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MEDICINE taken by millions of people could increase the risk of catching coronavirus, scientists have warned. Certain blood pressure drugs have the potential to change the shape of a person’s…

Many animals in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus originated, have died or are at risk of dying after residents evacuated their homes in the wake of the city's lockdown.

New studies in several countries and a large coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts bring into question reassuring assertions by US officials about the way the novel virus spreads.

A prominent Chinese official has promoted a conspiracy theory that the United States military could have brought the novel coronavirus to China -- and it did not originate in the city of Wuhan, as thought.

When Antonia Mortensen was pulled over by police while driving recently in Milan, the northern Italian city where she is staying, it wasn't for a traffic offense. It was to instruct her fellow passenger to sit in the back of the car and to check that both were wearing face masks.

Psychologists say that closing schools and restricting movement too early could lead to "crisis fatigue", meaning people begin ignoring rules designed to stop the coronavirus spreading

From a distance, there is an air of jubilation. The kids wave bright balloons and wiggle to a cheery tune. This could be any schoolyard, anywhere in the world. But the cheery faces of the children and their delightful squeals are a temporary illusion. The blaring music is a shield, giving these kids a moment of respite from the rumble of explosions from Syria's brutal civil war.

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