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China expects 68.5m railway trips during National Day holiday

Chinese railways are expected to operate 68.5 million passenger trips during the 11-day-long National Day holiday travel rush, which lasts from September 28 to October

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EU evaluates Roche's arthritis drug as COVID-19 treatment

Tocilizumab, which is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, at a pharmacy in Cambrai Hospital, France, April 28, 2020. /Reuters In its latest review of a potential coronavirus treatme

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How much it would cost to reopen schools amid COVID-19?

02:37 As school districts across the U.S. are putting together their COVID-19 plans to resume in-person classroom teaching, many schools are gearing up for a major revamp.There are fiv

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Baricitinib plus remdesivir show promising signs in COVID-19 treatment

CFP The combination of anti-inflammatory drug baricitinib and the antiviral remdesivir reduced recovery time for people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to clinical trial results publishe

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Raspberry Pi Foundation releases case fan to prevent overheating

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a new product today. It’s a tiny $5 fan combined with a small heatsink for the Raspberry Pi 4. It works with the official case, below the top cover. That acce

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Russia summons German envoy over alleged poisoning of Navalny

German Ambassador to Russia Geza Andreas von Geyr is seen outside the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia, September 9, 2020. /Reuters Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny

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Roundup: U.S. steps up clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Thursday the start of a randomized, controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of a treatment regimen consisting of the

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China reports 207 mln railway trips in July, up 24% from June

A total of 207 million passenger trips were made on trains in China in July as summer holidays drove up travel demand, the latest data showed.The figure is 24 percent higher than in June, accordin

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Germany to extend contact restrictions untill June 29

The German federal government and the 16 states have agreed in principle to keep coronavirus contact restrictions in place until June 29, the Federal Press Office announced Tuesday night. Within t

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Feature: Russian businessman joins anti-virus fight in China border city

Andrei Azarnov, a Russian businessman, chose to stay in Suifenhe, at the China-Russia border in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, and joined the fight against COVID-19. Four years ago, Azarno

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Jack Ma Foundation delivers second consignment of donations to Botswana

The second consignment of medical supplies from Jack Ma Foundation to Botswana government arrived in Gaborone, the capital city on Thursday evening. The consignment consists of 18,912 extraction k

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China stresses regular epidemic control measures in Wuhan

Chinese authorities have stressed unremitting efforts in taking regular epidemic control measures in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. Vice Premier Sun Chunlan on Tuesday inspected on-site epide

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Zidane donates medical equipment to his hometown in Algeria

Zinedine Zidane delivers a speech as the newly appointed Real Madrid's head coach at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, March 11, 2019. /VCG Real Madrid head coach and former France i

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China issues health management plan for recovered COVID-19 patients

VCG With the number of COVID-19 recoveries increasing in China, the country's National Health Commission (NHC) has outlined a trial health management scheme to manage patients discharged from

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Expert: COVID-19 pneumonia progresses faster than SARS

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) on patients of the novel coronavirus pneumonia progresses faster than on SARS patients, Tong Chaohui, vice president of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, said i