Health

Five people have died in Mbandaka, a western city more than 750 miles away from another Ebola outbreak in the country. It is unclear how the disease emerged in the city during lockdown.An ebola treatment center in Mangima, a town outside of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last year. Experts are trying…

A 22-page industry white paper developed by the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee Task Force establishing protocols for a safe return to work “in an environment that minimizes the risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19″ was submitted to the governors of Los Angeles and New York on Monday and will be shared with other governors and…

The Food and Drug Administration is reporting shortages of Zoloft and the generic version of the antidepressant as demand soars and supply chains for key ingredients are interrupted by the pandemic. Pfizer, the maker of Zoloft, told the FDA it has a limited supply available of the 100-count bottles of 100-milligram pills due to a “demand increase” for the…

Researchers whose canceled U.S. grant caused an outcry from other scientists urge preventive monitoring of viruses in southwestern China.The horseshoe bat genus, Rhinolophus, seems to have originated in China tens of millions of years ago and has a long history of co-evolution with coronaviruses.Credit...DeAgostini/Getty ImagesJune 1, 2020Updated 3:01 p.m. ETAn international team of scientists, including…

California’s COVID-19 infection totals continue to rise, and protests in recent days that have drawn thousands to the streets have officials concerned the infection rate may spike in the near future. Totals compiled by this news organization showed the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 was at 111,904, and the number of deaths at 4,172…