Monthly Archives: April, 2020

A person being injected as part of the first human trials in the UK to test a potential coronavirus vaccine, at Oxford University, England, April 23, 2020. The first vaccine trial for COVID-19 Coronavirus began Thursday. (Oxford University Pool via AP) Pharmaceutical companies worldwide are working around the clock to develop a vaccine that could…

Published on Apr 23, 2020A new study is presenting surprising findings about COVID-19 and which factors play the biggest role in how severe the disease is for some people.With New York being the epicenter for the virus in the U.S., researchers from the state's largest health care system moved quickly to document findings that would…

New Jersey got good news and bad news Friday in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic.The rate of hospitalizations, critical care patients, ventilator use, and deaths are dropping, state officials said.But the number of cases and deaths rose again, and Gov. Phil Murphy said a number of counties — mostly in South Jersey — “slid…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Thousands of people in Southern California swarmed the beaches Friday to cool off from springtime heat amid the coronavirus pandemic.Temperatures in the region have soared heading into the weekend, nearly reaching 100 degrees in some parts of Los Angeles County, but beaches…

Irene Miller/ Shutterstock">In order to slow the spread of COVID-19, many countries around the world have implemented protective strategies. These include quarantine and social distancing, school closures, and closing restaurants and other public places. Governments have also advised people to take greater measures to protect themselves from contracting the disease, including washing hands and wearing…