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Graves dug in Rio beach to protest handling of COVID-19 pandemic

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilians critical of their government’s ambiguous response to a surging coronavirus pandemic dug 100 graves and stuck black crosses in the sand of Rio’s Copacabana

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Leonardo’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ Ideal Isn’t Far Off Modern Measures

TUESDAY, June 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — More than five centuries ago, Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci produced a now-famous image of what he considered the perfectly proportioned male body:

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Chile’s coronavirus cases climb past 154,000 in 100 days since virus landed

FILE PHOTO: Mortuary workers wait outside the San Jose public hospital morgue, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo SANTIAGO

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Worried About Catching Coronavirus From Surfaces? The City You Live in May Matter

By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — When someone infected with the new coronavirus talks, coughs or sneezes, tiny droplets containing

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Retracted COVID-19 studies expose holes in vetting of data firms

(This story corrects UnitedHealth executive’s title) FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak

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Navy Ship Outbreak Shows Most Young Aren’t Spared COVID Symptoms

TUESDAY, June 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — When COVID-19 strikes the young, the lion’s share of patients still show symptoms, a new report on a coronavirus outbreak aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft

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June 11, 2020 — A roundup of the latest news about COVID-19

The U.S. now has more than 2 million confirmed cases — and we could see 200,000 deaths by fall. More than a dozen states are seeing spikes a few weeks after lifting restrictions. And educators,

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Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients

TUESDAY, June 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Tai chi might be just what doctors should order for their heart patients, new research suggests. Many of these folks experience anxiety, stress and depression.

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EU wants to buy COVID-19 vaccines up front – unless they’re made in America

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission is seeking a mandate from EU countries to buy promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates in advance from pharmaceutical firms, as long as they are not produced

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England’s coronavirus test and trace system identifies nearly 32,000 in first week

LONDON (Reuters) – England’s test and trace system identified 31,794 people who had been in close contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19 in its first week of operation, the

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