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Coronavirus: What's happening around the world Friday
Britain's official human rights watchdog is to mount an inquiry into the racial inequalities exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, which has topped 6.6 million cases worldwide and led to more...
2,000 COVID-19 cases missing from Toronto's map of hot spots
More than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases are missing from the map the City of Toronto released last week that shows infections by neighbourhood, CBC News has found.
Heartburn drug Pepcid may ease COVID-19 symptoms
An over-the-counter heartburn remedy is showing some potential as a symptom reliever for COVID-19, a small study finds.
Deadly bacterial infection in pigs deciphered
The Clostridium perfringens bacterium is part of the large Clostridium genus which can cause various fatal illnesses in animals and humans. Clostridium infections are widespread. These bacteria are dangerous because...
How many people in L.A. actually have the coronavirus? Why health officials still don't know
How many people in L.A. actually have coronavirus? Why health officials still don't know for sure
How many people in L.A. actually have the coronavirus? Why health officials still don't know
How many people in L.A. actually have coronavirus? Why health officials still don't know for sure
NBA's plans for older coaches on bench in limbo amid pandemic precautions
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said older coaches in the league could be prohibited from sitting on the bench at games when the league returns from a coronavirus-related suspension, due to...
Thwarting deadly heart blockages with organic nanoparticles
Cardiovascular disease, which kills one Australian every 12 minutes, is caused by a hardening of the arteries due to abnormal deposits of fat and cholesterol (known as plaque) in the...
New study puts unusual forensic investigation technique to the test
Could household slime become a tool to help solve crimes? That's the question U of T Mississauga forensic science graduate Leanne Byrne (H. BSc, 2020) sought to answer in a...
Why do protests turn violent? It's not just because people are desperate
We have seen ten days of protests in the United States over the death of George Floyd.
5 reasons you might be seeing more wildlife during the COVID-19 pandemic
Coyotes sauntering down the streets of San Francisco. Neighborhoods flooded with birdsong. Snakes slithering onto trails and sidewalks. And of course, the rats. Rats everywhere. Somehow, as COVID-19 forced us all into our...
Anti-virus face masks plague Hong Kong's beaches
Surgical masks are washing up in growing quantities on the shores of Hong Kong, a city that has overwhelmingly embraced face coverings to fight the coronavirus.
How the Montreal Heart Institute has kept out COVID-19 and kept right on performing surgeries
In mid-March, as hospitals across Quebec scrambled to cancel surgeries, all but shutting down their operating rooms to free up beds for COVID-19 patients, the Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal...
Unmasking the stealth virus behind COVID-19
Scientists have discovered the pandemic-causing coronavirus is unique in short-circuiting the safest way our immune system kills off a virus, which could have implications for treating COVID-19 with interferon.
2 Buffalo cops suspended; elderly man hospitalized with head injury after protest
Two Buffalo police officers have been suspended without pay after video showed them pushing a 75-year-old man protesting police brutality to the ground, causing him to be hospitalized with a...
Weekend sports lineup: Nunes-Spencer UFC title bout, soccer, NASCAR
A UFC women's featherweight title bout between incumbent champion Amanda Nunes and Felicia Spencer headlines the weekend sports lineup.
On This Day, June 5: President Ronald Reagan dies at age 93
On June 5, 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president, died at his Los Angeles home at the age of 93 of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Clinicians and scientists apply symptom tracking to COVID-19 outpatient care using famotidine
A patient-reported symptom tracking method used for patients with cancer has now been adapted for patients with COVID-19. The first clinical case series showed that famotidine may help COVID-19 patients...
Coronavirus: What's happening around the world June 5
Australian authorities are taking legal action to try to stop a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled to take place in Sydney on Saturday, citing the risk of an outbreak of...
Special Report: Fighting the Virus
Less than six months ago, news broke that a mysterious pneumonia was sweeping through a city in China. For many of us in the United States, the danger seemed too distant for...
We have learned much, and need to learn much more
One year ago, the cover of Science News focused on the threat posed by a global disease outbreak: measles. Vaccine use had faltered, leading to 1,282 confirmed cases in the United States...
For the first time, Mexico records more COVID-19 deaths in a day than the U.S.
Mexico tops 1,000 coronavirus deaths in one day. "This is not New York," the president says.
CDC: U.S. coronavirus death toll could reach 143K by June 27
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday forecast the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus could reach as high as 143,000 by the end of the month.
Three more construction workers at SoFi Stadium test positive for COVID-19
Three more construction workers at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood have contracted the coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 12.
U.S. to send 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to Brazil
The White House announced it will send Brazil 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine in its fight against the coronavirus.
WHO suspends trials of hydroxychloroquine, citing safety
The World Health Organization announced Monday it was temporarily pausing international medical trials involving the malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, touted by U.S. President Trump as a possible cure for COVID-19.
Coronavirus: Brazil now has third highest number of cases globally
With a spike of more than 20,000 new infections of COVID-19 within 24 hours, Brazil on Saturday reported the third-highest number of cases in the world behind Russia and the...
2,000 COVID-19 cases missing from Toronto's map of hot spots
More than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases are missing from the map the City of Toronto released last week that shows infections by neighbourhood, CBC News has found.