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Coronavirus vaccine may be available in 'eight to 12 months'

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A US charter flight from Wuhan arrived Wednesday at a California military base with almost 200 consular staff and other Americans, who "cheered loudly" when t...

"Extremely obese" owl too fat to fly after gorging on mice

The sanctuary, based in Stonham Aspal, said when the bird was weighed, it was roughly a third heavier than they would expect a large healthy female little owl ...

Face Masks: What Doctors Say About Their Role In Containing Coronavirus

It is really important that doctors remove the mask after each interaction and use a new one every time they are near an infected person. It does now not offer ...

World Health Organization to reconvene emergency panel to assess global coronavirus threat

The suspected cases were reported in Jakarta, Manado in South Sulawesi, Bali and Sorong in West Papua, among other locations, according to the ministry. How cor...

Wisconsin family trapped in Wuhan, epicenter of coronavirus outbreak

Daisy Roth and her two children, 10-month-old Adalynn and five-year-old Abigail, flew to Wuhan on January 19 to see Daisy's family for Lunar New Year. The fligh...

CCHD: No Coronavirus reported here, but reports of flu up locally

Five cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in California, Arizona, Illinois and Washington. While the CDC considers this outbreak to be a serious public ...

Possible case of coronavirus identified in northern Indiana

So far, reports the Associated Press, there have been five confirmed cases of the virus in the USA and no sign these patients have spread the disease to those a...

Coronavirus fears increase sales of masks, sanitizer at Halton retailers

Dr. Susy Hota, the medical director of infection prevention and control at the University Health Network in Toronto, said she has seen people wear surgical mask...

Ottawa patient tested for Coronavirus

Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said the man works regularly in China and lives in the area covered by Vancouver Coastal Health. A third case...

Some people think Coronavirus, Corona beer are related, Internet search queries suggests

Similar searches have risen since then. Between January 18 and January 26, searches for " corona beer virus" jumped 2,300% globally, Google Tendencies info...

Coronavirus: United Airlines cancels some China flights over virus fears

BA.com, the United Kingdom flag carrier's website, shows no direct flights to China were available for January and February, the Metro newspaper said in a r...

Flight from Wuhan with more than 200 American evacuees lands in Anchorage

The federal government says 126 of them have asked for help to get home . A Kalitta Air Boeing 747 chartered by the U.S. State Department arrived at a clos...

UAE’s Health Ministry confirms 1st cases of new Chinese virus in Mideast

China shut down Wuhan's airport and other transportation in the city last Thursday to stop the spread of the virus. He said there were more than 400 people...

Germany confirms three further cases of coronavirus

On Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to discuss the latest information on the outbreak and reiterate t...

One person tested for coronavirus in Ottawa

The two Southland cases are the only confirmed cases in California so far, and two of the only four in the United States. Canada said it discovered its first ca...

Number of coronavirus infections in China surpasses SARS epidemic

A male resident of B.C.in his 40s, who frequently travels to China and recently returned to B.C. from Wuhan , tested positive for the coronavirus, provincial...

Flu cases in Kentucky drop for first time in 6 weeks

Almost 13,000 cases of the flu have been reported throughout the state, more than half of which have been diagnosed in Maricopa County. "Each year the vacci...

It's Bell Let's Talk Day

The City of Barrie invites all citizens to join the conversation on Bell Let's Talk Day by sending messages of support across multiple platforms to drive awar...

Plane evacuating Japanese nationals departs from virus-hit Wuhan

Authorities have imposed a virtual quarantine on Wuhan, banning people from traveling in and out of the city. Japan's foreign ministry says around 650 Japanes...

Germany confirms first case of human transmission in Europe

The German Health Ministry confirmed late on Tuesday that three further cases of thenew risky strain of coronavirus have been discovered in Bavaria, increasing ...

Officials track passengers on flight with coronavirus patient

His deputy, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, said the positive test result came in on Saturday afternoon, two days after the patient called 911 to report feeling ill. He was ...

Japanese evacuees from Wuhan taken to hospital with fevers

The virus has killed 132 people and infected more than 6,000 on the mainland and overseas. The plane will carry staffers from the local United States consulat...

Plane carrying Japanese evacuees from Wuhan lands in Tokyo

Others say the date is December 8. Screenings for the coronavirus , the newly discovered virus that emerged in China and has sickened thousands, are unde...

KDHE: Possible case of novel coronavirus in Kansas

There are, however, 26 states that have patients under investigation, according to the CDC . KDHE says specimens will be sent to the Centers for Disease Cont...

B.C. man presumed to have coronavirus, could be first official case

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly. The coronavirus has already killed more than 100 peo...

Australian scientists make coronavirus breakthrough

Australian scientists have managed to replicate the coronavirus in laboratory conditions in a medical breakthrough that could help speed up the development of...

Rotating Strikes Will Likely Close Schools for Two Days Next Week

Teachers from Connaught, Admiral, and Nottawa public schools marched in front of MPP Jim Wilson's office today, and others walked the sidewalk in front of Mount...

Wesleyan student being evaluated for possible coronavirus; was traveling in Asia

The University also worked with the student to make sure needs were being met during the isolation period. The Wesleyan student, who had recently traveled throu...

First coronovirus case found in BC

Travellers arriving at YVR from China on Thursday wearing face masks. The government says the man began showing symptoms 24 hours after returning home. from W...