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Isolated and afraid: How the pandemic is changing pregnancy
April 3, 2020
Isolated and afraid: How the pandemic is changing pregnancy
Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy. Trapped initially…
Untouchable: the baby born to a mum with coronavirus
April 3, 2020
Untouchable: the baby born to a mum with coronavirus
For 10 days after giving birth to her first child, the mother was not allowed near him after she tested…
Global virus cases top a million, deaths surpass 50,000
April 3, 2020
Global virus cases top a million, deaths surpass 50,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world has soared past one million and fatalities have topped 50,000 as…
As world battles virus, governments under fire
April 2, 2020
As world battles virus, governments under fire
As the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, the main question for most is simply: “When will it end?”. But other,…
Coronavirus pause could force global football to change
April 2, 2020
Coronavirus pause could force global football to change
Football has ground to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the immediate concern is the simple survival of…
Bolsonaro takes down virus shortage video after uproar
April 2, 2020
Bolsonaro takes down virus shortage video after uproar
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro posted a video online Wednesday of a market supposedly hit by shortages caused by coronavirus —…
Masks are everywhere in Asia, but have they helped?
April 2, 2020
Masks are everywhere in Asia, but have they helped?
The use of face masks in Asia during the coronavirus outbreak has been far more widespread than in the West,…
Global virus cases near million as US baby dies
April 2, 2020
Global virus cases near million as US baby dies
Confirmed coronavirus infections around the world approached one million Thursday as the pandemic spread at a “near-exponential” rate, with a…
Europe toll tops 30,000 as UN warns of world’s worst crisis since WWII
April 1, 2020
Europe toll tops 30,000 as UN warns of world’s worst crisis since WWII
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 30,000 lives in Europe alone, a global tally showed Wednesday, in what the…
Harry and Meghan embark on new life in Los Angeles
April 1, 2020
Harry and Meghan embark on new life in Los Angeles
Every starry-eyed ingenue arriving in Los Angeles faces the same question: how to catch that big break in Hollywood? For…