5 US states see record COVID-19 deaths, Latinos hit hard in California

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[caption id="attachment_7893" align="alignnone" width="973"] Emergency medical technicians arrive with a patient while a funeral car begins to depart at North Shore Medical Center, where COVID-19...

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Several countries tighten COVID-19 curbs over fears of a second wave

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7885" align="alignnone" width="966"] A health worker collects swab samples in the Mahaboudha area in Kathmandu [/caption] PARIS: Spain and Germany were among the countries...

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Moderna vaccine protects against COVID-19 in monkey study

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7902" align="alignnone" width="960"] File photo of testing on a macaque monkey. [/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Moderna on Tuesday (Jul 28) said its experimental COVID-19 vaccine...

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Philippines: Deadliest country in Asia for land defenders

July 28, 2020July 29, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7958" align="alignnone" width="967"] An illegal logging site discovered by Philippine environmental defenders near the tourist town of El Nido, on Palawan island. [/caption] MANILA:...

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Canada official warns of renewed restrictions if COVID-19 uptick not contained

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7918" align="alignnone" width="967"] FILE PHOTO: Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam attends a news conference as efforts continue to help slow the...

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France reports slower increase in COVID-19 cases

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7924" align="alignnone" width="967"] FILE PHOTO: Christian George, Director of Research at the National Centre of Scientific Research, helps a patient suffering from coronavirus disease...

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COVID-19 outbreak in hard-hit US states may be peaking, Fauci says

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7909" align="alignnone" width="967"] FILE PHOTO: Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit's Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, attends to...

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Half of Mumbai’s slum residents have had COVID-19: Study

July 28, 2020July 29, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7949" align="alignnone" width="983"] A woman (R) who recovered from the COVID-19 coronavirus, donates blood plasma during a screening at a school in Dharavi, in...

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WHO says COVID-19 pandemic is ‘one big wave’, not seasonal

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7890" align="alignnone" width="978"] Scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus [/caption] GENEVA: A World Health Organization official on Tuesday...

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Travel bans cannot be indefinite, countries must fight COVID-19 at home: WHO

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7706" align="alignnone" width="966"] World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva. [/caption] GENEVA: Bans on international travel cannot stay...