In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they were probably facing a pandemic from the new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people and millions began their annual trip home for the Lunar New Year celebrations. President Xi Jinping warned the public on January…
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Coronavirus: Woman arrested for allegedly spitting at garda
A woman in her 30s has been arrested and charged after she allegedly spat at a garda in north Dublin and said she was awaiting test results for the coronavirus. The incident occurred at 6.20pm on Tuesday at St Attracta Road in Cabra. Gardaí said the woman approached a marked Garda car and began banging…
Read More »MIT developed a wireless box that can detect COVID-19 patients’ movement and breathing at home
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge for healthcare workers. Among the major challenges are social distancing issues, which have required novel approaches to diagnosing and treating illness. For many who have already tested positive, home stays are the best option to avoid an already massively overtaxed hospital system in many areas and to…
Read More »No, breast milk can’t prevent or cure COVID-19 in adults
COVID-19's stealth impact on children As fears of the coronavirus continue to spread in the United States, some people have turned to unorthodox, unproven and even dangerous methods to attempt to ward off the disease. Now, rumors are spreading that breast milk could contain COVID-19 antibodies, but doctors say there's no evidence to support that claim.…
Read More »The odd reality of today’s stock market
As the COVID-19 death toll in the United States continues to climb, American stocks are, in a grim divergence, recovering lost ground. It isn’t clear precisely why locally-listed equities have risen in recent weeks, let alone today, but let’s go over the day’s results so that we’re all on the same page. In regular trading…
Read More »Dr. Marc Siegel takes rapid COVID-19 test live on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel was given a COVID-19 rapid test live on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Monday by Dr. Michael Misialek, associate chair of pathology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital outside Boston."This is a rapid diagnostic test that will…
Read More »Two arrested after drugs seized at virus checkpoint
Updated / Tuesday, 14 Apr 2020 10:01 Gardaí say the drugs are worth over €7,800 Two men are in custody after heroin worth over €7,800 was found in a car at a Covid-19 checkpoint last night. The incident happened at around 7.40pm when an off-duty member of the Waterford Garda Divisional Drugs Unit saw a…
Read More »ASIC relaxes financial advice rules amid pandemic
Apr 14, 2020 – 6.38pmThe corporate regulator has temporarily suspended a number of red tape requirements for financial advisers and superannuation funds, in order to assist them in providing "affordable and timely" advice to consumers affected by coronavirus crisis.The Australian Securities and Investments Commission on Tuesday announced "three temporary relief measures" aimed at expediting the…
Read More »Coronavirus: Leadership During Crisis: A Conversation with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine
Coronavirus: Leadership During Crisis: A Conversation with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine
Read More »Price Technologies adds product availability feature for items experiencing COVID-19 shortages
Price Technologies, the operator of the comparison shopping website Price.com and its related browser extension, is adding a feature to show product availability for a few essential items that have had supply issues caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. Products like aspirin, acetaminophen, facial tissues, hand sanitizer, ibuprofen, rice, soap, soup, toilet paper…
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