Visiting the doctor during coronavirus: Should you reschedule your appointment?
The outbreak of novel coronavirus in the U.S. has seen schools closed, trips canceled, families quarantined and everyday life plans…
Mnuchin says U.S. coronavirus aid bill cost should be significant, not huge
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in…
Ways the coronavirus outbreak could end, according to experts
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, with more than 100,000 cases reported worldwide, financial markets plummeting…
Four more African nations confirm coronavirus, new controls put in place
KIGALI (Reuters) – Mauritania, Rwanda, Seychelles and Central African Republic confirmed their first coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing to 23…
Coronavirus could live in the body for 5 weeks, study finds
Columbia doctor breaks down new coronavirus symptoms From coronavirus reports on new symptoms, self-isolation recommendations and how long the novel…
Central American countries step up efforts to contain coronavirus
A worker sprays sanitizer at the Salvadoran Institute of Comprehensive Rehabilitation (ISRI) as El Salvador’s government has taken steadily stricter…
Coronavirus prevention tips for patients with chronic illness
Patients with underlying medical conditions such as a chronic illness or those who are elderly are considered to be most…
South Korea reports 76 new coronavirus cases, total 8,162: KCDC
FILE PHOTO: Medical workers head to a hospital facility to treat coronavirus patients amid the rise in confirmed cases of…
Newborn baby tests positive for coronavirus in London hospital
A newborn baby in England has tested positive for coronavirus — the world’s youngest victim. The child’s mother had been…
Mexican coronavirus tally increases to 41: health ministry
FILE PHOTO: Health workers place a capsule to treat patients infected with coronavirus (Covid19) into an ambulance outside the XE…
Deadliest pandemics in modern history
The continued spread of the coronavirus has prompted governments to enact tough measures to combat the pandemic, such as locking…
Mexico coronavirus fight gives students earlier, longer Easter vacations
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – In Mexico 33 million students will head into earlier and longer Easter vacations at the end…
Washington state nursing home sees nearly 50 employees test positive for coronavirus
Nearly 50 employees of Life Care Center of Kirkland, the Seattle-area nursing home that has been an epicenter of the…
Israel to use anti-terror tech to counter coronavirus ‘invisible enemy’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel plans to use anti-terrorism tracking technology and a partial shutdown of its economy to minimize the…
How to avoid going stir crazy at home during coronavirus
With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), many people have been forced to work from home and are choosing…
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Coronavirus news appears to increase as outbreak spreads
The night of March 11, 2020, may be remembered as the point where the coronavirus outbreak reached a new level…
China government spokesman says U.S. army might have brought virus to China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday that the U.S. military…
Passenger on JetBlue flight from New York to Florida tests positive for coronavirus: reports
A passenger on a JetBlue flight traveling from New York to Florida Wednesday night tested positive for coronavirus, according to…
Trudeau self-isolates as wife is tested for coronavirus
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are in self-isolation after she came down with…
Coronavirus can remain in air for 3 hours, live on plastic for days, new study says
A new study suggests that the novel coronavirus COVID-19 can remain in the air for up to three hours, and…
Coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries act, says Chinese adviser
BEIJING (Reuters) – The global coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries mobilize to fight it, a senior…
Mississippi reports first coronavirus case
The novel coronavirus has officially reached Mississippi. The Mississippi State Department of Health on Wednesday announced the state’s first presumptive…
Coronavirus testing in U.S. not geared for ‘what we need’: Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. official on infectious diseases, Anthony Fauci, said on Thursday that people cannot get tests…
New Yorker with coronavirus stranded in Egypt in quarantine hospital
When Matt Swider was tested for the new coronavirus on his Nile cruise in Egypt’s tourist hub of Luxor, he…
U.S. Capitol closed to the public as coronavirus hits Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials ordered the U.S. Capitol complex closed to much of the public starting on Thursday, one day…
LA County sees first coronavirus death
Los Angeles County has reported its first coronavirus death, health officials there said. In a news release on Wednesday, officials…
Travel clampdown needed to contain U.S. coronavirus outbreak: Pence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is preparing for thousands of new coronavirus cases and will ask Americans returning from…
Coronavirus: What you need to know
As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, here is everything you need to know about the deadly virus. What…
Confirmed Dutch coronavirus infections rise 22% to 614: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands rose 22% to 614 on Thursday, health officials…
Maine confirms first coronavirus case, patient is quarantined at home
Officials in Maine have confirmed the state’s first presumptive positive case of the novel coronavirus in a woman who lives…
Bahrain accuses Iran of ‘biological aggression’, Gulf states try to curb coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of “biological aggression” by covering up the spread of the coronavirus and…
Georgia reports first coronavirus-related death
A 67-year-old man in Georgia has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, Gov. Brian Kemp said on Thursday, marking the…
Canada’s Trudeau self-isolates as wife is tested for coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau hold white roses as they attend a…
Quarantined cruise ship passenger speaks out against US coronavirus evacuation plan
A passenger aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is currently quarantined off the coast of Japan amid a coronavirus…
Nonprofit hospitals with healthiest finances offer little charity care
(Reuters Health) – Among nonprofit hospitals, those with the highest net incomes tend to devote the smallest proportion of their…
Is chicken thigh fat good for you?
