Iran's first vice president has coronavirus, IranWire reports; no official confirmation
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Scientists studying the novel coronavirus in China discovered two different varieties of the infection could be spreading around the world.Researchers at Peking University School of Life Sciences and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai published a study on Tuesday, identifying a more aggressive type of the virus found in 70 percent of analyzed strains, with 30 percent belonging to a less aggressive variety, according to CNBC.The study indicated...
The CDC has released a new diagnostic test for COVID-19 and rolled out guidelines for how state and local health labs can correct previously faulty test kits sent out by the agency.
An older adult woman from California is the second case of unknown origin of the novel coronavirus, health officials in Santa Clara County said Friday.
Don’t tell President Trump but Twitter is testing a new kind of tweets called Fleets that disappear after 24 hours, offering tweeters more control and less pressure, the company said Wednesday. “Some people say they feel insecure to Tweet because Tweets are public, permanent and exhibit public engagement
Pakistan on Thursday shut schools in several areas and suspended flights to and ...
A 95-year-old woman who died in a Sydney hospital on Tuesday night was confirmed to have had the COVID-19 strain.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. economic fundamentals remain strong amid fears coronavirus will impact corporate profits.
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Canada is prepared to act quickly to help companies hurt financially by the outbreak of the new coronavirus and would not need to wait for the next budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said on Tuesday. Morneau had earlier discussed the virus with counterparts from the Group of Seven leading industrialized
A House committee meeting on Friday that was meant to address the Trump administration's strategy in Iran blew up into a heated confrontation about the handling of coronavirus. The purpose of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's meeting with the House Foreign Affairs Committee was to discuss the early January drone strike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and escalated tensions with the country. But the meeting quickly turned into a...
All schools and universities in Italy will close for two weeks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
"We need to keep this virus slowed down, because health systems around the world, and I mean North and South, are just not ready," a top WHO officials said.
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He made the comment to a paramedic during his royal tour of Ireland.
Samsung Electronics shut one of its mobile device factories in South...
As more cases of coronavirus pop up in the U.S. -- with some exposed people already being ordered to self-isolate -- the time to stock up on supplies is now, preparedness experts say.