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Dogs could join the fight against COVID-19

The FINANCIAL -- Could man’s best friend play a role in preventing the spread of COVID-19? After recently collaborating to prove that our canine friends can be trained to detect malaria, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University aim to find ...

COVID-19: Staying cyber secure

COVID-19 pandemic is changing our lives. People are concerned, and with that concern comes a desire for information, safety and support. Organized crime groups are exploiting the fear, uncertainty ...

Coronavirus: Opera singer Placido Domingo says he tested positive for COVID-19

Beleaguered opera singer Placido Domingo says he has tested positive for COVID-19 as the deadly virus continues to infect more people ...

How families and roommates can effectively self-quarantine, self-isolate

As the novel coronavirus outbreak has intensified worldwide, public health officials, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have urged the public to practice social distancing to ...

Five steps to kicking out coronavirus

FIFA and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers, who are calling on all ...

IMF is "ready to deploy all US$1 trillion lending capacity" to save members

The FINANCIAL -- “The human costs of the Coronavirus pandemic are already immeasurable and all countries need to work together to protect people and limit the economic damage. This is a moment for ...

Low-Income, Hourly and Contract Workers are Most Likely to Worry About Lost Income

The FINANCIAL -- In the midst of a sweeping national health and economic crisis sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic, a new KFF coronavirus poll finds two thirds of the public (67%) say they are ...

53% of EU citizens sought health information online

The FINANCIAL -- In the last three months prior to the 2019 survey on the use of ICT in households and by individuals, one in two EU citizens (53%) aged 16-74 reported that they sought online health ...

How prepared is the US to respond to COVID-19 relative to other countries?

The ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic has already overwhelmed the health systems of several countries and is projected to overburden the health system in the United States. A surge in patients with ...

APA Praises Mental Health Provisions in COVID-19 Stimulus Aid Package

The FINANCIAL -- The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) a $2 trillion stimulus aid package to provide fiscal relief for ...

Coronavirus Concerns Leads To 11% Drop In Forecasted Global Gambling Revenues

The FINANCIAL -- Global concerns about the coronavirus (COVID19) have led to a 11% drop in forecasted global gambling revenues in 2020* – with 2020 global gambling gross win downgraded from its ...

Only a fifth of countries provide sick pay: Which countries manager the crisis better?

The FINANCIAL -- Making sure that sick people get the care they need and don't infect others is one of the key planks of containing COVID-19 - but the majority of the world's workers have little ...

ADB President Reaffirms Support for Georgia's COVID-19 Response on Call with Minister of Finance

The FINANCIAL -- Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and Georgia’s Minister of Finance Ivane Matchavariani today discussed how ADB can support Georgia in its fight against the ...

New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives

The FINANCIAL -- As we mark World TB Day 2020, the disease remains the world’s top infectious killer. In 2018, 10 million people fell ill with TB worldwide and 1.5 million people lost their lives ...

Banks Sterilizing Paper Money to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission

The FINANCIAL -- A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over their useful life, ...

Five tips for Working from Home During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Working from home can impact communication and leave employees feeling disconnected and unsure about their role but there are a number of ways to overcome these difficulties, find researchers from BI ...

60% of North Koreans live in absolute poverty – higher than ever thought

The FINANCIAL -- The share of people living in absolute poverty in North Korea is higher than once thought, making it one of the poorest countries on Earth, new research from Vienna University of ...

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