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Virus death toll in China rises to 56 with nearly 2000 cases

Commercial flights are also being shut down to keep the coronavirus from spreading outside of Wuhan and the Hubei province. Transport bans have been place...

US Confirms Second Case of Coronavirus

She is now in stable condition and doing well. The city, and at least nine others , have had their public transport links shut off, leaving a total of 30 mil...

Locals celebrating Lunar New Year concerned about deadly virus outbreak in China

No cases have been confirmed in Canada, where health officials say the risk is "very low". Commercial flights are also being shut down to keep the coronav...

Canada announces first confirmed ‘presumptive’ case of coronavirus in Toronto

Chinese troops arrive with medical supplies at Wuhan Tianhe Airport in Wuhan. Schools in Hong Kong that are now on Lunar New Year holidays will remain closed u...

Coronavirus: Two under watch in Mumbai

Mumbai: Two persons, who were admitted to a civic hospital in Mumbai for possible exposure to novel coronavirus, have tested negative for the infection, while ...

Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus

Transportation bans have been expanded to 16 cities as death toll rises to 41 . China's National Health Commission said on Saturday that the total number of c...

First 'presumptive' Canadian case of coronavirus confirmed in Toronto, officials say

If the coronavirus does come to Canada Donnelly said "it will still be business as normal", and there will be no mass quarantining of people as authorities ha...

40% of Smokers Not Told to Quit — Surgeon General

As the nation's doctor, he said the number "jumped" in his eyes. Speaking to reporters, Surgeon General Jerome Adams said that while he had heard anecdotal ac...

Children hit harder than usual in this year's waning flu season

There have been an estimated 13 million flu cases in the US since September 29, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which resulted in 1...

Local hospitals screening for coronavirus as outbreak continues to spread in China

Chinese officials have mobilized military medical personnel to help Wuhan doctors and Wuhan authorities have issued plans to build another hospital in six days,...

Wuhan Bans Cars While Hong Kong Closes Schools as Coronavirus Spreads

On Saturday, when they should have been celebrating, citizens of Wuhan stood in line at a pharmacy to buy masks from employees in full-body protective suits a...

Calm urged as China's coronavirus reaches Australia with four confirmed cases

About two dozen cases in all have been confirmed outside mainland China , almost all of them in Asia: Hong Kong , Macao, South Korea , Japan , Singapore ...

Wuhan bans cars, Hong Kong closes schools as virus spreads

The Snohomish County man who has the United States' first known case of the virus returned to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 15 after trave...

1st case of coronavirus confirmed in Chicago, CDC says

Cases have been confirmed in 10 countries. The Hong Kong Marathon has been nixed as part of the emergency measures. It has infected more than 1,200 peo...

As Maldives requests urgent supply of measles Vaccines, India responds quickly

These vaccines were handed over to the Maldives Health Ministry during a ceremony on 23 January (on Thursday). At the ceremony, Maldives Health Minister Abdulla...

First Confirmed Case of Coronavirus Registered in Australia - Health Officials

Malaysia: Malaysia confirmed its first three cases on Saturday. Health officials urged recent travelers from China with respiratory symptoms to call thei...

Feds roll out education, call for self-reporting to prevent coronavirus outbreak

Other cities with travel restrictions include Xiantao, a city of 1.5 million, and Chibi, which has some 500,000 people, which will close toll station entrance...

China coronavirus: Death toll rises as more cities restrict travel

Japan: health authorities confirmed the country's third case on Saturday. Authorities have since imposed transport restrictions on almost all of Hubei provin...

People in New York State Isolated as CDC Tests for Coronavirus

Tests for three of the patients are pending while one case already tested negative. The SCDOH is taking proactive preparedness precautions by monitoring the sit...

Health unit monitoring China-based coronavirus

The coronavirus is a new respiratory virus with pneumonia-like symptoms that emerged in Wuhan City, China late previous year. The new virus stems from a famil...

Four Cases Of Lassa Fever Confirmed In Kano

The advisory hinted that the Kano State Ministry of Health and the authorities of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital have met and have shown commitment to addressin...

Twin Falls doctors sees more influenza A at present time

Nationwide, 39 kids have died after contracting the flu this season. Chelcy also underwent dialysis to fix his kidneys. "You can get it at the pharmacy, communi...

Google CEO eyes major opportunity in healthcare

There are real concerns about the potential negative consequences of AI, from deepfakes to nefarious uses of facial recognition. "International alignment will...

Coronavirus Must Be Reported Now in Ohio

The Somerset County Department of Health (SCDOH) is working with state and federal health officials to respond to a new emerging coronavirus 2019-nCoV, which or...

Sick Person in Los Angeles Sent to Hospital for Precautionary Coronavirus Screening

The CDC didn't immediately respond to Insider's mails for comment concerning the California patient. If the traveler had indeed contracted the pneumonia-like...

China battles coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates

Cases of the virus have been confirmed in multiple countries, including Thailand , Japan , Brazil, and the US. It was the low number of confirmed cases over...

France confirms 2 cases of coronavirus from China, 1st in Europe

As of Friday, more than 800 people have been infected across China , with 177 in serious condition. The first case involved a patient in a hospital in the so...

B.C. health officials prepare coronavirus diagnostic test and airport screening

The BC Centre for Disease Control has developed a diagnostic test for the new coronavirus, which is different from the SARS outbreak when there was no similar t...

Brazos County health officials investigating suspected case of coronavirus

In total the four cities have a population of over 20 million people. To put that in perspective, that would be like the United States putting the entire stat...

What's new in the China virus outbreak

There have been cases reported by travelers from countries outside of China , including Japan , South Korea , Singapore , Vietnam, Thailand , and the Un...