By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – France will start its COVID-19 vaccination programme next Sunday, Health Minister Olivier Veran wrote…

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea recorded its highest daily death toll from the coronavirus, health authorities said on Monday, as a surge in infections strains the health system and prompted police raids on venues suspected of violating social distancing rules. People wait in a line to undergo the coronavirus disease…

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea recorded its highest daily death toll from the coronavirus, health authorities said on Monday, as a surge in infections strains the health system and prompted police raids on venues suspected of violating social distancing rules. FILE PHOTO: A man undergoes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The Shelby County Health Department is responding after a draft of Health Directive 16 was leaked to the public. The proposed directive, which is not finalized, would close all non-essential businesses and bans in-person dining for 2 weeks. The Shelby County Health Department says this leaked…

A slew of companies and federal agencies including the Departments of Homeland Security, Energy, State, Commerce, and Treasury as well as the National Institutes of Health are among themany reported victims of the SolarWinds hacking scandal so far, but dont worry guys, the president says its no big deal. The…

By Reuters Staff A British government health information advertisement highlighting new restrictions amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in London, Britain, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was in close contact with UK officials over a new…

Although a Harvard School of Public Health studyfunded by the airline industry-backed Aviation Public Health Initiativereported that in-cabin air filtration systems are effective enough to mitigate the risks of close passenger-to-passenger proximity, it relied on social distancing procedures during boarding and deplaning, and, crucially, it also relied on passengers wearing…

By Reuters Staff HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities are searching for a COVID-19 positive patient who escaped one of the citys largest hospitals while undergoing treatment, according to health officials. The 63-year old man, identified as patient 7379, was admitted to the isolation ward of the Queen Elizabeth…

By Reuters Staff MEXICO CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Mexicos health ministry on Friday reported 12,248 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 762 more fatalities, bringing the countrys totals to 1,301,546 cases and 117,249 deaths. The government says the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than…

After reading a review of Amazons new fitness tracker, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar penned an open letter. Recent reports have raised concerns about the Halos access to this extensive personal and private health information, the lawmaker wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. Among publicly…