The COVID-19 pandemic triggered life expectancy losses not seen since World War II in Western Europe and exceeded those observed around the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc in central and Eastern European countries, according to research published today, led by scientists at Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science.

It’s more evidence a lab leak is very unlikely.

Faced with limited resources in a pandemic, Greece turned to machine-learning software to decide which sorts of travelers to test for COVID-19 as they arrived in the country.

Former Republican consultant Matthew Sheffield on Monday pointed to new polling data on the COVID-19 vaccine from Pew Research showing that Republican voters are almost singlehandedly keeping America from ending the COVID-19 pandemic.Overall, the poll shows that just 60 percent of Republican or Repu...

After the traumas of widespread economic shutdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, America’s restaurant industry is largely open for business again as eateries ranging from high-end bistros to fast-food chains are serving hungry customers.

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The return of insurance deductibles and copays for covid hospitalizations has resulted in an uneven patchwork of patient billing. In some cases, patients in the same ICU can be hit with very different charges.

A Calgary doctor’s plea on social media to solicit medical equipment has highlighted the state of Alberta’s health-care system amid the most severe wave of COVID-19 to date.

Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend in Trinidad is impotent, has swollen balls, and his fiance has called off their wedding as a result of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is according to a viral tweet that the rapper posted Monday evening. Unfortunately, like most stories that begin with the line “my cousin’s friend told me…”, Minaj failed to provide any evidence to support her claim. Instead, she warned her 22 million Twitter followers not to be bullied into getting the vaccine.

Hundreds of thousands of people may be infected annually by animals carrying coronaviruses related to the one that causes COVID-19 in China and Southeast Asia, according to a study emphasizing the ongoing pandemic threat from spillover events.

Who is it that lives alone in this Isolated House? And how do they go about purchasing basics such as food and medicine? There is a popular saying, “No man is an island.” Some people, on the other hand, would like to live alone for the rest of their life or for a period of time. This might be for a variety of causes or for no apparent reason at all.

Podcaster, comedian, and coronavirus lockdown skeptic Joe Rogan announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 in a video posted to Instagram, in which he also admitted to taking the deworming drug Ivermectin as treatment for the virus.

Apple has returned to in-person Today at Apple sessions in its retail stores in Europe, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, and Brussels, offering local communities a chance to gather once again to learn, collaborate, and explore the world of Apple's devices and services.

The goalposts have moved.

Eric Clapton, a staunch critic of measures designed to tackle the Covid pandemic, has released a song entitled This Has Gotta Stop. While the song does not directly mention lockdown measures or vaccines, the musician has performed on anti-vaccine songs in recent months. His latest offering has been interpreted by some as an attack on the measures recommended by health officials.

In a speech delivered at the Munich Security Conference on 15 February 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) noted that “fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous”. In fact, we are in a middle of what the WHO calls an infodemic: “too much information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak”.

With the latest wave of return-to-office delays from Covid-19, some companies are considering a new possibility: Offices may be closed for nearly two years. That is raising concerns among executives that the longer people stay at home, the harder or more disruptive it could be to eventually bring them back.

An Alabama doctor is taking a stand by refusing to see unvaccinated patients. When asked about his decision, Dr. Jason Valentine, a physician at Mobile's Diagnostic and Medical Clinic Infirmary Health, offers a blunt but simple explanation: "If they asked why, I told them COVID is a miserable way to die and I can't watch them die like that."

US tech giant Apple has delayed recalling staff to the office until January at the earliest amid fears over surging Covid cases. Employees were informed of the decision in a company memo on Thursday, which was first reported by Bloomberg News. The firm told staff it would reconfirm plans a month in advance and advised them to get vaccinated.

Violent militia groups have become “key” spreaders of vaccine misinformation on Facebook, and now those groups are using the platform to boost their online followings and urge new followers to engage in violent, real-world protests.