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Get an informed guide to the global outbreak with our daily Coronavirus newsletter. Frank Wucinski and his daughter Annabel in Marine Corps Station Miramar, where they were quarantined after arriving from Wuhan, China.Credit…Courtesy Frank Wucinski Frank Wucinski and his 3-year-old daughter, Annabel, are among the dozens of Americans the government …

Get an informed guide to the global outbreak with our daily Coronavirus newsletter. Investors, fearing that the spread of the coronavirus is tipping the global economy into a recession, handed the stock market its largest weekly loss since the 2008 financial crisis on Friday amid worries that one of the …

There are two ways to fight epidemics: the medieval and the modern. The modern way is to surrender to the power of the pathogens: Acknowledge that they are unstoppable and to try to soften the blow with 20th-century inventions, including new vaccines, antibiotics, hospital ventilators and thermal cameras searching for …

(Reuters) — Amazon has in recent weeks barred the sale of more than 1 million products that had inaccurately claimed to cure or defend against the coronavirus, the company told Reuters on Thursday. Amazon also removed tens of thousands of deals from merchants that it said attempted to price-gouge customers. …

Photo by testing / Shutterstock.com On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a grave warning: The outbreak of the coronavirus officially named COVID-19 is a serious public health threat that may cause significant disruption in the U.S. The illness that began in China about three months ago …

Here’s what you need to know: South Korea’s leader urges an ‘all-out, concerted response.’ Europe confronts coronavirus as Italy scrambles to contain spike in cases. Pakistan and Turkey close their borders with Iran as cases there rise. China’s leader calls the epidemic a ‘crisis and a big test.’ Israel will …

Earlier this month, the hard-hit town of Caohe, near the center of the coronavirus outbreak in central China, received an unexpected gift: a large donation from a Taoist nunnery 550 miles away. Another Taoist temple, this one in Caohe itself, contributed tens of thousands of dollars worth of medical equipment …

Yardley Wong, captive on the Japanese cruise ship grappling with the coronavirus, captured in a single image the essence of life under quarantine. From inside her tiny cabin, Ms. Wong took a picture of the closed doorway. She posted it to Twitter last week. “So much wondering through this door,” …

Less than a month ago, Apple reported a record first quarter with revenues of $ 91.8 billion for the holiday season, and predicted second fiscal quarter revenues in the $ 63 billion to $ 67 billion range. Today, the company warned investors that it will fall short of that guidance …