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Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world

May 15, 2020 / By Jessie Yeung and Adam Renton, CNN Homelessness in the US may increase 45% by end of the year, economic expert warns. The United States could see its homeless population increase by 40% to 45% this year, according to an analysis by an economics professor at Columbia University. The report was published by …

Cuomo: Five New York Regions To Begin Reopening Today

May 15, 2020 / Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes Staff TOPLINE New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a press conference on Friday that five upstate regions would begin a phased reopening today, as the number of coronavirus hospitalizations and intubations continues to decline across the state. KEY FACTS New York’s number of coronavirus hospitalizations and intubations …

Live Blog / Coronavirus live updates: Global coronavirus deaths top 300,000

May 15, 2020 The global coronavirus death toll passed 300,000, with more than 4.4 million confirmed cases around the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. remains the world’s worst-hit country, with more than 86,600 deaths. Additionally, the CDC issued a health alert to physicians on a rare but potentially deadly condition linked to …

FDA probes Abbott’s rapid coronavirus test accuracy issues

May 15, 2020 / Associated Press WASHINGTON – Federal health officials are alerting doctors to a potential accuracy problem with a rapid test for COVID-19 used at thousands of hospitals, clinics and testing sites across the U.S., including the White House. The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday it is investigating preliminary data suggesting Abbott Laboratories’ 15-minute …

Former Cleveland Clinic Researcher Allegedly Failed To Disclose Ties To China

May 14, 2020 / VANESSA ROMO A former Cleveland Clinic Foundation doctor was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court on Thursday on charges of wire fraud and making false claims to obtain millions in federal grant funding. It is the latest move in a federal crackdown on alleged participants in China’s Thousand Talents Plan. The government believes …

CDC issues alert to doctors on rare COVID-19 ‘mystery illness’ in kids

May 15, 2020 / By Erika Edwards The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to physicians Thursday on what has emerged as a rare but potentially deadly condition linked to COVID-19 in children. The illness, which the CDC calls “multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children,” or MIS-C, has been reported in at least …

Virologist hospitalized with coronavirus believes he got it through his eyes

May 14, 2020 / By Elisha Fieldstadt Dr. Joseph Fair, a virologist and epidemiologist who has been hospitalized with the coronavirus despite being in good health and taking precautions, said Thursday that he believes he contracted the virus through his eyes on a crowded flight. Fair, 42, an NBC News contributor who has responded to multiple outbreaks around …

California biopharmaceutical company claims coronavirus antibody breakthrough

May 15, 2020 / By Perry Chiaramonte | Fox News EXCLUSIVE — A California-based biopharmaceutical company claims to have discovered an antibody that could shield the human body from the coronavirus and flush it out of a person’s system within four days, Fox News has exclusively learned. Later Friday, Sorrento Therapeutics will announce their discovery of the STI-1499 antibody, which the San …

Why Antibiotic Resistance Is More Worrisome Than Ever

May 14, 2020 / SUSAN BRINK A health crisis is rapidly unfolding worldwide. It causes suffering and death, costs billions and threatens to overwhelm health-care systems, patients and their families. No, it’s not the coronavirus pandemic. It’s that other disastrous health crisis: drug resistance. Bacteria and other microbes that cleverly change and evolve are outsmarting …

Can the coronavirus spread in pool water? What to know as summer approaches

May 14, 2020 / By Madeline Farber | Fox News With summer approaching, a dip in a crisp pool is all one needs to cool off on a hot day. But can the novel coronavirus spread in pool water? In addition to inhaling an infected person’s respiratory droplets or contracting the virus from an asymptomatic carrier, preliminary research shows …

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