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‘Cancer does not wait’: Children’s medicine shortage stokes anger in Mexico

Feb 17, 2020

By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hermes Soto, who turned 5 on Monday, will not be...

Chinese doctors using plasma therapy on coronavirus, WHO says ‘very valid’ approach

Feb 17, 2020

SHANGHAI/GENEVA (Reuters) – Doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma from...

Czech authorities to cull nearly 140,000 birds at poultry farm where bird flu was detected

Feb 17, 2020

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech authorities will cull nearly 140,000 turkey and chickens at a poultry farm where bird flu was detected, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman said on Monday. The infection, east of Prague, was the...

Rise in coronavirus infections prompts Japan to limit public crowds

Feb 17, 2020

By Naomi Tajitsu TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan canceled the emperor’s birthday celebrations...

Scramble to track Cambodia cruise passengers after coronavirus case reported

Feb 17, 2020

By Clare Baldwin SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Reuters) – Health authorities scrambled on Monday...

Australia should ease travel ban on foreigners from China: ambassador

Feb 16, 2020

By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia should lift its ban on the arrival of foreign nationals from mainland China, China’s ambassador to Australia said on Monday. Australia has since Feb. 1 prevented anyone...

Americans disembark from virus-hit cruise; China says new cases slow

Feb 16, 2020

By Engen Tham and Stella Qiu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – American passengers were taken off...

Virus spreads on cruise ship in Japan, U.S. passengers flying home

Feb 16, 2020

By Ju-min Park and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Hundreds of passengers were preparing...

Chinese tourist in France becomes first to die in Europe of coronavirus

Feb 15, 2020

By Winni Zhou and Michel Rose SHANGHAI/PARIS (Reuters) – An 80-year-old Chinese tourist...

U.S. to evacuate Americans from cruise ship quarantined at Japan port

Feb 15, 2020

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and William Mallard TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States said on Saturday...

Fake flyers and face-mask fear: California fights coronavirus discrimination

Feb 15, 2020

By Andrew Hay and Maria Caspani (Reuters) – A flyer in Los Angeles’ Carson area, with...

After first death, Japan pledges more containment effort; cases increase

Feb 15, 2020

By Elaine Lies and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Friday vowed to step up...

Beijing quarantines returning residents as China struggles to pick up economy

Feb 14, 2020

By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – People returning to the Chinese capital Beijing from...

WHO says joint China mission to start coronavirus probe this weekend

Feb 14, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – A World Health...

U.S. states reject $18 billion proposal to settle opioid lawsuits, discussions ongoing: sources

Feb 14, 2020

By Tom Hals and Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Twenty one states have rejected an $18 billion settlement proposal from three major U.S. drug distributors to resolve lawsuits over their alleged role in the opioid crisis, but...

U.S. health officials to start testing for coronavirus in five states

Feb 14, 2020

By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it will start testing for the rapidly spreading coronavirus that originated in China through its existing seasonal...