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COVID’s toll on smell and taste: What scientists do and don’t know
Jan 21, 2021 17:38Researchers are studying the sensory impact of the coronavirus, how long it lasts and what can be done to treat it.
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Almost 30% of COVID patients in England readmitted to hospital after discharge – study
Jan 21, 2021 17:36Nearly a third of people who were discharged from hospitals in England after being treated for Covid-19 were readmitted within five months – and almost one in eight died, a study suggests.
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Warning world is on 'brink of a catastrophic moral failure,' WHO chief denounces vaccine-hoarding by rich nations
Jan 21, 2021 17:32World Health Organization has criticized wealthy countries and pharmaceutical companies for pursuing their own coronavirus vaccine arrangements, even though such a nationalistic and competitive approach to inoculation threatens to magnify deadly global inequalities while prolonging the Covid-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis.
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About 900,000 Americans filed for jobless claims last week
Jan 21, 2021 13:27The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits decreased modestly last week as the COVID-19 pandemic tears through the nation, raising the risk of a second straight month of job losses.
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US COVID deaths exceed WWII fatalities as Biden warns worst yet to come
Jan 21, 2021 12:43The number of US COVID-19 deaths surpassed the country’s toll of military fatalities in World War II as new US president Joe Biden took office.
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Iran, Cuba’s COVID-19 vaccine project proceeds to clinical trial phase II
Jan 20, 2021 11:37A coronavirus vaccine project being jointly pursued by Iran and Cuba has entered phase II of its clinical trials, with no side effects having been reported so far.
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US surpasses 400,000 coronavirus deaths
Jan 20, 2021 05:43The US coronavirus death toll topped 400,000 here on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the country hardest hit by the pandemic struggled to meet the demand for vaccines to stem the spread of infection.
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Record Covid-19 deaths as pandemic shows no sign of abating
Jan 20, 2021 05:26A record number of people have died of Covid-19 in the UK in the past 24 hours as the latest surge in the pandemic – driven mostly by the new coronavirus variant dubbed the “British Virus” – continues to exact a heavy human toll.
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All volunteers in good health after getting Iranian vaccine for COVID-19
Jan 20, 2021 03:16None of the Iranian volunteers who have been injected with a homegrown vaccine for the coronavirus in clinical trials has shown any symptoms, an official said.
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Coronavirus death toll in Iran close to 57,000
Jan 20, 2021 03:09The death toll from COVID-19 infection in Iran is about to hit 57,000, while more than 1.13 million patients have recovered across the country.