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Image copyright Getty Images Dozens of evacuees from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship have begun their two-week quarantine in the UK as more than 100 others rescued from China prepare to be released from isolation. Those evacuated from the Diamond Princess ship in Japan will spend 14 days at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral. Meanwhile Britons […]

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says he has what is probably a cancerous tumor on his kidney and will undergo surgery next month to remove it February 23, 2020, 1:10 AM 2 min read TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has what is probably a cancerous tumor on his kidney and will undergo

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 78,000 people globally February 23, 2020, 3:22 AM 2 min read A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 78,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus

South Korea and China have both reported a rise in new virus cases, as the South Korean prime minister warned that the fast-spreading outbreak linked to a local church and a hospital in the country’s southeast had entered a “more grave stage.” By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press February 23, 2020, 2:47 AM 4 min read

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea reported an eight-fold jump in viral infections Saturday with more than 400 cases mostly linked to a church and a hospital, while the death toll in Iran climbed to six and a dozen towns in Italy effectively went into lockdowns as health officials around the world battle a new

U.S. regulators have approved a new type of cholesterol-lowering drug aimed at millions of people who don’t get enough help from widely used statin pills like Lipitor and Crestor By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer February 22, 2020, 9:11 PM 4 min read TRENTON, N.J. — U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new type

A judge has put on hold a U.S. plan to quarantine up to 50 people infected with a new virus from China in a Southern California city February 22, 2020, 7:20 PM 3 min read COSTA MESA, Calif. — A court temporarily blocked the U.S. government from sending up to 50 people infected with a

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Japan’s health minister said the last cruise ship passengers who tested negative for a new virus will leave the Diamond Princess on Friday after a much-criticized quarantine of the vessel ended February 21, 2020, 5:21 AM 3 min read TOKYO — Japan’s health minister said the last cruise ship passengers who tested negative for a

Japan’s health minister says 23 passengers got off the Diamond Princess cruise ship without being tested for the new virus due to procedural mistakes, another sign of sloppiness in the quarantine of the ship, where more than 600 people were infected By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press February 22, 2020, 1:28 PM 3 min read TOKYO