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A San Diego hospital says a U.S. citizen who was evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, was temporarily discharged after initial testing determined they had not contracted the virus. However, further testing determined the patient was actually positive for coronavirus. A similar incident has also occurred in Japan — two men…
Queen Elizabeth’s eldest grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn have announced they are divorcing after 12 years of marriage. Phillips is the son of Princess Anne — the Queen’s second child and only daughter — and her ex-husband Mark Phillips. He is currently 15th in line for the British throne. “After informing HM The…
As the deadly 2019-nCov coronavirus spreads, raising fears of a worldwide pandemic, researchers and startups are using artificial intelligence and other technologies to predict where the virus might appear next — and even potentially sound the alarm before other new, potentially threatening viruses become public health crises. “What we’re doing currently with Coronavirus is really…
(LONDON) — A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease of international travel is complicating global efforts to track and contain the new coronavirus that emerged in China. Steve Walsh issued a statement Tuesday after becoming the focus of intense media coverage once it became apparent that he…
The number of new coronavirus infections is continuing to increase daily, but in Hubei province, where the first cases of the virus appeared in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, there are emerging signs that strict control measures implemented by officials could be working. Publicly reported infections in the province have slowed to about 2,000…
Scuffles have broken out between protesters and Lebanese security forces in different places in the streets close to the parliament building in central Beirut, where the new Cabinet is scheduled to submit its policy statement ahead of a vote of confidenceFebruary 11, 2020, 7:39 AM2 min readBEIRUT — Clashes broke out Tuesday between Lebanese protesters…
BEIJING — After nearly a week of roaming China’s epidemic-struck city, filming the dead and the sickened in overwhelmed hospitals, the strain of being hounded by both the new virus and the country’s dissent-quelling police started to tell. Chen Qiushi looked haggard and disheveled in his online posts, an almost unrecognizable shadow of the energetic…
Iranians are taking to the streets of Tehran and other cities and towns across the country for rallies and nationwide celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic RevolutionFebruary 11, 2020, 7:36 AM2 min readTEHRAN, Iran — Iranians were taking to the streets of Tehran and other cities and towns across the country on Tuesday…
The death of an 11-month-old girl in Washington is being investigated as a homicideFebruary 11, 2020, 6:52 AM1 min readWASHINGTON — An 11-month-old girl suffered multiple life-threatening injuries before her death, which police in Washington said was being investigated as a homicide. The cause of death for Makenzie Anderson was blunt force trauma to the…
Nearly 200 evacuees are ending a two-week quarantine at a Southern California military base where they have been living since flying out of China in the wake of a deadly viral outbreakFebruary 11, 2020, 6:49 AM3 min readRIVERSIDE, Calif. — Nearly 200 evacuees prepared Tuesday to end their two-week quarantine at a Southern California military…