Mixed messages test delays hamper U.S. coronavirus response

Even as U.S. officials warn of an inevitable outbreak of coronavirus in the Unit...

China's February factory PMI seen at lowest since 2009 as coronavirus slams production: Reuters poll

Activity in China's vast manufacturing sector likely shrank at the fastest ...

The Health 202: The Trump administration is providing a lot of mixed messages on coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus: Trump's mixed messages 'undermines public trust' experts say

The president has repeatedly downplayed the issue but health officials have warned of the seriousness of the outbreak

Mass. voters say they are worried about the coronavirus Suffolk/Globe poll finds

A large majority of Massachusetts residents are worried about the coronavirus becoming a pandemic in the US, according to a poll released by Suffolk University, the Boston Globe, and WBZ-TV.

Rhode Island Announces First Coronavirus Patient As Trump Cites Poll Showing 77% Confidence in Government Response

The infected Rhode Island patient, who's in their 40s, is currently being treated in hospital following a trip to Italy last month.

Poll shows continued deadlock 12 days before election

Morning mail: Harvey Weinstein guilty Iran coronavirus outbreak poll support for net zero

Coronavirus: just eight out of 1600 doctors in poll say NHS is ready

Doctors raise concern over already high demand and lack of resources in health service

Coronavirus: Poll shows demand to wane counter OPEC cuts

Coronavirus POLL: Should Boris BAN public events in Britain until outbreak ends? VOTE HERE

POLL-Views mixed on Kazakh tenge amid coronavirus uncertainty

POLL-Coronavirus to hit emerging market FX hardest in near term

Fears that the coronavirus may trigger a global downturn will hit emerging market currencies harder than developed markets in the near term as the disease spreads more rapidly outside China, a Reuters poll found.

Mexico FX to stay on defensive with U.S. election campaign coronavirus in focus: Reuters poll

Mexico's peso is seen vulnerable to further slumps with the U.S. election c...

Trump coronavirus effort undermined by mixed messages and falsehoods

When Anthony Fauci, clad in a white lab coat, invited an "NBC Nightly News" correspondent into his offices this week and described the coronavirus as an "outbreak" that was reaching "likely pandemic proportions," the immunologist was acting as he long has during public health crises: delivering a fact-based warning to the public. But at the White House, the more politically minded officials overseeing the administration's response were irritated that Fauci - the veteran director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - had used the word "pandemic" without giving anyone on Vice President Mike Pence's staff a heads up, according to two people familiar with the situation. One week after President Donald Trump returned home from India to confront an unfolding health crisis and tasked Pence with managing the government-wide response, the effort has been undermined by mixed messages, contradictions and falsehoods - many of them emanating from the president himself, including this week when he repeatedly spread false information about just how soon a coronavirus vaccine would be available. The White House is handling the rapidly expanding coronavirus as a public relations problem as much as a public health crisis. Officials are insisting on message discipline among government scientists and political aides alike, part of what they say is a responsible effort to try to calm jittery Americans and provide uniform and transparent information. Trump - who has closely monitored news coverage and the gyrating financial markets, which he sees as a barometer of his reelection chances - has privately griped about what he considers to be hysteria from both the media and his own public health officials, according to people familiar with his complaints, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share...

Q&A: Avi Schiffmann the Washington state teen behind a coronavirus website with millions of views

Schiffmann, who attends Mercer Island High School and Bellevue College, shared his thoughts on the pandemic and his site's success. 

Travelers to Thailand are getting mixed messages on restrictions amid coronavirus

The coronavirus has taken a toll on Thailand's tourism sector, which accounts for a significant proportion of the country's economy. In a note from dated Feb. 17, analysts at Fitch Solutions said tourism receipts "account for 13-14% of Thailand'seconomy and the sector provides around one-in-six jobs."

Poll: Concern over coronavirus rises among voters

A new Hill/HarrisX poll finds more voters than a month ago believe the coronavirus will impact their personal lives as the disease continues to spread across the globe.Forty-six percent of registered voters in this week's survey said they believe the coronavirus will personally impact their lives, while 54 percent said it will not.By comparison, just 34 percent of voters were concerned about that personal impact just a month ago, and 66...