Germany approves trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany gave the green light for human trials of potential coronavirus...
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Iran’s coronavirus toll rises, but holding steady at under 100 new deaths per day
(Reuters) – Iranians have returned to shops, bazaars and parks this week as the country...
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Blood-pressure drugs are in the crosshairs of COVID-19 research
By Deborah J. Nelson (Reuters) – Scientists are baffled by how the coronavirus attacks the...
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Italian cruise ship in Japan has 48 coronavirus cases
By Kaori Kaneko and Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) – Nearly 50 out of over 600 crew members...
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry said on Thursday it will start taking samples from horses along its southern borders to check for African horse sickness after the deadly disease was detected in...
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AstraZeneca pilots diabetes drug as potential COVID-19 treatment
By Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) – Britain’s AstraZeneca is testing a diabetes drug as a...
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‘I do feel afraid’: Indian workers disinfect coronavirus hotspots
By Sunil Kataria NEW DELHI (Reuters) – One recent morning in his two-room New Delhi home,...
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Three negatives and a positive: problems with coronavirus tests in China
By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Trader He Ximing in the Chinese city of Wuhan says he...
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China pledges $30 million more for WHO’s coronavirus fight
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday it would donate a further $30 million to the...
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Two New York cats become first U.S. pets to test positive for COVID-19
By Deena Beasley and Katie Paul (Reuters) – Two cats in New York have become the first pets...
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Unnerved by new virus cases in navy, Taiwan debates lockdowns
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Spooked by a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in the...
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More U.S. states make plans to reopen; California holds firm
By Rich McKay and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – More states in the U.S. South and...
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U.S. lawmaker says any COVID-19 contact tracing tech should be voluntary and limited
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Edward Markey, a Democrat and online privacy advocate, said...
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U.S. official says he was ousted for urging caution on Trump-touted coronavirus drug
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – The ousted director of a key U.S. agency charged with developing...
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Coronavirus circulated in U.S. weeks earlier than thought, mistaken for flu, health official says
By Sharon Bernstein and Kanishka Singh SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The novel coronavirus...
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UK to test prevalence of COVID-19 in general population
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government plans to test a sample of...
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Trump has CDC director clarify remarks on second virus wave
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
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WHO chief urges U.S. to reconsider funding, says ‘virus will be with us for a long time’
By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on...
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U.S. coronavirus deaths top 47,000 after near-record increase on previous day: Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) – U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 47,000 on Wednesday after rising...
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Alarmed as COVID patients’ blood thickened, New York doctors try new treatments
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the novel coronavirus spread through New York City...
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