U.S. Covid cases have hit their highest level of the pandemic as two highly infectious variants circulate throughout the country and health officials urge Americans to get vaccinated and boosted against the virus. Nationwide daily new cases were at a record seven-day average of more than 265,000 as of Tuesday, according to data compiled by […]
A research group from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland) investigated the impact that wearing a mask has on the severity of COVID-19. They found that there were benefits of wearing a mask even after infection had occurred. In addition to reducing the chance of transmitting the virus, masks may also improve the function […]
Malaysia will start treating Covid-19 as an endemic disease around the end of October, the country’s International Trade and Industry Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said Tuesday. Covid would be endemic when the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the disease becomes a permanent presence in the community and continues to circulate among people. Other endemic diseases include […]
