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Mainland China has reported 74,185 cases of the new form of coronavirus and 2,004 deaths. Most of the deaths were in the provincial capital Wuhan , where t...

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But they face further confinement once they reach home. An Australian passenger said Australians had been told they would be pre-screened starting on Wednes...

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Four of the skeletons were found in unique positions which experts think may signify that the Neanderthals returned to the same spot to lay their dead. It resum...

Death toll from coronavirus surpasses 1800 in China

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is in excess of 75,121 with most of those also being in mainland China. Chinese state-run media said Tuesda...

Priti Patel lays out plans for new point-based immigration policy

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Authorities said 74,185 confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours while 136 people have died. He pointed out that unlike those who perished due ...

Death Toll From Coronavirus in China's Hubei Province Reaches 1,921

The head of a leading hospital in Wuhan , where the virus is believed to have originated, died of the disease on Tuesday, the seventh health worker to have suc...

Demi Lovato's 2018 overdose was fuelled by her eating disorder battle

Lovato , 27, was hospitalized about a year and a half ago due to a suspected drug overdose, and after taking time off to heal, she's making new music again. He ...

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For this latest meta-research, researchers picked the responses of 2,022 mom and dad to a questionnaire made to give information and facts on their child's expo...

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While former footballer and current Chelsea manager Frank Lampard added: "It's hugely important for men to think about their mental health and take action whe...

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In a recent survey of women ages 20 to 75, researchers at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center found that, consistent with previous research, poor slee...

Coronavirus: WHO reports 92 cases of human-to-human spread outside China

Congo saw numerous Ebola cases in recent years. The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 2,000 on Wednesday after 136 more people di...

China threatens death penalty for fake coronavirus meds

Ryan said the outbreak was "very serious" and could grow, but stressed that outside Hubei the epidemic was "affecting a very, very tiny, tiny proportion of pe...

China reports 1st death from new type of coronavirus

Sixteen other people who were close to the woman on the same flight were examined, and the results were negative, he said. The U.N.'s World Health Organizat...

Eight out of nine United Kingdom coronavirus patients discharged from hospital

The passengers will remain at the bases for two weeks. About 380 Americans were on the cruise ship. As of Saturday, 2,992 people in the United Kingdom have be...

1,886 deaths from coronavirus spotted in China

Among the deaths, 93 were in Hubei Province , three in Henan, and one in Hebei and Hunan respectively, according to the National Health Commission, the Xinhua ...

Chinese Doctor, 34, Who Tried to Warn Others About Coronavirus Has Died

The report said Li received an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo) operation at 9 p.m. Thursday. They had previously reported that he had died . He ex...

British tourists David and Sally Abel test positive for coronavirus

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Diamond Princess disembarkation to start Wednesday

Cheryl and Paul Molesky , of Syracuse, and Paul's brother, Pete, and Pete's wife Cindy Molesky, of Rome, had been held on the Diamond Princess for days after an...

Death Toll From Coronavirus in Mainland China Reaches 1,868, Over 72,400 Infected

Hundreds of cases have been confirmed outside China, with a significant number on a cruise ship quarantined at a port near Tokyo. A new study by the Chinese C...

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Deaths rise to 1,868 in China as nation battles against epidemic

Outside China, more than 500 cases have been confirmed, mostly of people who travelled from Chinese cities, with five deaths in Japan , Hong Kong, the Philip...

China reports 2,048 more coronavirus cases, 105 deaths

Though 10,844 people had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said in its daily report said that 7,264 people were still suspected to b...

China reports 1,886 new virus cases, death toll up by 98

The fall in new cases follows a spike of more than 15,000 announced on Thursday, when Hubei began to include those that had been diagnosed by a doctor but not y...

Coronavirus: 1,868 dead, Chinas total number of cases climbs past 72,400

Severe symptoms such as pneumonia occurred in 14% of them and critical illness in 5%. As of Monday, 70,548 people had been infected across China, the majority...

China virus death toll passes 1,800

The novel coronavirus disease, dubbed COVID-19 by the World Health Organization ( WHO ), was first detected in Wuhan , Hubei Province, in late December 201...

Japan confirms 99 more cases of COVID-19 on cruise ship

About 380 Americans had been on the ship. Of those, Japanese officials now say 454 tested positive for what is now being called covid-19; 428 of the 3,700 wer...