Asthma patients appear less likely to die from COVID-19Patients with asthma who become infected with the new coronavirus appear to have no higher risk of hospitalization or need for mechanical breathing assistance compared to COVID-19 patients without asthma - and the asthma patients are less likely to die from the disease, a new study suggests.

Researchers at a Boston healthcare system studied 562 asthma patients with COVID-19 and 2,686 similarly-aged COVID-19 patients without asthma.

The two groups were hospitalized at similar rates (18% to 21%) and had similar need for mechanical ventilation (3% in the asthma group vs 4%).

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Martin Lewis explains whether shops can refuse to accept cash payments during coronavirus pandemic

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3 key Trump policies teed up for Supreme Court action

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Lives Lost: A woman of uncommon kindness, unshackled again

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New Zealand to vote on legalizing marijuana and euthanasia

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Australia allows flights from New Zealand without quarantine as coronavirus cases fall

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SPINCO member says gym went ‘way beyond’ keeping her safe amid pandemic reopening

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Durham Region sees spike in COVID-19 cases over 2 days

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Should parents sanitize Halloween candy when kids get home from trick-or-treating?

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President says he will accept results of 'honest election'

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Wife and 4 daughters of doctor on ventilator fighting coronavirus 'may have to leave UK'

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President Donald Trump says he did an “amazing job” handling coronavirus

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Biden, Trump squabble over coronavirus response in dueling town halls

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Gloves linked to forced labor in China stopped at LA port

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Limestone School Board trustees approve funding to boost COVID-19 spending

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'Sweet 16' party becomes 'superspreader' event in New York

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United Airlines-DOD study: Face masks make COVID-19 risk on flights ‘almost non-existent’

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Election workers transform Amway Center into early voting site

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UK coronavirus testing mega-lab 'chaotic and dangerous', scientist claims

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 outbreaks declared at Hamilton restaurant, Burlington processing plant

COVID-19, which has prompted public health to declare an outbreak at the establishment on James Street South.Radius restaurant’s operators say the location was shut down as a precaution on Tuesday and is expected to remain closed until next Wednesday.“We have been in touch with Public Health, and they have told us that they believe that the risk to our customers is low. Employees are being tested, and all have been asked to self-isolate at home until test results are known,” the outlet said on its website.

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Coronavirus: Ford says he will clear up confusion over modified stage 2 closures

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, as well as Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott, spoke about the province’s modified stage 2 restrictions and which businesses are affected by it, saying they will help clarify certain situations while also pointing business owners to the medical officer of health in their region for further clarifications.

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Coronavirus: Ontario Premier Ford says province looking to drive ‘efficiencies’ with $37B deficit expected for 2021

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Thursday said the province was looking to drive “efficiencies” such as cutting out purchasing agents which the province can do, to save money to combat an expected $37 billion deficit in 2021.

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Trudeau: US-Canada border to remain closed until coronavirus is under control

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the border with the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel until the U.S. gets coronavirus under control. "We have committed to keeping Canadians safe and we keep extending the border closures because the United States is not in a place where we would feel comfortable reopening those borders," he told the hosts of "The Start" in a radio interview Wednesday.

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Quebec gives $70M boost to sports federations to help offset impacts of pandemic

COVID-19 health crisis.Isabelle Charest, the junior education minister responsible for sports, announced the government will inject $70 million to help offset costs and losses in revenue due to the pandemic.“You know that in order to fight the virus, we had to make difficult decisions,” she said, referring to restrictions implemented in designated red zones, where a partial lockdown is in effect.The funding will help organizations continue to offer the same quality of services and sports in the long run, according to Charest.

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Coronavirus: Ontario Premier Ford says York Region is ‘teetering’ towards modified stage 2 restrictions

On Thursday Ontario Premier Doug Ford was asked about a surge in cases in York Region, with the premier saying that his government is concerned about it with the region “teetering” on having to move to modified stage 2 restrictions which are already in effect in Toronto, Ottawa and Peel Region.

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Schools are safe, general trends concerning - NPHET briefing

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244 new cases of COVID-19, 1 additional death in Alberta on Thursday

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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