The U.N. health agency’s director-general says he’s ‘concerned by the lack of urgency in funding the response from the international community.’
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Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits U.S. children
The viruses behind both waves can be hard on children and young adults, and child deaths and hospitalizations are at the highest rate since the severe outbreak of 2009-2010.
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China reports major decline in new virus cases
Saturday marks the second day the number of new COVID-19 cases fell since a spike Thursday.
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With virus, restaurants and cinemas in China suffer a star-crossed Valentine’s Day
The impact of the outbreak on the food, beverage and entertainment industries has been crippling.
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Economic toll of virus mounts for global companies
Corporations based in and outside of China feel the effects as factories are shuttered and the lives of millions of Chinese consumers are altered.
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Fall in new cases raises hopes about virus outbreak in China
But the head of the World Health Organization says it’s ‘way too early’ to predict the beginning of the end to the crisis.
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Economic toll mounts as world hunts for vaccine against coronavirus
Several existing medications will be tested to see if they can be used to treat Covid-19, as the disease is known, the World Health Organization says.
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Global experts study promising drugs, vaccines for new coronavirus
In at least two studies, patients are being treated with a combination HIV drug and another experimental drug.
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China’s daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time
More than 1,000 total deaths have been recorded, and 42,638 people had been diagnosed as of 9 p.m. Monday.
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Fed signals steady interest rates as economic risks lessen
But analysts say one more cut might be in store if risks such as the coronavirus cause U.S. growth to slow.