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Victim had preexisting medical conditions, hospital says

A mourner came to Albany, Ga., to attend the funeral of a retired janitor. After a pause while the infections incubated, the virus swept through the community.

Doctors, ethicists in US fear they may have to decide who gets access to a life-saving ventilator — and who doesn’t

Jaya Kumari worked as a cook and cleaner for a couple in an affluent New Delhi neighborhood until two weeks ago. She lost her job when the family she worked for decided to leave the crowded capital and move to

Mainland China reported on Tuesday a rise in new confirmed coronavirus cases, reversing four days of declines, due to an uptick in infections involving travellers arriving from overseas.

China will postpone the annual national “gaokao” university entrance examinations by one month to July 7 and 8 due to the coronavirus outbreak, state television reported on Tuesday.

Compared with the decentralized health system in the US, the Jewish state’s reaction to COVID-19 has been relatively swift and well-organized, says data scientist Dr. Martin Zand

Move allows global firms to continue to work on civilian nuclear facilities without drawing American penalties

By Antoni Slodkowski, Nathan Layne, Mari Saito and Ami Miyazaki

Mexico declared a health emergency on Monday and issued stricter rules aimed at containing the fast-spreading coronavirus after its number of cases surged past 1,000 and the death toll rose sharply.