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World must act fast to contain coronavirus: WHO’s Tedros

Feb 21, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – The window of opportunity to...

China’s Hubei province revises February 19 new cases tally to 775, from 349 previously

Feb 21, 2020

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus...

In brains of dead athletes, researchers seek clues to head trauma

Feb 21, 2020

By Angela Moore BOSTON (Reuters) – Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University studies the brains of...

‘Traumatized’ Africans stranded by coronavirus plead to be brought home

Feb 21, 2020

By Elias Biryabarema and Josiane Kouagheu MUKONO, Uganda/YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) – When...

Companies in pharmaceutical supply chain develop system to track counterfeit drugs

Feb 21, 2020

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some of the industry’s largest...

Hong Kongers set up face mask factory amid coronavirus panic buying

Feb 21, 2020

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Responding to shortages of face masks amid a frightening coronavirus...

Coronavirus fears create ghost town in South Korea after church ‘super-spreader’

Feb 20, 2020

By Hyonhee Shin and Ryan Woo SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – The streets of South Korea’s...

WHO says no time for complacency as China coronavirus cases fall

Feb 20, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – A continued decline in the...

Super-spreaders: What are they and what do they do?

Feb 20, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has...

Violinist plays Mahler and Gershwin to save her music as surgeons remove brain tumour

Feb 20, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – A patient at a British hospital played Mahler and Gershwin on the violin while a tumour was removed from her brain so that surgeons could preserve her ability to play music and her 40-year passion for...

‘Like a zombie apocalypse’: Residents on edge as coronavirus cases surge in South Korea

Feb 20, 2020

By Hyonhee Shin and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) – Residents of a South Korean city at the...

China records drop in new coronavirus cases; two deaths reported from quarantined ship

Feb 19, 2020

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported a dramatic drop in new coronavirus infections...

Exclusive: SmileDirectClub’s top dentist risks losing license in California crackdown

Feb 19, 2020

By Joshua Schneyer NEW YORK (Reuters) – The top dentist and public face of SmileDirectClub is at risk of losing his California license following a two-year state dental board investigation, records reviewed by Reuters...

Coronavirus cases in China’s Hubei fall for second day, Apple and markets feel impact

Feb 18, 2020

By Ryan Woo and Stephanie Nebehay BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) – New coronavirus cases in the...

Japan plans HIV drug trials to fight coronavirus as Diamond Princess cases rise

Feb 18, 2020

By Sakura Murakami and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to start trials of HIV...

Gyms in China livestream routines as coronavirus keeps patrons away

Feb 18, 2020

By Winni Zhou and Huizhong Wu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – “Stand in front of a chair....

Sanofi teams up with U.S. agency against coronavirus

Feb 18, 2020

PARIS (Reuters) – French drugmaker Sanofi is working with a U.S. government agency to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus from China, saying it could have a candidate ready for clinical trials within a year. At...