WATCH: ‘This is not a drill,’ WHO chief warns of COVID-19
The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal Thursday from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out "all the stops" to slow the epidemic, as it drained color from India's spring festivities, closed Bethlehem's Nativity…
WATCH: Trump, on 1st death from virus in U.S.: ‘No reason to panic”
The U.S. is banning travel to Iran in response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus and elevating travel warnings to regions of Italy and South Korea.
UN agency considers fast-track drugs, vaccines for novel coronavirus
More than 300 scientists were expected to dial in remotely to the two-day meeting in Geneva that began Tuesday.
How novel coronavirus could affect the global economy
International health experts say they are doing everything they can, in partnership with China, to contain the virus. Whether they are successful over the coming days and weeks could determine whether the virus ends up being relatively minor hit or…
Last week, the WHO postponed declaring novel coronavirus a global public health emergency, saying more information was needed before doing so.
Chinese health authorities are urging people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings.
Nigeria once had the most cases of wild polio in Africa, but it has now been three years since the disease was last detected. And as health workers there continue looking for children who have not received polio vaccinations, the…
More than 1,600 people have died since August in the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which is unfolding in a region described as a war zone.
In our news wrap Tuesday, facing a Friday deadline, the Senate failed to advance a federal spending bill to keep the government in operation. And, the Syrian government’s offensive to take back Aleppo has shifted into high gear.
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