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As cases of the coronavirus surge in Italy, Iran, South Korea, the U.S. and elsewhere, many scientists say it’s plain that the world is in the grips of a pandemic _ a serious global outbreak By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer March 7, 2020, 7:30 PM 4 min read LONDON — As cases of the […]

Cyprus riot police used pepper spray on Saturday to thwart Turkish Cypriot protesters trying to shove their way through a barricaded crossing point in the heart of the ethnically divided island nation’s capital March 7, 2020, 4:14 PM 2 min read NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus riot police used pepper spray on Saturday to thwart Turkish

A Kansas Senate leader is drawing criticism from some fellow Republicans for working with the state’s Democratic governor to win support of a Medicaid expansion plan By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer March 7, 2020, 4:44 PM 5 min read TOPEKA, Kan. — Jim Denning once symbolized what for Medicaid expansion supporters was wrong with

Image copyright EPA Image caption Churches have been fumigated in Naples The death toll from the new coronavirus in Italy has risen to 197 after the largest daily increase in fatalities there since the outbreak began. Officials said 49 people had died in 24 hours, while more than 4,600 cases have been reported in total.

SALEM, Ore. — They often don’t have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps. That’s what makes homeless people particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus. Almost 200,000 people live in those conditions in the United States, according to a White House report, with Washington state, California and Oregon

Image copyright Getty Images The number of coronavirus cases in the UK has reached 206 – a rise of 43 since figures were released on Friday. As of Saturday morning, 21,460 had been tested for the virus, the Department of Health and Social Care said. It comes as England’s deputy chief medical officer said the

A Nile cruise ship carrying over 150 tourists and Egyptian crew is under quarantine in the southern city of Luxor after 12 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday March 7, 2020, 9:02 AM 2 min read BEIJING — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak (all times local): 5 p.m. A Nile cruise ship

WASHINGTON — A day after Vice President Mike Pence assured Americans that lab tests for coronavirus would be covered by private and government health insurance, that promise appears to be less than airtight. The bottom line: Medicare, Medicaid, and “Obamacare” insurance plans will cover the tests, officials said Thursday. Major insurers also said they will

BEIJING — U.S. officials were deciding where to dock a cruise ship in California with 21 virus cases aboard and four American universities canceled in-person classes as sweeping efforts to contain the outbreak that started in China spread to the West. The Grand Princess, with 3,500 people aboard, was in international waters off San Francisco

Florida health officials say two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in the state By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press March 7, 2020, 5:41 AM 3 min read MIAMI — Two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in Florida, marking the first deaths on the East Coast