Health

The Flagler Department of Health confirmed today that a 50-year-old woman died of Covid-19, the third death of a Flagler County resident attributed to the disease in three days, bringing the county’s total to eight. The county also reported 26 new positive cases of coronavirus, a single-day record, bringing the week’s total so far to…

MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - Since February 5, more than 40,000 people in Wisconsin have tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 700,000 have tested negative. More than 4,000 people needed treatment in a hospital.Friday’s report from the Wisconsin Department of Health Service tallied 880 more positive results out of 13,407 tests, or 6.56%. That’s up…

Nearly 54,000 recoveries confirmedCoronavirus testing (AP)The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 72,502 as of Friday, including 6,108 deaths, state officials report.Friday’s update represents 660 new cases and an additional seven deaths. Thursday’s totals were 71,842 confirmed cases and 6,101 total deaths.New cases have increased moderately in the…

As the Covid-19 crisis escalates in the U.S., the scramble for an effective vaccine is about to collide with the electoral calendar. Pfizer (ticker: PFE) says it will seek Food and Drug Administration authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine as early as October. The federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine program, meanwhile, says it wants AstraZeneca’s (AZN) vaccine…

Fresh studies give more information about what treatments do or don’t work for COVID-19, with high-quality methods that give reliable results.British researchers on Friday published their research on the only drug shown to improve survival — a cheap steroid called dexamethasone. Two other studies found that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine does not help people with…