(Natural News) A new study seems to show that around three percent of the Dutch population have developed antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible for the current pandemic. Health officials are looking at the study as an indicator of the percentage of people living in the Netherlands, and countries with similar rates of infection, may have already had the disease […]

(Natural News) The Department of Labor (DOL) reported Thursday that 5.2 million more people filed first-time unemployment claims last week. The additional claims bring the total number of jobless claims for the week ended April 11 followed the 6.6 million claims reported the week before and bring the total claims filed since the coronavirus crisis forced businesses to close to […]

(Natural News) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday that the country would remain under lockdown for at least four more weeks. The announcement dashed speculation that a quick return to normal could be on the way, thanks to the sustained low growth in new COVID-19 cases. Australia has kept its caseload low but isn’t […]

(Natural News) Sweden’s Public Health Agency reported a surge in new cases late Thursday after 613 people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the country’s total caseload to 12,540. The agency also reported 130 deaths, the second-highest daily death toll after Wednesday’s 170, taking Sweden’s total from 1,203 to 1,333. Despite the figures, officials continue to resist calls to place […]

(Natural News) New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ordered an investigation into nursing homes in the state after a “makeshift morgue” was found at a facility that had been devastated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The governor said that he was “outraged” that the bodies of patients who had succumbed to the virus were allowed to pile up at a long-term […]

(Natural News) In this study, researchers from China, Saudi Arabia and South Africa screened microbial species that live in harsh environments for secondary metabolites with anti-cancer activities. Their findings were published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Microbes that thrive in the brine pools of the Red Sea and in brine pool-seawater interfaces are exposed to […]

(Natural News) A report from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) shows that U.S. power output in the first week of April was 64,896-gigawatt hours, 5.7 percent lower than in 2019, and the lowest that the nation has seen since 2004. The report follows the release of the Energy Information Administration‘s (EIA) new short-term energy outlook (STEO) report, which anticipates that […]

(Natural News) The Federal Reserve warned Wednesday the impact from the coronavirus outbreak could sink the economy even further. In its Beige Book, which contains anecdotal information on current economic conditions in each of the Fed’s districts, industries affected by the lockdown said that they expect “conditions to worsen in the next several months.” Businesses surveyed in the […]

(Natural News) Russia has confirmed 3,388 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total caseload to 24,490. In a report, Rospotrebnadzor – the country’s lead agency for coronavirus testing – said this is the first time that new cases exceeded 3,000 and have tripled from last week. The agency also reported 28 deaths, which brought […]

(Natural News) Patients in small community hospitals in Chicago have to wait up to two weeks to know whether or not they’re infected with the coronavirus. These hospitals do not have the ability to do their testing in-house, which causes delays and affects how doctors treat patients. “It takes two weeks,” said Dr. Zaher Sahloul, […]