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Misinformation on novel coronavirus impacting Asian American businesses

By Alexandra Olson, Terry Tang, Associated Press

Business owners, some of whom have seen their customer traffic cut by more than half, are anxiously waiting for things to return to normal.

How U.S. health officials are responding to the threat of novel coronavirus

With the novel coronavirus crisis gripping parts of Asia, thousands of passengers have been quarantined aboard cruise ships. Among them were several hundred Americans, who are now being evacuated back to the U.S., where they will undergo another quarantine in…

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Apple warns coronavirus outbreak will cut iPhone production, sales

By Associated Press

The Cupertino, California-based company says all of its iPhone manufacturing facilities in China have reopened, but production is ramping up slowly.

Americans in Japan to trade one quarantine for another

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

TOKYO — Americans Cheryl and Paul Molesky are trading one coronavirus quarantine for another. The couple from Syracuse, New York, are cutting short a 14-day quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo, to…

Xi's early involvement in virus outbreak raises questions

By Yanan Wang, Associated Press

A recent speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping that has been published by state media indicates for the first time that he was leading the response to a new virus outbreak from early on in the crisis.

Overwatch esports games moved from China to Seoul amid coronavirus fears

By Associated Press

The league has four Chinese teams and had expected fan turnout to be strong in China, which has a rabid Overwatch fan base. …

Coronavirus renews safety concerns about slaughtering wild animals

By Sam McNeil, Candice Choi, Associated Press

Experts say wild animals can carry unknown viruses and that human contact with them needs to more carefully managed as the world's population grows.

South Sudan ignores reports on oil pollution and birth defects

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press.

Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits U.S. kids

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Health officials Friday said 92 flu-related deaths have already been reported in children.

Freezing temperatures in Syria's Idlib province compounds crisis

By Sarah El Deeb, Zeina Karam, Associated Press

Sub-zero temperatures and increased snowfall are further exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Syria, where more than a quarter of a million people have been displaced in the past four days, the United Nations said.