Four police officers were hit by gunfire in St. Louis, Missouri state late Monday during violent protests over the death of George Floyd, the city's police department
01:09 Protests against U.S. police brutality against black Americans have swept the nation for a fifth day.After the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man in police cu
The chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat. /PHOTO Courtesy: Moussa Faki Mahamat - Twitter The chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Maha
A medical worker of a test station takes samples of a woman for COVID-19 infection test in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 3, 2020. (Photo by Shiraaz/Xinhua) Sub-Saharan African countries are like
Preliminary data shows the overall incidence of recovered COVID-19 patients who tested positive after discharged from hospital in China is between five and 15 percent, Wang Guiqiang, director of t
Medical examiners in Chicago are planning to probe deaths involving heart attacks and pneumonia for evidence of COVID-19 as far back as November, reported CNN citing Cook County spokesperson Natal
Tanzanian health authorities on Sunday warned people against random use of different types of medicines in the hope that they can cure the COVID-19 virus. Abel Makubi, the Chief Medical Officer in th
A paper titled "Population Flow Drives Spatio-Temporal Distribution of COVID-19 in China" was published on Nature on Wednesday. Using mobile phone data, it tracked the population flow in China and
"Not everyone should undergo nucleic acid testing but it depends on different situations," Wang Chen, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, noted at a press conference held by Chin
Beijing will soon increase its nucleic acid testing capacity for novel coronavirus to more than 50,000 samples daily, local authorities said Thursday. The capital will
With $13.6 million in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a new collaboration will pull together researchers at UCSF, Stanford and CZI-adjacent medical research nonprofit the Chan Zuckerberg
South Korea reported 11 more cases of the COVID-19 compared with the previous day as of midnight Wednesday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,694
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep across the globe, all eyes have turned to the prospect of an effective vaccine. A recent study published in Science magazine showed that cynomolgus maca
Washington state has recalled 12,000 test kits of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) due to possible contamination, the state's Department of Health announced (DOH) last Sunday.The departm
South Korea reported eight more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Sunday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,661. The
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has played a significant role and is irreplaceable in treating viral infectious diseases from the experiences drawn from the COVID-1
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