At Purdue University, administrators are having students take at-home saliva tests to prevent coronavirus outbreaks. Results are usually available within 2-3 days. Variations of this test are also used by major sports leagues.Aug. 26, 2020

Scientists and drugmakers are beginning efforts to overcome Americans’ safety and other concerns about Covid-19 vaccines, while U.S. health authorities ready a campaign to encourage widespread uptake. As vaccine candidates advance closer to U.S. authorization, health and industry officials want to make sure as many people as possible get vaccinated to reach the level, known…

NEW DELHI—India’s economy shrank by a record 23.9% last quarter—the biggest blow the coronavirus pandemic has dealt to a major economy so far—as a nationwide lockdown and fear of the fast-spreading pandemic strangled spending.Gross domestic product took a beating in the April-through-June quarter compared with the same quarter a year earlier, according to government data…

Recreational Equipment Inc. is looking to sell its custom-made new headquarters and allow employees to work from home or other offices, the latest sign that the pandemic is driving companies to ditch central offices to raise cash. The retailer, known as REI, was poised to open the new Seattle-area headquarters this summer after creating a…

Publishedduration4 days agoimage copyrightReutersimage captionFrance’s health ministry said the country had seen an “exponential” rise in cases recentlyFrance has recorded its biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections since March, as President Emmanuel Macron raised the possibility of another nationwide lockdown.A further 7,379 cases were confirmed on Friday, bringing the country’s total to 267,077.It was the…

CBC Ottawa’s latest roundup of key updates during the coronavirus pandemic.A small tourist plane passes over downtown Ottawa at Parliament Hill. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)Recent developments:  Ottawa Public Health reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, among 100 new cases logged provincewide. A new drive-thru COVID-19 test site is coming to Ottawa. A seventh OC Transpo…

CBC Ottawa’s latest roundup of key updates during the coronavirus pandemic.An employee disinfects a public chair in the ByWard Market in downtown Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)Recent developments:  Ottawa Public Health is reporting the city’s first COVID-19-related death this month There are eight new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, and…

Prior to the pandemic, America’s leading public health crisis was the overuse and abuse of opioids. And opioids haven’t gone away just because the coronavirus arrived. In fact, the situation may have gotten worse.Axios Re:Cap digs into the next phase of litigation against prescription opioids makers, which states and cities estimate has cost over $600…

Donald Trump Jr. touted his father’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and invoked the idea of “cancel culture” in his headline speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday. Details: He warned that “Joe Biden and the radical left are also now coming for our freedom of speech and want to bully us into submission,”…

FDA chief Stephen Hahn recently said he’d be willing to fast-track a coronavirus vaccine before clinical trials were complete. Dr. Lipi Roy says she ‘wouldn’t recommend it for my patients, wouldn’t recommend it for my family or myself.’Aug. 31, 2020

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 and is celebrating his 60th birthday in quarantine.Antonio Banderas says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 and is celebrating his 60th birthday in quarantine. The Spanish actor announced his positive test on Instagram on Monday. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Antonio Banderas says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 and is…

The United Kingdom’s economy shrank by a record 20.4 per cent in the second quarter when the coronavirus lockdown was tightest, the most severe contraction reported by any major economy so far, with a wave of job losses set to hit later in 2020.Posters in the window a a closing-down shop advertise a ‘Stock Liquidation’ in…

CBC Ottawa’s latest roundup of key updates during the coronavirus pandemic.The Canadian flag is seen as a veteran salutes during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of V-J Day and the end of the Second World War, in Ottawa. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)Recent developments:  Ottawa Public Health reported three new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The deadline for…

Mary Jane Mudd of the American Red Cross shares how shelters are handling the problem of evacuating and sheltering people while also trying to keep them safe from coronavirus.Aug. 27, 2020