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First coronavirus case reported in London, Ont.

Christopher Mackie, who is the medical officer of health for Middlesex-London, told reporters. Dr. Bonnie Henry said health officials are now at a critical ph...

Google temporarily closing China offices amid coronavirus outbreak

The company is also advising employees now in China, and employees who have immediate family members returning from the country, return home as soon as possible...

Two people in Britain test positive for coronavirus

The two patients are now being treated by Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in its specialist Airborne High Consequences Infectious Disease Cen...

US Orders 14-Day Quarantine for 195 Evacuees from Virus-Hit Wuhan

There remains only one confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in BC. They arrived Wednesday at March Air Force Base east of Los Angeles where medical staff w...

Special Air India Flight from Wuhan With 324 Indians Lands in Delhi

The Air India crew will have minimum contact with the passengers being flown in. Food packets and water will be kept on each seat, as mentioned in a report in N...

Woman in 20s is country's 4th coronavirus case

Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Medical Officer of Health says, "This newly confirmed case is a female in her 20s who arrived asymptomatic from the area of concer...

Trump Administration Issues Drastic Travel Restrictions And Quarantine : Shots

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency in the United States, Washington D.C., Friday. The ri...

Ontario announces new case of coronavirus: province's 3rd, Canada's 4th

World Health Organization has said most people who got the illness had milder cases, though 20 per cent experienced severe symptoms. On Jan 7, Chinese officials...

Suffolk Little Owl 'too fat to fly'

A little owl nicknamed Plump ate so many mice she became too fat to fly. Upon weighing her, she was a rather chunky 245g. When staff examined the little o...

Facebook strives to provide useful information about coronaviruses - KGET 17

Facebook said it will remove content that has false claims or conspiracy theories if they are flagged by local and global health organizations. Much like Ins...

FDA: Purell doesn't prevent the flu - or Ebola

The FDA says the claims that the product prevents these illnesses are unproven, and should not mislead consumers. Gojo's statements about one of its product...

Pakistan suspends direct flights to China as novel coronavirus claims more lives

Hubei is in virtual lockdown. But a jump in infections in two cities flanking Wuhan was fuelling fear that new hot spots were emerging. World Health Organiz...

Two patients in England test positive for coronavirus

Eight cases have involved human-to-human transmission and - worryingly - the first instance of coronavirus spread from some showing no symptoms has also been ...

Japan tells citizens to avoid non-essential travel to China

Singapore has confirmed three more coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 13. Reporters said they couldn't determ...

China sends flights to take Wuhan citizens home from Thailand, Malaysia

In China , thousands of factory workers on Lunar New Year holidays may struggle to get back to work next week due to travel restrictions. "The vast majority ...

"Mental Health: Every Action Counts", Wednesday is Bell Let's Talk Day

The prevalence of mental health conditions varied across Canada, with a higher percentage noted in the Atlantic provinces at 9.9 per cent, while the lowest wa...

Hong Kong shares extend losses as coronavirus spreads

Hospital Authority chairman Henry Fan Hung-ling has called on the government to boost efforts to prevent the Wuhan coronavirus spreading in Hong Kong as hea...

China to bring overseas Wuhan citizens back to virus-hit city

Wuhan, the epicentre of a fast-spreading virus that has claimed the lives of over 200 people, is in a virtual lockdown as authorities try to contain the spread....

For 1st time in 4 years, US life expectancy rises a little

Officials said far too many people are still dying from drug overdoses - enough each year to fill up the stadium that will host the Super Bowl on Sunday. "We ne...

Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO

China's speed and strength in identifying and responding to the outbreak have so far limited the global spread to 98 cases, none of them fatal, in 18 countries...

'Do not travel to China': US issues coronavirus alert

British Airways and American Airlines said this week they would halt or limit flights to China as well. A woman standing near the man, wearing pink pyjamas ...

U.S. tells Americans 'do not travel' to China because of coronavirus

Nearly 11% of flights scheduled to or from China were scrapped between January 23 and January 28, based on research from Cirium, which analyzes air travel. The ...

Coronavirus outbreak is 'public health emergency of global concern,' WHO declares

However, now that there are cases of the virus spreading to humans in countries around the world, that will cease to be true within the coming days. It had be...

China women's football team quarantined in Australia over coronavirus fears

Any person on the flight is being urged to contact health authorities on 13HEALTH for advice. The flight time from Melbourne to the Gold Coast is about two hour...

CEO thanks vets who saved his dog with $6m Super Bowl ad

To thank the vets, MacNeil paid $6M for a super bowl ad that will showcase how the vets saved Scout's life. Scout the golden retriever is a cancer survivo...

First human-to-human nCoV spread reported in US

This is the sixth time a PHEIC has been declared since the designation was developed 15 years ago. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised Ch...

'Extremely obese' owl sheds some pounds after being too fat to fly

A seemingly-injured owl brought into the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary last week turned out to be fine - but "rather chunky". A bird organisation in Britain was t...

Russian Federation closes border with China as more countries report coronavirus infections

Ngozi Ezike. According to German Health Officials, a man contracted the coronavirus from a colleague visiting from Shanghai. His wife is being held in isola...

First case of direct transmission of coronavirus confirmed in US - CDC

At least 19 countries have reported cases of coronavirus infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) said its Emergency Committee would reconvene behin...

Second confirmed coronavirus case on the Gold Coast

The man came from Wuhan - the Chinese city at the epicentre of the virus outbreak - and flew to Melbourne via Singapore, landing there on January 22. The Vict...

Analysis reveals some apparent confusion between coronavirus, Mexican beer Corona

As the rapidly spreading disease continues to impact millions, it seems that many people are beginning to wonder whether the virus has anything to do with the...

China's Hubei reports 1032 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus

Philippine health officials have confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in the country. The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to convene an...

First coronavirus case in British Columbia confirmed

While this has not been confirmed as a case of coronavirus , health officials say they believe it's important to keep the public informed and educated on thi...

China virus toll hits 170, as countries step up evacuation plans

China reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as countries struggled to evacuate citizens still trapped in Wuhan , the centr...

Coronavirus ravages in China as death toll reaches 170

A US charter flight from Wuhan arrived Wednesday at a California military base with almost 200 consular staff and other Americans, who "cheered loudly" when the...