.

Now, after a second round of strict lockdown, the country believes — if a bit more tentatively this time — that it has effectively stamped out the virus once again.

On Wednesday, New Zealand moved to lift the last of its restrictions in Auckland after 10 days with no new cases linked to a cluster that first surfaced in August. The government will now allow unrestricted gatherings, and trips on public transit without social distancing or masks, in the city of 1.6 million people.

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A Global Data Effort Probes Whether Covid Causes Diabetes

Lilly seeks emergency use of its antibody drug for COVID-19

A drug company says it has asked the U.S. government to allow emergency use of an experimental antibody therapy based on early results from a study that suggested the drug reduced symptoms, the amount of virus, hospitalizations and ER visits for patients with mild or moderate COVID-19.

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Abbott says new data shows rapid COVID-19 test used at White House is highly accurate

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