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Mothers may pass coronavirus to unborn children, say Chinese doctors: state TV

Feb 5, 2020

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Pregnant women infected with the new coronavirus may be able to pass it to their unborn children, doctors at the Wuhan Children Hospital said on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The...

China virus claims second life off mainland, Macau casinos told to close

Feb 4, 2020

By Farah Master and Ryan Woo HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak claimed...

No box of chocolates: South Korea border town laid low by swine fever, not shells from North

Feb 4, 2020

By Jane Chung PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) – For the first time in 10 years, Kong...

U.S. expands use of coronavirus diagnostic test

Feb 4, 2020

By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday granted emergency use approval for state public health laboratories to start testing for the new flu-like coronavirus from China using kits...

U.S. government experts, industry spar over asbestos testing in talc

Feb 4, 2020

By Chad Terhune and Lisa Girion SILVER SPRING, Md. (Reuters) – For the first time in nearly...

WHO calls for improved data-sharing on virus, says sending team to China

Feb 4, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on...

Regeneron, U.S. health department partner to develop coronavirus treatment

Feb 4, 2020

(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday it was...

China to allow in U.S. health experts as virus shows no sign of slowing

Feb 4, 2020

(This Feb. 3 story corrects paragraph six to show possible cut could be 500,000 bpd, not one...

Sanofi investigated over epilepsy drug linked to birth defects

Feb 4, 2020

PARIS (Reuters) – French drugmaker Sanofi <SASY.PA> said on Tuesday it was being...

U.S. Announces More Coronavirus Cases

Feb 4, 2020

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

China facing global isolation as virus toll rises

Feb 4, 2020

By David Stanway and Winni Zhou SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China faced mounting isolation in the...

Hong Kong reports first coronavirus death; Macau to shut casinos

Feb 4, 2020

By Jessie Pang and Sarah Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus...

More evidence ‘parentese’ does help babies learn language

Feb 3, 2020

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Baby talk known as “parentese” – characterized by high pitched, slow tempo speech – might actually make language learning easier for babies, a new study suggests....

Brazil to declare emergency, quarantine people returning from coronavirus-hit Wuhan

Feb 3, 2020

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Alarmed by the growing risks of a new coronavirus, Brazil has decided...

G7 health ministers agree on coordinated approach to coronavirus: Germany

Feb 3, 2020

BERLIN (Reuters) – Health ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrial nations...

Vatican sends masks to China to help with virus outbreak

Feb 3, 2020

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican has sent hundreds of thousands of medical masks to China to help it deal with the coronavirus outbreak, with each bag marked with Pope Francis’ coat of arms. The official Vatican...