A request from Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, urging people to "wear a mask" in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, topped a Yale Law School librarian's list of the most notable quotes of 2020....
US President-elect Joe Biden will reportedly nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to multiple media outlets....
The US recorded over 214,000 new coronavirus cases in a span of 24 hours, pushing the seven-day average daily increase to an all-time high of nearly 180,000 infections....
Researchers have urged policymakers to prioritise vaccination for individuals with diabetes as such people, once infected with Covid-19, are three times more likely to have a severe illness or require hospitalisation compared with people without diabetes....
California will enter a new stay-at-home order on Sunday night, as its many parts have hit the 15 per cent or lower threshold for intensive care unit (ICU) capacity amid a continued spike in the number of new Covid-19 cases, health authorities said....
In another grim milestone, the number of coronavirus cases in the US have surged to more than 14.5 million, while the deaths have increased to over 281,130, the two tallies currently the highest in the world...
A federal judge has ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to resume a programme that protected those who came illegally to the US as children from deportation....
The US House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill to establish several educational programmes and a foundation to promote the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, the two great champions of non-violence....
The nine-year-old boy had tested positive for Covid-19 in Wicomico County, and the local health department was unable to reach his mother to notify her, Xinhua news agency quoted police Sgt. Travis Nelson as saying this week. ...
A team of Indian-origin researchers in the US has made it possible to essentially let their bodies act as the link between the card or smartphone and the reader or scanner, making it possible to transmit information just by touching a surface....
