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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
SoftBank leads $265 million investments in two U.S.-based start-ups
(Reuters) – SoftBank on Monday led a new funding round of $165 million in California-based Karius and invested $100 million…
Exclusive: Germany’s Stada buys 15 GSK consumer health brands
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Private equity-backed generic drugmaker Stada STAGn.D said it has agreed to buy 15 consumer healthcare products from…
SoftBank leads $165 million capital boost for liquid biopsy firm Karius
(Reuters) – SoftBank’s second Vision Fund has led a new $165 million funding round in California-based Karius, which markets a…
German industrial sectors see supply shortage over virus: BDI
BERLIN (Reuters) – Several sectors of Germany’s manufacturing sector are expecting a shortness of supplies from the Far East region…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
Fourth person tests positive for coronavirus in England
LONDON (Reuters) – A fourth person in England has tested positive for coronavirus, having contracted the illness from a previously…
Spanish authorities confirm Briton is country’s second coronavirus case
General view of the Son Espases hospital, where a case of coronavirus has been detected, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain,…
China’s coronavirus deaths surpass SARS as country plans halting return to work
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed…
Latest on the coronavirus spreading in China and beyond
(Reuters) – Here are the latest developments in the new coronavirus outbreak: FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a face mask…
Briton in French Alps may have spread coronavirus to others across Europe
LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) – A British man who contracted the new coronavirus while attending a conference in Singapore may have infected…
China virus claims second life off mainland, Macau casinos told to close
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak claimed its first life in Hong Kong on Tuesday, compounding the international financial…
U.S. expands use of coronavirus diagnostic test
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday granted emergency use approval for state public health laboratories to…
U.S. declares coronavirus health emergency, bars foreign nationals who visited China
WASHINGTON Reuters) – The Trump administration, while insisting the risk to Americans from coronavirus is low, nevertheless declared a public…
Factbox: Companies feel impact of coronavirus outbreak in China
(Reuters) – Some companies have warned that a coronavirus outbreak in China that has killed more than 250 people and…
Airlines suspend China flights because of coronavirus outbreak
(Reuters) – Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak. A flight attendant wearing…
Japan plans to fly citizens home from China’s virus-hit Wuhan
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers his speech during a press briefing with Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi…
Bayer faces fourth U.S. Roundup cancer trial in Monsanto’s hometown
(Reuters) – Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) is set to face a fourth U.S. jury trial over allegations that its Roundup weed…
China shuts transport, temples, Disneyland as virus toll rises to 25
XIANNING, China (Reuters) – China stepped up measures to contain a virus that has killed 25 people and infected more…
Factbox: How a virus impacts the economy and markets
(Reuters) – The outbreak of a new virus in China has sent shivers through world financial markets, with investors drawing…
South Korea’s T’Way Air halts launch of Wuhan flights over virus concerns
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean budget airline T’way Air (091810.KS) has postponed Tuesday’s scheduled launch of a new route to…
China’s Chongqing city confirms five cases of new coronavirus
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Chongqing city has confirmed five cases of infection from the new coronavirus, the city’s health…
U.S. Supreme Court declines to fast-track Obamacare appeal
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The…
Factbox: Latest China virus outbreak revives fears of 2003 SARS fallout
(Reuters) – The death toll from a flu-like virus in China climbed to six and new cases surged beyond 300…
Russia steps up airport screening of Chinese travelers over coronavirus fears
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian airports have stepped up screening of travelers arriving from China to try to identify people infected…
Sunscreen ingredients really do seep into the blood. Is that bad?
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have shown that active chemicals in sunscreens can readily…
Men’s military service may shape wives’ experience of widowhood
Among older widows, wives of military veterans are less likely to say they feel lonely and more likely to report…
New China virus claims sixth victim as holiday travel stokes risk
BEIJING (Reuters) – The toll from a new virus in China rose to six deaths and more than 300 cases…
Chinese doctor investigating virus outbreak says he was infected
People wearing masks walk along a street in Beijing, China January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese…
China confirms person-to-person spread of new virus as fourth death reported
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese official investigating a pneumonia outbreak stemming from a new coronavirus said the disease can spread…
China reports new virus cases, raising concern globally before key holiday
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain, causing…
Many popular gyms offer unhealthy indoor tanning
(Reuters Health) – More than three-quarters of commercial gyms surveyed offered tanning beds, undermining public health warnings about the dangers…
Trump administration restricts some e-cigarette flavors
(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday announced a ban on some popular e-cigarette flavors, including fruit and mint, to…
China seeks to identify cause of mystery pneumonia infecting 44
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central…
Polish bird flu outbreak spreads, with four more cases
WARSAW (Reuters) – Four more outbreaks of bird flu have been reported across Poland, authorities said on Friday, bringing the…
Mental health declining among older U.S. adults, poor hardest hit
(Reuters Health) – Many older Americans have experienced more days of poor mental health in recent years, particularly individuals with…
Kids see you when you’re drinking
(Reuters Health) – Children may learn from an early age when it’s appropriate to drink and how many drinks are…
Too old? Too slow? No! Debut marathoners may add years to life
LONDON (Reuters) – First-time marathon runners can add years to their lives and reap the health rewards of lower blood…
Commuters may get less sleep and exercise
(Reuters Health) – People with full-time jobs who endure long commutes may be more likely to have sleep problems and…
Democrats ask U.S. Supreme Court to save Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives and 20 Democratic-led states asked the Supreme Court on Friday to…
Thailand rolls out cannabis clinic based on traditional medicine
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand opened its first full-time clinic specializing in traditional and alternative cannabis-based medicine on Monday, as part…
Novartis, Merck and Allergan join those raising U.S. drug prices for 2020
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Novartis AG, Merck & Co Inc and Allergan Plc were among companies that raised U.S. prices…
Vaping industry offers academic scholarships to high school kids
(Reuters Health) – Even as makers of e-cigarettes insist they are not marketing to U.S. youth, others in the vaping…
Eye injuries from laundry pods rising in U.S.
(Reuters Health) – A growing number of kids are getting chemicals from laundry detergent pods in their eyes, even as…
Low levels of environmental pollutants may slow fetal growth
(Reuters Health) – Pollutants that persist for decades in the environment may affect fetal growth, a U.S. study suggests. FILE…
Transgender children sense their gender identities at young ages
(Reuters Health) – Transgender children may start to identify with toys and clothes typical of their gender identity from a…
Sustained weight loss in middle-age may lower breast cancer risk
(This December 17 story is refiled to add new paragraph 6, and adds lb/kg conversions in paras 4 and 5.)…
Malaysia to work with UNICEF on polio vaccination in Sabah state
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s health authorities on Sunday said they are working with UNICEF to bring polio vaccines to…