BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota health officials on Sunday said the state's COVID-19 update listed no deaths for a second straight day and showed another drop in hospitalizations.
COVID-19 has disrupted society and health care systems, creating a fertile environment for deaths beyond the virus. The year 2020 will prove to be the most deadly year on record in the United States. Direct deaths due to COVID-19 have been well documented and reported. Older people (those...
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GENEVA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that almost 15 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of 2021. According to the WHO's estimates, the full COVID-19 death toll, or "excess mortalit...
Moreover, a record number of Canadians have been out of work due to COVID-19. On Thursday, Statistics Canada reported historic job-loss figures, up more than 1 million people compared to that of March, lowering the nationwide employment rate to 58.5 percent, or the lowest since April 1997...
The number of deaths linked to COVID-19 in just five months is now equal to the number of people who die annually from malaria, one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases. Global cases are approaching 7 million, with about 2 million, or 30%, of those cases in the United Stat...
NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry Monday morning said 97 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 4,213 positive cases, were reported since Sunday in the country, taking the number of deaths to 2,206 and total cases to 67,152. ...
The number of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. this year has surpassed the toll in 2020, reported The Wall Street Journal on Saturday on the basis of data published by the federal government and Johns Hopkins University.RELATED STORIES WEF operations chief: Sustainability...
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the situation worse for people with tuberculosis, as health funds have been redirected toward tackling coronavirus and people have struggled to access care because of lockdowns. There was also a drop in the number of people seeking preventative treatment, the report...
The global COVID-19 pandemic could significantly increase the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) due to disruptions to health services, and delays to diagnosis and treatment, according to new estimates published in the European Respiratory Journal.