Health

The Latest: French minister: Not all classrooms can reopen

Photo: Credit Associated Press Michael Varaklas. PARIS — Not all French classrooms can safely reopen Tuesday, the education minister acknowledged Sunday, amid a persistent rise in coronavirus infections that is threatening the government’s push to get France’s 12.9 million schoolchildren back in class. It’s being decided by a day-by-day analysis based on the health situation

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Universities Could Become Ground Zero For Second Wave Of Coronavirus, Union Warns

PA MEDIA Universities Second Wave By Chris York One million students will move around the UK next month. Universities become ground zero for a second wave of coronavirus unless they avoid face-to-face teaching, academics have warned. The movement of an expected one million students around Britain as they return to universities in the next month

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Coronavirus: UK winter could see 85,000 deaths in second wave, says leaked Sage report

© Provided by The Independent By Andrew Woodcock As many as 85,000 people could die in the UK in a second wave of coronavirus this winter, a leaked scientific paper prepared for the government has suggested. The paper by the prime minister’s Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage), seen by BBC2’s Newsnight, said that some

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France sees ‘exponential rise’ in coronavirus cases

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks to the media during a visit to a site of pharmaceutical group Seqens, in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, near Paris, August 28, 2020. France has recorded its biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections since March but President Emmanuel Macron remains cautious about another nationwide lockdown considering the harm it may

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Birmingham Covid-19 enforcement powers to shut pubs and close parks unveiled

© Jacob King People in Birmingham city centre after it was announced on Friday that the city has been added to a watch list as an “area of enhanced support”, moving it closer to localised lockdown-style restrictions if the rise in cornavirus cases continues to rise. (Jacob King/PA) By Richard Vernalls New enforcement measures allowing

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Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

President Donald Trump speaks, accompanied by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, center, during a media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) President Donald Trump announced Sunday the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients, in a move he

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Istanbul Airport 1st to get global health accreditation

International trade body accreditation recognizes commitment to health and welfare of travelers, public amid virus pandemic Istanbul Airport on Wednesday became the first worldwide to receive a new health accreditation from the Airports Council International (ACI). “We congratulate Istanbul for being the first airport to be accredited through our new Airport Health Accreditation programme which

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5 Super Foods to Better Your Brain Health

Photo: Credit Pexels You’d be surprised to know that the brain can generate about 23 watts of electricity when active! In fact, it is the most versatile organ and the foundation of support and stability. Therefore, to keep it running in top form, certain dietary changes are absolutely necessary. In addition, to help regulate the

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The Latest: Britain records more than 1,000 new infections

Photo: Credit Reuters/A general view of ambulances and staff outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the Excel Centre, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley LONDON — Britain has recorded more than 1,000 new coronavirus infections in a day for the first time since late June. Government

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A Somali woman has given birth to quintuplets in Mogadishu

Photo: Credit Twitter Health workers who helped deliver the baby. Doctors, nurses celebrate after woman gives birth to five kids A woman in Somalia has delivered five children at once at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Hospital – The hospital announced the good news on Twitter on Monday, August 3, saying the woman and her five

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