The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID-19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap, common steroid can help save critically ill patients.

WHO moves to update COVID-19 guidance after 'great news' in drug study

China is currently experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. The second-wave began in a local food market in the country’s capital Beijing. The capital city with a population of 20 million has at least 106 active cases in the city.

While China blames its second-wave of coronavirus on the west, WHO looks the other way again

The United States is currently in the process of filtering out potential vaccine candidates for COVID-19. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, out of the previous 14 vaccines, the country has zeroed in on seven potential vaccines for the killer COVID-19 pandemic, which has now infected over 8 million people worldwide.

US narrows down potential coronavirus vaccine candidates to 7

While the world reels from the COVID-19 pandemic, amid increasing fears of a second-wave, the headlines around the world have been tiptoeing around fear and action to contain the crisis.

China braces for second-wave of coronavirus, absolves itself of blame for negligence

A US state will now pay its citizens $1,500 to bring back the workforce. The state of Idaho is luring citizens back to work, in an additional bid to get people off the federal unemployment benefits.

This US state is offering $1,500 to its citizens in a bid to restart the economy

The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are not certain, World Health Organization officials said on Monday, describing as a "hypothesis" the claim that it might have been caused by imports or packaging of salmon.

WHO says 'hypothesis' about cause of China's latest virus outbreak needs further testing

The total number of coronavirus cases in the world has crossed 80 lakh-mark while the virus-related death toll has now risen to nearly 4.4 lakh, confirmed Johns Hopkins University.

Coronavirus cases exceed 8 million worldwide, jump by a million in 1 week

Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence-based tracking system to enforce social distancing at its offices and warehouses to help reduce any risk of contracting the new coronavirus among its workers.

Amazon to use AI tech in its warehouses to enforce social distancing

People who contract the killer coronavirus and die witness a lot of heavy organ damage, especially in the lungs. Researchers today pointed out how the virus makes lungs of people almost unrecognisable.

Coronavirus: Lungs of people who succumb to the virus become unrecognisable

Scientists in the UK have discovered a cheap and widely available drug called dexamethasone for COVID-19 patients that can save the lives of patients who are seriously ill with coronavirus.

Big breakthrough: British scientists find a drug that cuts Covid-19 death rate

Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among those with the most severe cases of infection, trial data showed on Tuesday.

Steroid dexamethasone reduces deaths among patients with severe COVID-19 - trial shows

People aged below 20 are less likely to contract coronavirus and developing complications in case they do. A new research published on Tuesday claims that people below 20 are less prone to getting the killer virus.

People aged below 20 almost half less likely to contract COVID-19, new study finds

The United Kingdom lost over 600,000 jobs in the period between March and May this year. According to official figures, the number of people seeking work-related benefits shot up by 126 per cent, with over 2.

UK market loses 600,000 jobs owing to coronavirus-induced slowdown; Worst yet to come

The number of people seeking emergency shelter to escape human trafficking surged in the month following U.S. lockdown orders implemented to slow the spread of coronavirus, a leading anti-trafficking group said on Monday.

US emergency trafficking hotline says calls spiked under lockdown

Star Wars celebration is the latest event to have gotten affected due to coronavirus pandemic. The Star Wars convention organized ReedPop in partnership with Lucasfilm has been canceled ahead of its late summer schedule.

Star Wars Celebrations cancelled amid coronavirus pandemic

In 1918, a pandemic ravaged the world like wildfire and claimed the lives of over 50 million people around the world. This was called the Spanish Flu. Contemporarily, COVID-19 is spreading at an astonishing speed.

Second-wave of Spanish Flu killed more people than the first, here's what we can learn!

A new poll has revealed that most countries believe China did a better job at containing and dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic than the United States. Only three out of the participant 53 countries believed that the US had done a better job than its Chinese counterpart.

China did a better job at containing COVID-19 than the US, most countries believe

The total number of coronavirus cases in the world has crossed 79 lakh-mark while the virus-related death toll has now risen to nearly 4.4 lakh, confirmed Johns Hopkins University on Monday.

Global coronavirus cases near 7.9 million-mark; Brazil emerging as new COVID-19 epicentre

A watchdog has hailed the White House press corps as "information heroes" alongside 30 journalists, whistleblowers and media outlets struggling against the odds to get the truth out about the coronavirus pandemic.

White House reporters hailed as 'information heroes'

In this video, watch WION's special series- Hard Reset.

Hard Reset: Travel & tourism in a post-COVID world

In this segmnet of WION, know about the lessons we can learn from Spanish Flu to combat COVID-19.

Lessons from Spanish Flu to combat COVID-19

Watch today in 'WION In Focus': Some stories related to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Venetian protesters formed a human chain along one of the city's iconic canals on Saturday (June 13), demanding responsible tourism in the post-coronavirus period.

Italy: Venetians protest against mass tourism

COVID-19 cases in Pakistan reached over 132,000 after a record 6,472 new infections were detected, the death toll in Pakistan is over 2,500.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Pakistan struggles to contain COVID-19

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