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China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall

BEIJING (AP) — China's virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, but fewer new cases were reported in a possible sign its spread may be slowing as other nations step up efforts to block the disease. French

Experts scramble, but new virus vaccine may not come in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The flu-like virus that exploded from China has researchers worldwide once again scrambling to find a vaccine

China deaths rise to 490, Japan confirms 10 cases on…

BEIJING (AP) — Deaths from a new virus rose to 490 in mainland China on Wednesday while new cases on

Philippines reports 1st virus death outside of China

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines on Sunday reported the first death from a new virus outside of China, where authorities

Do masks offer protection from new virus? It depends

SEATTLE (AP) — People around the world are buying up protective face masks in hopes of keeping the new virus

Australians leave homes as heat, winds escalate fire danger

EDEN, Australia (AP) — Thousands of people fled their homes and helicopters dropped supplies to towns at risk of nearby

Australia battles ‘catastrophic’ wildfires as PM rushes home

PERTH, Australia, Dec 21, 2019 (AP) — Australia’s most populous state was paralyzed by “catastrophic” fire conditions Saturday amid soaring

67-year-old becomes China’s ‘oldest new mother’

BEIJING, Oct 28 (AFP) – A 67-year-old woman has given birth in China, a hospital said Monday, with the parents

3 get Nobel Medicine prize for learning how cells use…

LONDON, Oct 7 (AP/RSS) — Two Americans and a British scientist won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

American man jailed in US over Singapore HIV data leak

SINGAPORE, Sept 30 (AFP) – An American man who leaked confidential details of thousands of HIV-positive people in Singapore, most