What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now:Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 5:29 pm
COVID-19 cases surge in Oklahoma, other states ahead of Trump's Tulsa rally
Several U.S. states including Oklahoma reported a surge in new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, days before a planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa that would be the nation's largest indoor social gathering in three months.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 5:21 pm
Thailand reports six new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Thailand on Thursday reported six new coronavirus infections and no new deaths, bringing its total to 3,141 confirmed cases, of which 58 were fatalities.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 4:43 pm
From Asia to Africa, 'Sesame Street' special tackles coronavirus pandemic
Elmo, Cookie Monster and Muppets from Asia and the Middle East are joining forces for a special episode of "Sesame Street" aimed at helping kids cope with a world turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 4:22 pm
China says it must improve hygiene in markets after Beijing outbreak
Low standards of hygiene in China's wholesale food markets and vulnerabilities in its food supply chain need to be urgently addressed after a new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing, a leading body of the ruling Communist Party said.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 3:25 pm
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 580 to 187,764 - RKI
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 580 to 187,764, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 3:20 pm
WHO halts trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients
LONDON/GENEVA - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in its large multi-country trial of treatments for COVID-19 patients had been halted after new data and studies showed no benefit.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 1:00 pm
'Medicaid best price' changes aimed at value-based gene therapy contracts: U.S. agency
Proposed changes to requirements that state-run Medicaid programs are given the best drug prices would clear the way for commercial health insurers to enter into "value-based" payment schemes, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 12:59 pm
China reports 28 new coronavirus cases in mainland
China reported 28 new coronavirus cases in the mainland as of end-June 17, 21 of which were in the capital of Beijing, the country's health commission said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 12:39 pm
Beijing reports 21 new COVID-19 cases in city as of June 17
Beijing confirmed 21 new COVID-19 cases as of June 17, China's health authority said on Thursday, down from 31 a day earlier.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 12:37 pm
Requiring masks 'political hazard' as COVID-19 surges in California breadbasket
The first wave of COVID-19 came slowly to San Joaquin County in the heart of California's breadbasket, but the much-feared second surge is roaring through, sickening as many people in the two weeks since Memorial Day as in March and April combined.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 12:36 pm
Mexico reports 4,930 new coronavirus cases, 770 more deaths
Mexico's health ministry reported on Wednesday 4,930 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 770 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 159,793 cases and 19,080 deaths.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 12:11 pm
Mothers as 'trauma surgeons:' the anguish of raising black boys in America
Raising black boys in America involves "constant mental anguish," Danielle Pattillo, a special education teacher in New York City and mother to two sons, ages 14 and 22, said.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 12:05 pm
Panama reports 635 new coronavirus cases, 13 more deaths
Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Panama reached 22,597 on Wednesday, up 635 from the previous day, and deaths climbed by 13 to 470, the health ministry said.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 11:44 am
Peru overtakes Italy in total cases of coronavirus
Peru topped 240,000 total cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, surpassing hard-hit Italy, government data showed, even as the pace of infections has begun to moderate in the South American nation.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 11:41 am
Facing Arizona surge, Navajos reimpose virus curfew
The Navajo Nation has reimposed 57-hour weekend curfews to protect citizens from a surge in coronavirus cases in neighboring Arizona after the largest Native American reservation managed to flatten its own COVID-19 curve.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 11:08 am
Brazil coronavirus deaths climb to 46,510, cases near 1 million
Brazil recorded 1,269 additional COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, bringing its official death toll from the novel coronavirus to 46,510, the most in the world outside the United States.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 10:12 am
Roche rheumatoid arthritis drug fails to help COVID-19 patients in Italian study
Roche's rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra failed to help patients with early-stage COVID-19 pneumonia in an Italian study, researchers reported on Wednesday, but the Swiss drugmaker is testing the medicine in another trial against the illness caused by the new coronavirus.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 10:08 am
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID-19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits, the World Health Organization said.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 10:02 am
Face masks outside now compulsory in major Turkish cities
Turkey on Thursday made it compulsory for people to wear face masks when outside in the country's largest cities of Istanbul and Ankara, as well as the northwestern city of Bursa, in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus.Source: Reuters: Health News | 18 Jun 2020 | 9:08 am
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