Only half of pregnant women worldwide who need a treatment developed over 50 years ago to prevent Rh disease—an often-fatal condition in fetuses and newborns that is now exceedingly rare in the United States and Western ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Paris on Saturday made face masks compulsory outdoors in crowded areas and tourist hotspots, as infections in and around the French capital rose and the global death toll crept past 722,000.
Aug 8, 2020
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Britain on Thursday extended the period of coronavirus self-isolation from seven to 10 days, as fears grew over a surge in cases.
Jul 30, 2020
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Europe experienced a 50-percent rise in excess mortality over a week in March and April due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to data released by France's Insee statistics agency Wednesday.
Jul 29, 2020
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Scientists have discovered extinct strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons—proving for the first time that the killer disease plagued humanity for at least 1400 years.
Jul 23, 2020
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European officials warned Wednesday that a feared second wave of coronavirus infections could coincide with the continent's winter flu season, and urged member states to prepare.
Jul 15, 2020
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More than 200,000 people have now died from the novel coronavirus in Europe, according to an AFP tally based on official sources as of 1310 GMT Tuesday.
Jul 7, 2020
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A common inherited genetic variant is a frequent cause of deafness in adults, meaning that many thousands of people are potentially at risk, reveals research published online in the Journal of Medical Genetics.
Jul 6, 2020
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Tomas Kapler knew nothing about ventilators—he's an online business consultant, not an engineer or a medical technician. But when he saw that shortages of the vital machines had imperiled critically ill COVID-19 patients ...
Jul 6, 2020
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European Union envoys are close to finalizing a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter Europe again, possibly from late next week, EU diplomats confirmed Saturday. Americans are almost certain to be excluded ...
Jun 27, 2020
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