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Researchers ask if survivor plasma could prevent coronavirus

Friday, 12 June 2020, 07:42 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Survivors of COVID-19 are donating their blood plasma in droves in hopes it helps other patients recover from the coronavirus. And while the jury’s still out, now scientists are testing if the...

Norwegian man gets 21 years for slaying, mosque attack

Thursday, 11 June 2020, 11:42 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A white nationalist Norwegian man who killed his stepsister and then stormed an Oslo mosque and opened fire, hitting no one, was found guilty Thursday and sentenced to 21 years in prison, the longest...

EU wants tech giants to do more to counter virus fake news

Thursday, 11 June 2020, 07:52 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A senior European Union official warned online platforms like Google and Facebook on Wednesday to step up the fight against fake news coming notably from countries like China and Russia, but she...

UK scientist: Week earlier lockdown could have halved deaths

Thursday, 11 June 2020, 07:39 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A scientist whose modeling helped set Britain’s coronavirus strategy said Wednesday that the country’s death toll in the pandemic could have been cut in half if lockdown had been...

Prince Philip marks 99th birthday

Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 11:02 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

There certainly won't be fuss. Count on that. Britain's Prince Philip reaches the grand age of 99 today, on Wednesday, and will spend it quietly and in much the same way he's spent most of his...

Howls of protest as UK starts 14-day quarantine for arrivals

Monday, 8 June 2020, 13:52 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Britain began imposing a 14-day quarantine Monday on travelers coming into the country — a sweeping measure meant to halt the further spread of COVID-19 that has been roundly criticized by the...

With recovery of last case, New Zealand has eradicated virus

Monday, 8 June 2020, 07:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

New Zealand appears to have completely eradicated the coronavirus — at least for now — after health officials said Monday the last known infected person had recovered. The...

World reaches 400,000 virus deaths as pope urges caution

Sunday, 7 June 2020, 17:49 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The confirmed global death toll from the COVID-19 virus reached at least 400,000 fatalities on Sunday, a day after the government of Brazil broke with standard public health protocols by ceasing to...

Watch: Buffalo officers suspended in shoving of 75-year-old man

Saturday, 6 June 2020, 06:33 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Dozens of Buffalo police officers stepped down from the department's crowd control unit Friday, objecting to the suspensions of two fellow officers in the shoving of a 75-year-old protester who fell...

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