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Infected woman gives birth to healthy baby

According to the Harbin Municipal Health Commission, the infant was born last Thursday (local time) in a child hospital in Harbin. The woman, who was not named ...

New presumptive case of the novel coronavirus confirmed in British Columbia

Henry said. Henry said a local test for the novel coronavirus at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control came back positive on Monday night, but that the case won...

World Health Organization chief denounces unnecessary interference with int'l travel, trade during coronavirus outbreak

WHO has earlier declared the outbreak a global health emergency. The State Department has warned Americans against all travel to China, and is planning more ev...

Trump calls Bernie Sanders a 'communist' in pre-Super Bowl interview

Bloomberg noted Sanders is "so far to the left it's not practical". "I think we are in quite good shape". Ocasio-Cortez previously said last year that it wo...

Malaysia confirms first citizen case of novel coronavirus

Meanwhile, a second case was also confirmed by the minister, with a 63-year old Chinese national from Wuhan landing at KLIA on the 18th of January. "At 3.50pm...

Australia Confirms 13th Case of Coronavirus in Country

The boy was in a stable condition and remained in isolation at the hospital located in the coastal city of Gold Coast, according to the state's health authoriti...

Kansas patient suspected of the Wuhan coronavirus tests negative

As the Wolf Administration and the Department of Health continue to monitor the outbreak occurring in China and cases in the USA, the administration emphasized ...

People are wearing red for American Heart Month

The organization seeks to save lives by raising awareness about cardiovascular disease, and "Wear Red Day" is a campaign aimed at doing just that! The local...

Duchess of Cambridge pens heartfelt note about mental health

Making the call during children's mental health week, which runs from February 3-9, an SCSC spokesman said: "We are urging the Scottish government to make the f...

Coronavirus CURE: Thai doctors claim huge breakthrough after ‘curing’ patient

As numbers continue to rise, estimates suggest that more than 17,000 people have been infected with the viral strain, as more and more countries impose travel b...

World Health Organization chief slams wealthy countries for failing to share virus data

The overall public health cost of the outbreak response from February to April is estimated at US$675 million (S$925 million), which does not include the social...

China coronavirus death toll jumps past 400

According to state media, Xi demanded "resolute opposition against bureaucratism and the practice of formalities for formalities' sake in the prevention work", ...

CDC confirms 5 new cases of coronavirus, 2nd case of P2P spread

The Centers for Disease Control announced Monday that it has confirmed five new cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States, bringing the nation'...

United Kingdom advises British to leave China amid coronavirus crisis

The UK Foreign Office has responded to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak by recommending that all British nationals who are able to leave China do so if they can...

China virus death toll rises to 425, total cases now near 20500

Macau, China's semi-autonomous gambling hub, made a decision to temporarily close all of its casinos for at least two weeks. The CDC also said today they had ...

What we learned from the Paterson Inquiry | Central

Paterson did not accept the inquiry's offer to comment. "I$3 t is far worse". Patients were let down by the healthcare system "at every level" said inquiry ...

Coronavirus: China accuses United States of causing panic and 'spreading fear'

Chinese health authorities Sunday said it received reports of 2,590 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 45 deaths on Saturday from 31 provi...

New coronavirus still spreading rapidly in China

Wuhan City, the epicenter of the latest coronavirus outbreak in central China's Hubei Province, on Monday started building shelter hospitals with an estimated...

Thailand Doctors Invent New Medicine For Treatment Of Coronavirus

According to Dr. Kriangsak Atipornwanich of Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok , one patient, a 71-year-old female patient from China, had been treated with a combi...

Sen. Murkowski won't vote to convict Trump and 'disenfranchise' voters

At least two Republican senators and three Democratic senators were seen as potential swing votes on the question of whether Trump warrants conviction. "The r...

Global spread of coronavirus

Currently, there are six cases of the novel coronavirus in California, one in Arizona, one in Washington state, one in MA and two in IL. Hong Kong has also ...

Thai doctors say they've successfully treated Wuhan coronavirus patients with antiviral drugs

Anutin, who sent off the plane in person, said he changed his mind about going to pick up the Thais in Wuhan because there would be many additional procedures...

Canadians returning from Wuhan to be quarantined in motel at CFB Trenton

Canadian officials have fielded 325 requests for departure assistance from Hubei province in China due to the Wuhan coronavirus . "We have been working close...

Today is World Cancer Day

Intravenous bags hang above young cancer patients at Rady's Children Hospital in San Diego, California, Sept. 4, 2019. But it says preventive measures can sav...

Wolf Blitzer Single-Handedly F-ks Up Iowa Caucus Results

They'll give top performing candidates a boost ahead of next week's New Hampshire primary. As the White House nomination race kicked off in Iowa, another huge...

Test indicates Kent County resident does not have coronavirus

Officials stress that as of yet there are no confirmed cases of Novel Coronavirus in New York State. Even an "ordinary" flu season can be calamitous. Quar...

US novel coronavirus cases rise to 11, CDC reports

So far, 167 Americans who have undergone screening for the virus have tested negative, while results are pending on an additional 82, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, dire...

HIV Vaccine Trial Ends in Failure and 'Deep Disappointment'

Last month, monitors checked how the study was going and found 129 HIV infections had occurred among the vaccine recipients compared with 123 among those given ...

Spotting the difference between Coronavirus and Flu symptoms

With several schools in the area closed this week and the flu at high risk in the Scioto County area, SOMC is taking precautionary measures to help stop the spr...

Thai Doctors Discover Flu, Anti-Aids Drug Effective in Fighting Coronavirus

It was announced that the Ministry of Health of Thailand will meet on Monday (tomorrow) and evaluate the new treatment. World Health Organization country repr...