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Donations flooded in to fight the virus devastating the city of Wuhan, and the ruling Communist Party directed them to a group it could trust: the Chinese Red Cross. Bearing the familiar red-and-white logo, it looks just like any Red Cross group that rushes to disasters, deploys medics and raises …

(Reuters) — The Australian government launched a controversial coronavirus tracing app on Sunday and promised to legislate privacy protections around it as authorities try to get the country and the economy back onto more normal footing. Australia and neighboring New Zealand have both managed to get their coronavirus outbreaks under …

A survey of New Yorkers last week found that one in five city residents carried antibodies to the new coronavirus — and in that, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo saw good news. If so many had been infected and survived, he reasoned, the virus may be far less deadly than previously …

Michael Nuzum had spent weeks fighting coronavirus-like symptoms — a wracking cough, terrible chills, an exhausting fever — before collapsing at his home in rural West Virginia. Mr. Nuzum, a 54-year-old animal control worker, was already in cardiac arrest when the emergency workers arrived on April 3. That left them …

Photo by Krakenimages.com / Shutterstock.com If money is suddenly tight, you might turn to a credit card to finance your everyday needs or wants. But the amount you can put on your credit card might be a lot less than you expect. CNBC reports that credit card companies are slashing …

Here’s what you need to know: Trump’s remarks on disinfectants prompt a scramble from doctors, manufacturers, and his party. Three states are moving to reopen. But the path ahead is far from simple. Most coronavirus antibody tests are found wanting by researchers. Nursing homes are ordered to take in the …

NAIROBI, Kenya — In the largest slum in Kenya’s capital, people desperate to eat set off a stampede during a recent giveaway of flour and cooking oil, leaving scores injured and two people dead. In India, thousands of workers are lining up twice a day for bread and fried vegetables …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc in a way that most of us could not have imagined. Though necessary, social distancing measures and business closures to slow the spread of the virus are currently causing spikes in layoffs. President Trump declared a national emergency on March 13, and since …

(Reuters) — Snap on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and user growth for its Snapchat app, as more people seek entertainment while they stay at home during the global coronavirus pandemic. Snapchat, known for its disappearing messages, said it saw a jump in usage in the last …