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U.S. health officials urge Americans to prepare for spread of coronavirus

Feb 26, 2020

By Julie Steenhuysen and Diane Bartz CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for...

San Francisco declares emergency over coronavirus

Feb 26, 2020

(Reuters) – San Francisco declared a local emergency over the coronavirus on Tuesday,...

Trump administration seeks $2.5 billion in funds to fight coronavirus

Feb 25, 2020

By Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is asking...

Apple, J&J to study if Apple Watch app leads to lower stroke risk

Feb 25, 2020

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson <JNJ.N> said on Tuesday it would...

Scottish parliament approves free sanitary products for all women

Feb 25, 2020

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – The Scottish parliament approved plans on Tuesday...

South Korea’s Moon says situation ‘very grave’ as mass virus tests get going

Feb 25, 2020

By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean health authorities aim to test...

Novartis launches review into safety of eye drug Beovu

Feb 25, 2020

ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis has launched an external review into the safety of its blindness...

Battle against coronavirus turns to Italy; Wall Street falls on pandemic fears

Feb 25, 2020

By Gabriel Crossley and Hyonhee Shin BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – The coronavirus death toll...

Drug pricing review group signs deal with Aetion for patient data

Feb 24, 2020

By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), a small but influential Boston-based research group, has signed a deal with private technology company Aetion to help it use...

China’s Hubei sees rise in new coronavirus cases as infections slow in other provinces

Feb 24, 2020

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported a rise in new coronavirus cases in Hubei province, the...

Virus can still be beaten, too early to declare pandemic: WHO

Feb 24, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay and Michael Shields GENEVA (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak can...

Seventh Italian dies from coronavirus in Europe’s worst flare-up

Feb 24, 2020

By Elvira Pollina and Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) – The death toll in Europe’s...

Concern over coronavirus spread as cases jump in South Korea, Italy and Iran

Feb 24, 2020

By Jane Chung and Emily Chow SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – International concern about the...

New coronavirus cases fall in China, but WHO concerned by global spread

Feb 23, 2020

By Yilei Sun and Shivani Singh BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported a sharp fall in new deaths...

Sealed in: Chinese trapped at home by coronavirus feel the strain

Feb 22, 2020

By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) – During weeks holed up in her grandmother’s...

Coronavirus spreads in China prisons, Korean church as fears weigh on global markets

Feb 22, 2020

By Pei Li and Se Young Lee BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – The coronavirus has infected hundreds...

FDA approves Lundbeck’s migraine prevention therapy

Feb 21, 2020

By Manas Mishra and Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lundbeck A/S’ migraine prevention therapy, which the Danish drugmaker acquired through its near $2 billion deal for Alder...