By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Prime minister Boris Johnson during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, London on 6 May. Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 6 May UK coronavirus official death toll passes 30,000 – the second highest in the world The UK… Read More: UK covid-19 official death toll passes 30,000 – world’s second… »
SATURDAY, May 2, 2020 — As the U.S. coronavirus death toll neared 65,000 on Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved emergency use of the first drug that seems to boost recovery among COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir, Gilead Sciences’ intravenous antiviral medication, is to be used for hospitalized patients with “severe disease,” such as those… Read More: FDA Approves Emergency Use of Remdesivir for COVID-19 »
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, new challenges arise each day for people across the world. Some of these challenges particularly affect the LGBTQ+ community. This unique time calls for LGBTQ+-specific resources and new ways to connect and cope. Minority stress in the LGBTQ+ community Unrelated to COVID-19, this community faces minority stress based on anti-LGBTQ+… Read More: COVID-19 and the LGBTQ+ community: Rising to unique challenges »
Dr. Eleftherios Diamandis admits it might look like a “crazy idea” to some. In a paper posted on his cancer research lab’s website, the University of Toronto professor proposes setting up special hospitals where volunteers could be deliberately infected with low doses of the COVID-19 virus, helping build a protective herd immunity in the year… Read More: ‘Crazy idea’ of infecting volunteers with COVID-19 to boost herd… »