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The coronavirus, in disrupting the global economy, is highlighting the downside of U.S. reliance on a worldwide supply chain — with China playing a central role — that for years brought prosperity and low-cost goods. read more...
With three cases of coronavirus in New England, health officials maintain that the risk to residents contracting the illness remains low — but there are things you can do to prepare for when the virus inevitably spreads. The most important thing you can do to protect yourself from COVID-19 and other person-to-person diseases is washing your hands. Spend at least...
World health officials say the case fatality rate for COVID-19 is 3.4% globally, higher than previous estimates of about 2%.
“The most important thing right now is to rally,” said Lindsay Jang, an expatriate who has decided to remain in the city during the coronavirus outbreak.
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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said on Friday that migration authorit...
The U.S. has little to show for its years at war in Afghanistan, despite more than 6,000 American soldiers dead and some $1 trillion spent.
Call it fear, hysteria or just a prudent conviction that local institutions must be ready -- but a local response to the coronavirus threat is taking shape.
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Masoumeh Ebtekar, President Hassan Rouhani’s deputy for women’s affairs and the highest-ranking woman in the government, was at least the seventh Iranian official to test positive.
President Trump meets Monday with pharmaceutical company executives on developing a vaccine against the new coronavirus, although experts say that could take a year.
Miami city officials announced that this year's Ultra Music Festival, expected to draw 165,000 electronic music fans, has been cancelled due to the threat of coronavirus.
The wine business dodged a bullet last month when the Trump administration held off on draconian European wine tariffs, but at a New York trade fair, the industry was not exactly celebrating. The spreading coronavirus joined the fog of US commerce policy, the murkiness of the British market post-Brexit
Many leading world organisations have warned that the deadly coronavirus outbreak could cut global economic growth in half.
Atlanta city officials launched a new website on Wednesday with updated information on its response to the coronavirus. The new web site includes information on frequently asked questions on how to protect yourself against the coronavirus. There are also links to the most up to date resources from Fulton County and State of Georgia officials. In addition, the site includes links to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along...
Hundreds of California students are returning home early from study abroad programs because of coronavirus outbreaks in China, South Korea, and Italy.
To prevent coronavirus, the CDC recommends keeping your hands off your face.
Trump talked with pharmaceutical executives Monday about efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
Everyone is saying the country should come together in battling the coronavirus, and yet the entire effort is cloaked in political partisanship.
A 62-year-old man who became Spain’s first coronavirus patient is believed to have made a full recovery after being treated with an HIV drug, according to a report. Miguel Ángel Benítez was hospita…
School divisions in Hampton Roads are monitoring the coronavirus and taking proactive measures. School districts in Newport News, Hampton, York County and Williamsburg-James City County are all working closely with local health departments for guidance or actions. In Newport News, school officials are reviewing its communicable disease protocols and will update them with guidance from the Virginia Department of Health to address the coronavirus....
Contestants are being sent home from Scotland immediately as the coronavirus outbreak spreads around the world.
An investigation is underway into whether a 95-year-old nursing home resident in Sydney died from coronavirus.
Web Summit and Indeed have become the latest companies to order their Irish staff to work from home as a precaution amid the global spread of COVID-19. Tech conference Web Summit on Tuesday afternoon asked its 240 staff, including 200 in Ireland, to work from home for a two-week period until March 18 after trialling […]