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London, Ont. woman is 3rd confirmed coronavirus case in Ontario

The new case is a woman in her 20's that had previously travelled to China. The confirmation of the province's third case of novel coronavirus comes hours aft...

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

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency in the United States, Washington D.C., Friday. The wo...

Facebook and Instagram to Limit Coronavirus Misinformation

Facebook will remove false content or conspiracy theories flagged by leading global health organizations and health authorities - an unusual move for the so...

Suffolk Little Owl 'too fat to fly'

The owl was found in a ditch by a member of the public who thought she was injured, but when staff at Suffolk Owl Sanctuary examined her they found she was extr...

China condemns ‘truly mean’ U.S. travel warning, as coronavirus runs rampant

The evacuees were flown on a charter flight earlier this week from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the new virus outbreak. Russian Federation an...

Toronto Ontario Coronavirus Patient Released From Hospital News Centre

Sunnybrook has liaised with Toronto Public Health, who will continue to monitor the patient in his home . Sunnybrook Hospital confirmed Friday morning that they...

Purell Is Warned by FDA

As far as hand sanitizers go, Gulick says that they're a good option when you're in a pinch. The company also claims its hand sanitizer is effective in reduci...

Coronavirus: Worldwide cases surpass Sars outbreak in 2003

Vietnam has also ordered a suspension of visas for Chinese tourists. He also called for staggered travel for people returning from the Lunar new Year holiday. I...

Chief Medical Officer Confirms Wuhan Coronavirus Has Spread to UK

The new virus has now infected more people in China than were sickened there during the 2002-2003 outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, a cous...

Singapore to suspend entry to travellers with recent China travel history

There had been a further 1,220 cases detected in Hubei by end of January 30, taking the total for the province to close to 6,000, Hubei's health commission said...

American evacuated from China coronavirus zone quarantined in California

Most cases are in China. But on Friday, two cases of the virus were confirmed for the first time in the UK . By the end of Thursday, Hubei's tally of cases...

Gold Miners say Let's Talk

On this, the 10th Bell Let's Talk Day , the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) congratulates Bell Canada for its visionary leadership on mental healt...

Dealers Expect Art Basel Hong Kong Cancellation

In money markets, Hong Kong's offshore yuan overnight rate spiked to 4.9355, its highest since October 2018, reflecting tight supply of Hong Kong dollars and yu...

United States advises against travel to China; virus declared emergency

India and the Philippines were the latest countries to confirm the virus had reached their shores. Central China's Hubei Province reported 1,220 new confirm...

CDC Report: Overdose death rates drop in Kentucky, across US

So while cancer remains a major cause of death and the opioid catastrophe is continuing,"the simple fact that we've observed the very first year where there i...

WHO declares coronavirus a global health emergency

Dr. Tedros stressed that the declaration is, "not a vote of no confidence in China", a country he praised for its swift and transparent response to the outbreak...

ORU student quarantined after traveling to China

Zika, 2016 - The WHO declared Zika a public health emergency in 2016 after the disease spread rapidly through the Americas. Airlines began cancelling flights...

Coronavirus: Death toll rises as virus spreads to every Chinese region

No deaths have been reported outside China . A declaration of a global emergency typically brings greater money and resources, but may also prompt nervou...

US reports 1st case of person-to-person spread of coronavirus

More people have now been infected in China than during the Sars outbreak in the early 2000s, but the death toll so far remains lower. However, these are th...

Coronavirus victim was on flight to Queensland with 171 others

Eight other people who were travelling with the man confirmed to have coronavirus are now in isolation at Gold Coast University Hospital. There are seven conf...

CEO Takes Out $6M Super Bowl Ad About His Dog

To thank the vets, MacNeil paid $6M for a super bowl ad that will showcase how the vets saved Scout's life. "It's that I'm a cancer survivor, had a tumor on m...

Owl found in ditch was too fat to fly

After weighing her, though, they discovered she was just an incredibly fat fowl. In fact, when staff at the sanctuary - which is based Stonham Aspal - weighed...

Tibet reports first confirmed case of novel coronavirus pneumonia

The epidemiologist further praised eight Wuhan citizens who were reprimanded by local police for "fabricating, disseminating and spreading rumors" after posting...

Three Japanese evacuated from Wuhan test positive for virus

Nearly all the deaths have been in the central province of Hubei, home to about 60 million people and now under virtual lockdown. The virus emerged last month i...

Third Coronavirus Case Confirmed In Victoria

It is understood the coronavirus patient, a 44-year-old Chinese national from Wuhan , had been staying in a privately rented apartment in the same building a...

Coronavirus sparks Google search spike in 'Corona beer virus' and 'beer virus'

Google search trends unearthed statistics showing that a high number of seemingly confused people have looked up what the " corona beer virus" is. In the mi...

First confirmed case of novel coronavirus in B.C.

The new type of coronavirus first appeared in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December. Beyond disrupting travel, the move will heighten concerns about...

First B.C. case of coronavirus confirmed

Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said the man works regularly in China and lives in the area covered by Vancouver Coastal Health. The province exp...

China Virus' Death Toll Up to 170; World Health Organization to Reconvene

More than half of the cases in which symptoms began before January 1 were tied to a seafood market, but only 8% of cases after that have been, researchers found...

Health Experts: Human-to-Human Spread of New Virus Worrying

The CDC says that while it considers the immediate risk posed by the coronavirus as "low", travelers should avoid any nonessential travel to China . The go...

Prince Harry's friend speaks out

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's stunning exit has left a massive void in the ranks of the royal family. "This is high stakes". He said: "He has suffered a...

China's Hubei province, center of virus outbreak, confirms 25 new deaths

Officials will be aboard the plane to monitor passengers during the return flight, but there are no plans to isolate those arriving from Wuhan . "That does not...

Researchers Develop Coronavirus Vaccine but Needs Time to Test It

Inovio says if the initial human trials are a success, larger trials would follow, ideally in an outbreak setting in China "by the end of the year". Three sep...

Health officials monitoring coronavirus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now conducting enhanced passenger screening at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, in response to...

Over 7,700 confirmed cases of coronavirus in China, 170 dead

About 200 Americans flown out of Wuhan on a plane chartered by the USA government were undergoing three days of monitoring at a Southern California military b...