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To love and to cherish: Nurse couple unites to fight virus

Thursday, 16 April 2020, 06:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Between surgeries one stressful morning, Ben Cayer and Mindy Brock — husband and wife, and fellow nurse anesthetists — peered through layers of protective gear, and locked eyes. It...

EU blasts Trump's WHO funding cut, fears it worsens pandemic

Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 15:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Nations around the world reacted with alarm Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a halt to the sizable funding the United States sends to the World Health Organization. Health experts...

A year after blaze, Notre Dame restoration halted by virus

Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 08:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The Cathedral of Notre Dame stands crippled and alone, locked in a dangerous web of twisted scaffolding one year after a cataclysmic fire gutted its interior, toppled its famous spire and horrified...

Figures show hundreds of COVID-19 deaths in UK care homes

Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 07:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Leading British charities said the new coronavirus is causing “devastation” in the country’s nursing homes, as official statistics showed Tuesday that hundreds more people with...

Could old vaccines for other germs protect against Coronavirus?

Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 14:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Scientists are dusting off some decades-old vaccines against other germs to see if they could provide a little stopgap protection against COVID-19 until a more precise shot arrives. It may sound...

UK accused of under-reporting senior virus deaths

Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 10:56 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The boss of one of Britain’s biggest nursing home operators says the number of reported coronavirus deaths among elderly residents is much higher than has been officially reported. The...

Virus cases near two million worldwide; few new hot spots

Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 06:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

New York's coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 and the worldwide number of confirmed cases hovered around 2 million on Monday, even as the lack of fresh hot spots globally yielded a ray of optimism...

Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients

Monday, 13 April 2020, 07:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can. The reason: Some...

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