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New China virus 'not as powerful as SARS' - Health official

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The government also reported five cases in Hong Kong and two in Macao. Its spread has come amid China's busiest travel period of the year, when millions criss...

US imposes visa rules for pregnant women on ‘birth tourism’

Under the US Constitution, all persons born in the United States are granted US citizenship. The State Department "does not believe that visiting the United S...

Test results negative for Texas A&M student suspected of Coronavirus

Dr. Martha Dannenbaum, director of A&M's Student Health Services says, "We are very pleased with this news and grateful to those community caregivers involved f...

More than 200 patients recalled over concern about shoulder surgeon

The NHS trust which employs Mr Rahman said he is continuing to work in the health service under "interim restrictions" which were placed on him in July past yea...

All Flights From China's Wuhan to Moscow Cancelled Amid Coronavirus Outbreak - Airport

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US flu deaths climb to 8,200: Most cases in children, young adults

Webby, Ph.D., a researcher with the Department of Infectious Disease at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, told PEOPLE magazine. However, 35 states reported...

Ontario health officials say first 'presumptive' case of coronavirus confirmed in Toronto

Dr. Peter Donnelly, with Public Health Ontario, says it's likely someone in Canada will contract the potentially lethal virus. Officials said Saturday that th...

Officials interviewing all those in contact with Canada’s 1st coronavirus patient

On January 20 , China reports a third death and more than 200 infections, with cases also reported outside Hubei province including in the capital, Beijing ...

Coronavirus: U.S. health agency reports five confirmed cases

Saturday's negative test results mean there have been no confirmed cases in North Carolina. The case follows confirmed reports of the illness in Orange County C...

Possible coronavirus case in North Carolina

The person arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on January 23, 2020 and presented mild mild respiratory symptoms. Amidst the growing fear in China,...

California patient is 4th USA case of new virus from China

The person is now being treated in an unnamed hospital, and poses no immediate threat to the general public, health officials stated. The agency said it is no...

Officials reaching out to those in contact with Canada's first coronavirus patient

The spread of the virus accelerated ahead of the Friday start of China's weeklong Lunar New Year holidays - usually a busy travel period. Reporting in China...

New China virus 'not as powerful as SARS': health official

Australia confirmed its first four cases of the virus on Saturday. It calls into question current U.S. practices to contain the virus, Dr. William Schaffner...

Canada's first 'presumptive positive' case of coronavirus found in Ontario

Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, said they are 95 per cent sure it is the virus after lab testing was done in Ontario . Wuhan and more ...

Four Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In Australia As Officials Rush To Contact Travelers

England's Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty said there was a "fair chance" cases would emerge in Britain as the overall number reported around the wo...

Tennessee Tech student tests negative for coronavirus

Tennessee Tech and healthcare professionals continue to communicate and collaborate with the Tennessee Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control....

Doctor at hospital in China's Hubei province dies from coronavirus

The city of Wuhan, Hubei province of China, has been on lock down with all flights cancelled and checkpoints blockading the main routes in an attempt to prevent...

Canadian coronavirus patient showed symptoms on flight, potentially exposing others to illness

Guelph's public health unit says lessons learned following the 2003 SARS outbreak are being used when it comes to the potentially deadly coronavirus . Canada...

Canada confirms 1st ‘presumptive case’ of coronavirus in Toronto

Almost all of those who died were in the Wuhan region, but officials have confirmed at least four deaths elsewhere. China today (Jan 26) expanded drastic tr...

China building a hospital to treat virus, expands lockdowns

The CDC said, despite the Chinese travel bans, it will use enhanced surveillance in five USA airports that have heavy air travel to and from China: Los Angeles ...

Coronavirus Q&A: Common symptoms and everything else Canadians should know

The virus is thought to have originated in a Wuhan wet marketplace, and has since spread into quite a few different nations, including the USA, Australia, Franc...

California case of coronavirus is 3rd confirmed in US

Chinese authorities have imposed indefinite restrictions on public transport and travel in Hubei province in an unprecedented effort to contain the spread of th...

Insurers pledge $55M to lower generic drug prices amidst national crisis

Civica Rx was once shaped in 2018 with an intriguing project and construction: exhausted of excessive generic drug costs within of the health center atmospher...

Doctor in Chinese hospital dies from Wuhan coronavirus - state media

Appearing in a video on the social networking site Telegram, she claimed: "I want to tell you the current position in Wuhan, Hubei". Wild and often poached anim...

Three possible new cases of coronavirus are being assessed in NSW

Meanwhile, health officials are continuing to track down around 2,000 people who have recently flown into the United Kingdom from Wuhan, the area of China w...

Virus death toll in China rises as United States prepares staff evacuation

The rapid increase in reported deaths and illnesses does not necessarily mean the situation is getting worse, experts cautioned, but could reflect better monito...

Second case of new coronavirus confirmed in U.S.

More US cases are likely, she added. In total, the CDC has investigated 63 patients in the USA for possible infection with the new strain of coronavirus from ...

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...