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Spain’s virus surge hits mental health of frontline workers
Jan 28, 2021 02:36A study released recently by Barcelona’s Hospital del Mar looking at the impact of the spring’s COVID-19 surge on more than 9,000 health workers across Spain found that at least 28% suffered major depression. Dr. Jordi Alonso, one of the chief researchers said that is six times higher than the rate in the general population before the pandemic.
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Fauci says he was the 'skunk at the picnic' in Trump's COVID team
Jan 27, 2021 16:53Dr Anthony Fauci was the “skunk at the picnic” in Donald Trump’s White House coronavirus taskforce, the top US public health expert told the New York Times in a candid interview on Sunday (24 Jan 2021).
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How coronavirus has totally transformed society in America
Jan 27, 2021 16:34The true, lasting effects of the coronavirus will stay with Americans for generations, even beyond the grisly death toll or economic effects.
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Coronavirus in Iran: 700 new cases admitted to hospital
Jan 27, 2021 13:35Nearly 10 percent of more than 6,600 new coronavirus cases detected in Iran over the past 24 hours have been admitted to the hospital, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman announced.
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UN calls on Israel to provide Palestinians with coronavirus vaccines
Jan 27, 2021 04:30The United Nations has called on the Israeli regime to help ensure Palestinians will receive COVID-19 vaccinations amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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What new COVID variants mean for schools is not yet clear
Jan 26, 2021 20:54The emergence of fast-spreading coronavirus variants has once again put a spotlight on the role of children in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Experts warn US civil rights fallout from COVID could be far worse than the pandemic itself
Jan 26, 2021 20:51As US President Biden signs a national mask mandate into law, measures being imposed in the name of protecting public health could create a humanitarian crisis that sees Americans sued by the state and forced into detention camps for breaking pandemic protocols
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Iran approves import, production of Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
Jan 26, 2021 10:48Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the country has approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and plans to both import and produce it.
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Iranian high-tech companies to provide Kenya with coronavirus aid package
Jan 26, 2021 10:46Headed by Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari, an Iranian delegation of high-tech companies is going to provide Kenya with a COVID-19 aid package.
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Coronavirus daily death toll drops to below 80 in Iran
Jan 26, 2021 10:45The daily death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran was down to 79 on Tuesday, marking a two-digit rate for the fourth week in a row.