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The city of Hideaway has ordered a shelter in place beginning Thursday after a resident died from complications of the coronavirus. Hideaway sent the announcement on Wednesday, just hours after the Northeast Texas Public Health District announced the first COVID-19 related death in Smith County. The first death in Smith County was Elwood McElveen, 91, of …

An employee at a Nexteer plant in Saginaw has tested positive for COVID-19. An A shift employee at Saginaw Plant three has tested positive for coronavirus, according to United Autoworkers 699. UAW officials said the employee has been out of the plant since March 18 and claim there is a limited risk of exposure. Nexteer …

KAMPALA — The Ministry of Health has on Wednesday confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 in the Uganda. Dr. Joyce Moriku, the minister of State for Primary Healthcare said the five new cases bring the total number of confirmed patients to 14. The five people who confirmed positive, include the two of the six Chinese …

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN/KOTA-TV)- BREAKING: Monument Health caregiver tests positive for COVID-19. The patient lives in Meade County. It’s Monument Health’s first COVID-19 positive test, according to an internal communication from Monument Health that was provided to us. It says they know the caregiver contracted the virus while traveling within the United States. The memo …

Keeping at-risk patient populations – such as the elderly and those with chronic conditions and clinical trial participants – healthy during an unprecedented health crisis is critically important. For quarantined and isolated individuals, maintaining close contact with care providers and adhering to medication therapies has never been more vital. Telemedicine has an essential role to …

SUIXI, CHINA – MARCH 23 2020: A staff works on the production line of vinyl disposable gloves at a … [+] manufacturer of medical supplies in Suixi county in central China’s Anhui province Monday, March 23, 2020.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Feature China / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Feature China/Barcroft Media via …

The Naval Hospital Guam has confirmed four positive cases of COVID-19 and 26 persons under investigation. “We have four positive COVID-19 cases that were tested and the results came back confirmed. And we have 26 … people under investigation,” said Jaciyn Matanane, NHG spokeswoman. She said the Naval Hospital takes samples, which are sent to …

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is advising Oklahomans that epidemiologists have detected community spread of COVID-19 in our state. Community spread means that individuals who have no travel history or contact with someone with the disease have become infected with virus. Therefore, as a further precautionary measure, Stillwater Medical will suspend visitation beginning Tuesday, …

A file photo of the NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu.     The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has risen to 35. The figure rose after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Monday that five new cases had been confirmed. According to the health agency, this is …

Its “in silico”, or computer simulation platform has successfully found active compounds capable of protecting human cells in influenza e-therapeutics PLC () said it is gauging interest in its rapid screening technology as the pharma industry works to find an effective vaccine against COVID-19. Its “in silico”, or computer simulation platform has successfully found active …