New York, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) New York, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, has seen 13.9 per cent positive results in the state’s antibody tests, which means around 2.7 million people could…
Islamabad, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan has sought the revival of the South Asian Association for Regional Corporations (Saarc) Technical Committee on Health in order to evolve a common strategy against the coronavirus pandemic, it was…
Chicago, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker announced he would sign an order extending the state’s stay-at-home order through May 30. The new order will take effect on May 1. The original order,…
Washington, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US House of Representatives passed a US $484 billion relief package to boost funding for small businesses, hospitals and coronavirus testing, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for signature….
United Nations, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the need to protect human rights in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. “The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency. But it is far…
New York, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) US equities closed mixed, giving up most of their earlier gains, after more data showed the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the world’s largest economy. On Thursday, the Dow Jones…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sunlight kills COVID-19 while warmer temperatures and humid weather significantly damage the virus, measured in terms of the virus’ half life or the time it takes to…
Ottawa, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced to allot additional 1.1 billion Canadian dollars (about US $782 million) for national medical research against the COVID-19. “The better we understand this virus, its…
Washington, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President Donald Trump while addressing the daily White House coronavirus briefing said “we are very close to a vaccine”, after noting vaccine trials taking place in the US, Germany, the…
Berlin, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) After around five weeks of shutdown due to the coronavirus crisis, Germany’s largest car manufacturer Volkswagen restarted production in two of its plants. Volkswagen’s vehicle plant in Zwickau, Saxony would “cautiously…
London, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study, the BBC…
Paris, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) France’s COVID-19 death toll reached 21,856, while hospitalizations and the number of patients in intensive care continued to fall, according to the official data released by the Ministry of Health. A…
New York, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) With people staying home and no sports or barely any travel happening, The New York Times has decided to stop printing sports and travel sections in its Sunday edition, and…
Beijing, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) US-based Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir, a potential antiviral drug to treat COVID-19 patients and is under several trials around the world, has reportedly failed to produce desired results during a Chinese trial…
By Arul Louis New York, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the United States is buffeted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has discussed the availability of medicines with India’s External Affairs Minister S….
San Francisco, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) To provide greater transparency and equip users with more information about who is advertising to them, Google on Thursday announced that its identity verification policy will now cover all advertisers…
London, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) It’s no secret that a healthy diet benefits the brain and now, researchers say that what foods people eat together may be associated with developing the risk of dementia. The study…
New York, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) What makes evil characters like the Joker or Lord Voldemort more interesting and likeable? Researchers have found that people may find fictional villains surprisingly likeable when they share similarities with…
Aarti Tikoo Singh New Delhi/Washington: Beijing has denied permission to American scientists to visit Wuhan Institute of Virology or any other part of China to investigate the origin of the novel coronavirus. US Secretary of…
San Francisco, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has successfully deployed a fresh batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit, taking the total number of satellites launched to over 400. “Successful deployment of…