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SAN FRANCISCO — First, people were advised to avoid large gatherings. Californians adjusted. Life went on. Kids went to school, some people worked from home, but mostly it was business as usual. Then came the shutdown of almost all California’s schools, and restrictions on smaller and smaller gatherings. The call for bars and wineries to […]

BANGKOK — With borders slamming shut, schools and businesses closing and increasingly drastic restrictions on movement in place, tens of millions of people were hunkered down Tuesday, heeding government calls to isolate themselves and slow the spread of the new coronavirus. From Southeast Asia to Europe to the Americas, people found their lives upended by

Image copyright AFP Image caption Les Miserables is among the shows that have closed for the foreseeable future The government is set to announce more financial measures to help the economy during the coronavirus outbreak, amid warnings the latest restrictions could put firms out of business. Boris Johnson has urged everyone to avoid unnecessary social

With coronavirus cases continuing to rise in more than 100 countries, the COVID-19 outbreak has been officially declared a pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. As many have pointed out, most people who contract the disease will experience “mild symptoms,” which is good and bad news. On the plus side, the virus is not

Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, recorded just one new case on Tuesday as officials say they believe the country is over the worst of the crisis March 17, 2020, 5:02 AM 5 min read The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 182,000 people and killed more

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Boris Johnson flanked by chief medical officer Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance Change course or a quarter of a million people will die in a “catastrophic epidemic” of coronavirus – warnings do not come much starker than that. The message came from researchers modelling how

As cases of COVID-19 continue to climb throughout the world, people have been preparing for social distancing, quarantine and the possibility that they, too, may contract the novel coronavirus. You’ve likely read that most people with the disease experience “mild symptoms” that have been compared to the flu or a cold ― fever, fatigue, dry

Washington, D By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press March 17, 2020, 2:08 AM 3 min read WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C., is shutting down all movie theaters and gyms, and ordering restaurants and bars to serve only takeout, as the nation’s capital continues to ramp up its social distancing measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Image copyright LAWRENCE LUSTIG/PDC When sports broadcaster Dave Clark was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the same age as his father – 44 – he knew he couldn’t keep it a secret. His dad, Alan, had been so worried about the stigma around it at the time that he didn’t tell anyone and eventually took his

When I first became a mom five years ago, I struggled to trust my parental instincts because I basically had none. I was supposed to be the expert on this strange baby? Why was his poop that color? Did he even like me? I’ve since had another kid and learned to trust my gut. I