health

COVID-19 cases spike in LA as 15 kids sick with rare virus-related syndrome

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County were at their highest level…

US governor calls for plasma donors as virus rages

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Florida's governor Ron DeSantis pleaded Monday for COVID-19 survivors to donate blood plasma to help…

Zero positives in latest NBA test results: league

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- The latest round of COVID-19 testing at the NBA's campus in Orlando found zero positive…

Breakthrough’ treatment slashes virus death risk: study

  by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- An aerosol-based treatment could drastically reduce the number of…

N. Korea’s Kim berates officials over troubled flagship hospital

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated officials for their "careless" construction of a flagship…

Saudi king, 84, admitted to hospital: royal court

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia's 84-year-old ruler King Salman was admitted to hospital in Riyadh Monday for gall…

UK secures 90 million doses of potential cornavirus vaccines

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain has secured access to 90 million doses of potential coronavirus vaccines in deals with…

South Africa virus death toll tops 5,000: official

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa's death toll from coronavirus has passed the 5,000 mark, according to official figures…

Stranded on ships, 200,000 seafarers struggle in virus limbo

by Cecil Morella, with Aishwarya Kumar in New Delhi Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- Indian ship worker Tejasvi…

Ebola cases rise in new DR Congo outbreak

by Junior KANNAH / Samir TOUNSI à KINSHASA MBANDAKA, DR Congo (AFP) -- The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo's…

India coronavirus cases pass one million

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Coronavirus cases in India passed one million on Friday, official data showed…

Florida at center of virus outbreak and battle over school reopening

by Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Florida is the new epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in the United…

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