Coronavirus

Over 200 new COVID-19 cases hospitalized in Iran

Mar 22, 2022 09:04

The number of coronavirus patients admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours stood at around 220, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
The expendable Americans in a pandemic

Mar 21, 2022 15:54

Every day, more than 1,000 Americans are still dying of COVID.
As COVID cases surge in Europe, US defunds pandemic response

Mar 21, 2022 15:48

The White House has recently announced that it will be scaling back public health measures to fight the COVID-19 virus despite surging infections rates elsewhere in the world and critics who say that it is much too premature to act as though the pandemic is over.
Iran: New COVID cases continue downward trend, dropping by 560

Mar 21, 2022 10:48

The number of new covid-19 cases in Iran dropped by 560 on Monday, to 1,256, according to the Health Ministry, as the number of the infected is taking a downward trend despite New Year holidays.
Black Americans hospitalizations were four times whites during omicron wave: CDC

Mar 20, 2022 02:57

African American adults have been hospitalized at a higher rate than whites during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
China reports first two COVID-19 deaths in more than a year

Mar 19, 2022 11:13

China reported its first two COVID-19 deaths in more than a year, the National Health Commission said Saturday, both coming in the northeastern province of Jilin as the country faces its worst case upsurge since the pandemic’s outset.
US sewer data and surges abroad should remind us the pandemic isn’t over

Mar 19, 2022 05:59

The method of testing wastewater to detect virus levels within a whole population has been around since the days of polio, but it took a March 2020 outbreak of COVID-19 in Austria to turn the technique into a mainstay in the pandemic fight.
Iran reports 91 more deaths from COVID-19

Mar 18, 2022 14:29

The Health Ministry on Friday reported 91 more deaths from COVID-19 over a 24-hour period as the spring festival holidays begin.
COVID-19 ‘far from over,’ world just in middle of pandemic: WHO

Mar 18, 2022 14:25

A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Friday that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was a long way off, citing a rise in cases in its latest weekly data.
Test to Treat: Pharmacists say Biden’s major new COVID initiative won’t work

Mar 18, 2022 05:15

US administration's program to facilitate access to antivirals will have a limited impact because American pharmacists are restricted from prescribing the pills.