Dear Dr. Manny, Why is chicken thigh fat good for you? Is it a brown fat? When I make chicken…
Young cancer survivors have higher risk of severe health problems later
(Reuters Health) – People who survive cancer during childhood and early adulthood are more likely to experience severe, life-threatening health…
US to fly home citizens in coronavirus quarantine aboard Diamond Princess cruise ship
15 coronavirus cases confirmed across the US The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the 15th case of coronavirus…
‘Cancer does not wait’: Children’s medicine shortage stokes anger in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hermes Soto, who turned 5 on Monday, will not be celebrating his birthday with friends. Instead,…
China sees coronavirus death toll rise by 105
Chinese authorities on Monday reported a slight upturn in new virus cases and 105 more deaths for a total of…
Coronavirus could be knockout blow for Hong Kong’s once-thriving tourism, retail sectors
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tom Bennell’s olive oil distribution business took a heavy beating during months of pro-democracy protests that…
Chartered flights carrying quarantined passengers arrive in US; 14 Americans infected, isolated
Both State Department-chartered flights carrying Americans from the coronavirus-infected Diamond Princess cruise ship arrived in the U.S overnight. The first…
Canada’s charter flight heads to Japan to evacuate its citizens on virus-hit cruise ship: TV Asahi
FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective face masks are seen on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, as the vessel’s passengers continue…
Woman let off Westerdam cruise ship tests positive for coronavirus
Authorities are attempting to locate people who disembarked the MS Westerdam cruise ship after an American passenger was stopped in…
China’s Hubei province reports 93 new coronavirus deaths
BEIJING (Reuters) – The number of deaths in China’s central Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak rose by 93 to…
Fast-food companies in China implement ‘contactless’ delivery, pickup in wake of outbreak
Fast-food companies operating in China have taken extraordinary steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus by ramping up “contactless”…
Hundreds of Americans flown home from cruise ship, 14 with coronavirus
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif./GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 300 American cruise liner passengers, including 14 who tested positive for…
Mini tanks deployed to disinfect coronavirus-hit areas in China
Authorities in China have resorted to using remote-control operated mini tanks to disinfect city streets amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak…
U.S. flies 338 Americans home from cruise ship, including 14 with coronavirus
(Reuters) – More than 300 Americans who had been stuck on a cruise ship affected by the coronavirus were back…
These 6 jobs are linked to poor heart health for women
What do female social workers, nurses, health aides, and retail cashiers all have in common? According to new research, they…
Brazilians evacuated from China amid coronavirus land in Brazil
Brazilian citizens from China’s coronavirus-struck Wuhan, arrive at the Air Force base of Anapolis, State of Goias, Brazil, February 9,…
Coronavirus outbreak: What to do if you think you’ve contracted the novel virus
An outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a deadly pneumonia-like illness that’s killed at least 636 people and sickened more than…
‘Enemy of mankind’: Coronavirus deaths top SARS as China returns to work
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed…
Second child coronavirus evacuee transported to California hospital with fever
A child who was one of the first 195 American evacuees from Wuhan, China — the epicenter for the deadly…
China coronavirus putting more pressure on pork supplies, prices: official
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s coronavirus outbreak has delayed the launch of new pig breeding facilities and put even more pressure…
2 planes carrying American coronavirus evacuees held in California, Canada over ‘persons of interest’: sources
Two State Department-chartered flights carrying additional American evacuees from Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak —…
China to help key industries to return to work as soon as possible: CCTV
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s cabinet says workers in key industries must be helped to return to work as soon as…
Coronavirus doctor’s hands left bloodied after working round-the-clock
Days after medics took to social media to share photos of sores and marks left on their face from safety…
I’m not reckless: China courier braves coronavirus to keep city supplied
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Guo Qiang, a deliveryman, knows his family is worried that he’s returned to work during the coronavirus…