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Until recently, the World Health Organization said the only people who needed to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic were caretakers of a person suspected of having COVID-19, or those who are coughing or sneezing. But with each passing day, we’re advised to take more and more precautions ― and that soon may include wearing […]

ROME — San Marino needed medical masks. Badly. The tiny republic, wedged next to what would be two of Italy’s hardest-hit provinces in the COVID-19 outbreak, had already registered 11 deaths by March 17 — a sizeable number in a country of just 33,000, and a harbinger of worse to come. So authorities sent off

Image copyright Sandra Wilson Image caption Ian Wilson died from Covid-19 two days after being taken into hospital After being told her husband was dying from Covid-19, Sandra Wilson heard the doctor crying down the phone. “He explained that I wouldn’t be able to visit him and that he would look after him as if

By now you might have a deliberate plan in place to break from the news cycle in order to preserve your mental health and quell some of your quar-anxiety surrounding the onslaught of tragic and infuriating daily developments surrounding COVID-19. For those people, we offer you yet another way to take a breather. For those

The Wisconsin Election Commission says a federal judge who ordered an extension for absentee voting in Tuesday’s election should ensure that no results are reported until all absentee ballots are in By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press April 3, 2020, 2:11 PM 5 min read 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article MADISON,

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTimelapse captures the transformation of London’s ExCeL centre into the Nightingale Hospital The first of the government’s emergency field hospitals to treat coronavirus patients has opened in east London’s ExCel centre. The temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital is able to hold as many as 4,000 patients and will

With the president extending social distancing guidelines for the coronavirus through the end of April, and data showing a lot of states may not see their peak of COVID-19 cases until May, it’s safe to say we’ll be continuing to spend a lot of time at home. And while you are likely disinfecting surfaces regularly,

MADRID — Setting up makeshift ICU wards in libraries and conference centers, embattled European medical workers strained Friday to save thousands of desperately ill coronavirus patients as stocks of medicine, protective equipment and breathing machines grew shorter by the hour. A maelstrom of coronavirus deaths and job losses slammed the United States and Europe. Some

Image copyright Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Image caption Areema Nasreen was a nurse at Walsall Manor Hospital A nurse with coronavirus has died after spending weeks in intensive care. Areema Nasreen, 36, had been on a ventilator at Walsall Manor Hospital where she also worked. The death of the mother-of-three has been confirmed to the

Over the past month, many Americans who can do their jobs remotely made the abrupt transition to working from home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. If you’re one of them, you may have a less-than-ideal office setup without ergonomic chairs, keyboards or computer monitors, and are experiencing new