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Bill Gates says there's 'way above' a 5% risk we haven't seen the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Microsoft cofounder told the FT the pandemic could yet generate a coronavirus variant "even mor…
Sam Tabahriti
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Stillbirths are a hidden tragedy says ICMR as it seeks research funding
The ICMR Call for Proposals in Stillbirths, under the ICMR Task Force Programme, states that the in…
ANI
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Trump's former Surgeon General Jerome Adams says Biden officials must be more transparent to combat vaccine hesitancy
After leaving government in January, Adams has continued to be outspoken about public health issues…
John L. Dorman
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TTS: Clot in blood vessels occurs in rare cases with certain vaccines, says medical expert amid reports over AstraZeneca
This comes in the wake of a recent admission by AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical company, that its C…
ANI
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Trump called the White House Coronavirus Task Force 'that f---ing council that Mike has': book
The book "Nightmare Scenario" describes the task force as "a mess" when Dr. Birx first arrived, "in…
John L. Dorman
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Pence was more worried about COVID-19 privately than in his public appearances and was 'rattled' by his press secretary contracting the virus: book
According to the book "Nightmare Scenario," a close advisor's infection gave Pence "a firsthand gli…
John L. Dorman
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About 40 chief executives of US companies come together to create global task force to help India combat COVID-19
The new US public-private partnership to provide India critical medical supplies, vaccines, ox…
PTI
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Supreme Court sets up a 12-member National Task Force to facilitate public health response to the pandemic
The top court said in its order passed on May 6 uploaded on Saturday that the Secretary of th…
PTI
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Ex-White House aide reveals 'inside story' of what happened when Trump claimed injecting disinfectant could cure COVID-19
Olivia Troye, who served on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, shared how then-President Donal…
Joshua Zitser
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No decision taken on free COVID-19 vaccine for people above 50, says Indian government
With just weeks remaining for the start of Covid vaccination for people above 50 years of age, the …
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Punjab imposes statewide restrictions, educational institutes to be shut till March 31
Clamping down heavily on the fresh Covid-19 surge, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday …
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Deborah Birx says there were 'definitely' COVID-19 deniers in the Trump White House
"When you have a pandemic where you're relying on every American to change their behavior, communic…
John L. Dorman
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COVID-19 means US Air Force bombers flying around the world are operating in a 'degraded' environment
The ongoing pandemic "means that we can't always stick to the same timelines, the same procedures,"…
Christopher Woody
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The White House coronavirus response chief said the winter surge will be the worst event in US history, 'not just the worst public health event'
The US added 1 million COVID-19 cases in the first five days of December, and exceeded 100,000 curr…
Allana Akhtar
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Deborah Birx thought about quitting the COVID-19 task force because the Trump administration would 'misrepresent reality,' but George W. Bush talked her out of it: book
"You've got to do this. You need to finish. You can never quit," Bush told Birx, according to her n…
Oma Seddiq,Kimberly Leonard
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Controversial Trump advisor Dr. Scott Atlas resigned from the White House coronavirus task force
Atlas joined the task force in August as a special government employee, meaning his role was tempor…
Lauren Frias
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People who met family over Thanksgiving should assume they have COVID-19, get tested, and wear a mask at home, White House advisor Dr. Deborah Birx said
Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the US coronavirus task force, said anyone who gathered for Th…
Grace Dean
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Joe Biden picks Indian American Vivek Murthy to lead the new task force to tackle COVID-19 crisis in the US
Murthy’s parents Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy, Maithreya Murthy, are immigrants from Karnataka w…
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White House COVID-19 task force officials reportedly took personal offense to a Trump admin report that lists 'ending the COVID-19 pandemic' as one of Trump's major first term accomplishments
"The White House is operating on a completely different speed than the rest of the health agencies,…
Lauren Frias
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A new documentary shows how a top CDC official who warned Americans about the coronavirus promptly vanished from public view
The CDC's Nancy Messonnier was removed from the public stage in February after delivering a coronav…