Health & Science

Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:26 UTC
US russet potatoes farmers giving away production before next July crop

When Tina Yates pulled her truck up to a mall in western Washington state on Thursday, workers waved her past hundreds of cars waiting to pick up free russet potatoes.
Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:04 UTC
Chinese scientists detect coronavirus in the semen of infected men

Chinese scientists have detected coronavirus in the semen of infected men but further research will be needed to determine whether the virus can be sexually transmitted. The findings from a study of coronavirus patients at a Chinese hospital were published on Thursday in the JAMA Network Open medical journal.
Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:01 UTC
Spanish La Liga football season could resume on 20 June

La Liga has refused to confirm Leganes coach Javier Aguirre's announcement that the Spanish soccer season will re-start on June 20 after being halted for more than three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, May 8th 2020 - 07:41 UTC
Trump and Pence test negative as a White House valet comes down with the virus

United States President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence have tested negative for the novel coronavirus after a member of the US military who works at the White House as a valet came down with the virus.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 13:09 UTC
Genetic analysis of COVID-19 samples suggest it is rapidly adapting to human hosts, UCL report

A genetic analysis of samples from more than 7,500 people infected with COVID-19 suggests that the new coronavirus spread quickly around the world late last year and is adapting to its human hosts, scientists said on Wednesday.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 10:42 UTC
Argentina has more reported cases of dengue (25.000) than of coronavirus (5,200)

Argentina officially has 5.208 COVID 19 confirmed cases with a death toll of 273 since the pandemic broke out. However the country is suffering from even more acute disease infection, the mosquito-transmitted dengue, with some 25.000 confirmed cases, and of which 5.601 in the last three weeks.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:58 UTC
Brazil, record number of coronavirus cases: 9.2% jump in one day to 125.218

Brazil, one of the world's emerging coronavirus hot spots, registered a record number of cases and deaths on Wednesday, prompting the health minister to flag the possibility of strict lockdowns in particularly hard-hit areas.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:50 UTC
Trump shifts primary focus to reviving US business and social life; Democrats criticize “undermining science”

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his coronavirus task force would shift its primary focus to reviving US business and social life while acknowledging that reopening the economy could put more lives at risk.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:48 UTC
Some 90.000 healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 and 260 killed, Nurses Council claims

At least 90,000 healthcare workers worldwide are believed to have been infected with COVID-19, and possibly twice that, amid reports of continuing shortages of protective equipment, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said on Wednesday.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:40 UTC
PM Johnson for the first time in Parliament since 25 March, said lockdown ease to begin next week

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he could begin to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown next week, but warned he would do nothing that would risk a new surge of cases.