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China flies citizens home to virus-hit Wuhan

Americans returning from Hubei province, the center of the outbreak, will be required to undergo 14 days of quarantine. Today the Centers for Disease Control ...

First confirmed United Kingdom coronavirus victims in 'stayed at hotel in Yorkshire'

The coach company which transported the evacuees to the Wirral said health officials advised its drivers did not need to wear protective clothing for the jo...

CDC quarantines 195 passengers; United States declares nCoV public health emergency

Americans returning from China will be allowed into the country, but will face screening at select ports of entry and required to undertake 14 days of self-scre...

RwandAir suspends China flights amid coronavirus outbreak

The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline makes five daily roundtrips between the USA and China , including Hong Kong , and the union estimated that each plane carr...

Homeopathy effective in prevention of novel coronavirus infections AYUSH ministry

It is to be famous that the Research Councils beneath the Ministry of AYUSH are concerned in numerous public well being actions and advises existence for most o...

China reports 11,791 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, 259 deaths

China's National Health Commission said there were 2,102 new confirmed infections in China during Friday, bringing the cumulative total to 11,791. Health an...

Philippines confirms first case of new coronavirus, says health minister

The patient, a 38-year-old woman, came from the Chinese central city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected. A 38-year-old Chinese woman, who arrived in...

Coronavirus considered a threat, but flu is more serious in US

Avoid contact with ill people. It noted 53% of influenza positive specimens reported by public health laboratories so far this season have been among person...

San Francisco Bay Area reports 1st coronavirus case

There are two other cases in California, one in Arizona, one in Washington State and two in IL. The virus's epicenter is Wuhan, China - but it has since spre...

Trump Administration Issues Drastic Travel Restrictions And Quarantine : Shots

Chinese nationals and those who have traveled to the Chinese mainland in the past 14 days will not be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore starting at ...

Canada coronavirus patient leaves hospital

A novel coronavirus case has now been confirmed in London, Ont. - the third case in Ontario and just the fourth in the country. Medical Officer of Health Dr...

New virus infects 7,700 in China, dozens in other countries

According to Fox News, Google's 10 offices across mainland China up till Taiwan that were shut down for the Lunar New Year would continue to be closed indefinit...

CDC quarantines 195 passengers; USA declares nCoV public health emergency

Health officials say they do not pose a risk to personnel on base. Beginning Sunday, the US will also begin funneling all flights to the USA from China to sev...

Coronavirus outbreak: Air India's B747 plane to depart from Delhi airport

Around 400 Indians will be evacuated today from Wuhan in China by Air India flight. Being a special evacuation flight, AI has made arrangements keeping in...

Coronavirus: US bars foreign nationals who have recently travelled to China

Federal officials will specify the quarantine facilities that will house the Americans, permanent residents, and their family members returning from Hubei provi...

Susan Collins to vote for witnesses in impeachment trial

A vote to acquit Trump could come as early as Friday. Alexander was among a key group of Republicans whom Democrats hoped to convince to join them in their ef...

Facebook is cracking down on coronavirus misinformation

Hours after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus an worldwide public health emergency , Facebook has announced that two of its platf...

Two patients have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK

This is the hotel in York where two guests who have been diagnosed with coronavirus were staying. The two patients in England are both members of the same f...

Test results negative on all possible coronavirus cases in MI

While coronavirus is getting all the headlines, the flu is making more Americans sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The case i...

First Canadian novel coronavirus patient discharged from Sunnybrook hospital

Russian Federation reported its first two cases of coronavirus on Friday and said the infected people were Chinese citizens who had been isolated, Russia's De...

Ontario to announce new case of novel coronavirus: province's 3rd, Canada's 4th

A press conference being held in Toronto at 2:30 p.m.by Ontario's Ministry of Health is expected to provide details of the new case. Toronto's Sunnybrook Hea...

First Canadian diagnosed with coronavirus discharged from Sunnybrook

The announcement will be made by Dr. David Williams, chief medical officer of health, at 2:30 p.m. Canada's first diagnosed patient of the coronavirus has now...

Purell Is Warned by FDA

In the letter , sent to Gojo Industries earlier this month, the health regulator takes issue with the fact that the marketing around the company's hand sanit...

U.S. advises against travel to China amid coronavirus fears

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and about 20 other US airports, are screening passengers for the coronavirus , which the World Health Organization ...

Deadliest day for China in fight against coronavirus

Massive cities like Beijing and Shanghai were also eerily quiet as countless people followed advice to stay indoors, or at least wear masks when venturing out. ...

Countries tighten China travel curbs as official admits mishandling virus outbreak

DOH said 31 patients in the country are under observation for the virus. It said there had been 98 cases outside China , but no deaths. Most worldwide case...

UK Reports First Two Cases Of China Coronavirus, Say Health Officials

Many other countries, including Australia, South Korea, Singapore and New Zealand have said they plan to quarantine evacuees for two weeks to avoid spread of th...

Two people in Britain test positive for coronavirus

England's chief medical officer had previously said he would not give the location of the two patients, both from the same family, while medics attempted to c...

Japan urges citizens not to travel to China because of virus

Canada is one of 18 countries outside China where cases of the new coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, have been confirmed since China reported a cluster of se...

Vegan diet linked to lower risk of urinary tract infections

Female vegetarians had 18 percent lower odds of getting a UTI compared to women who ate meat, the study found. The study was published in the journal Scienti...