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Tom Cotton demands ‘answers’ after China state newspaper says coronavirus originated outside wildlife market

A Republican senator says it’s time for the Chinese Communist Party to reveal what it knows about the new coronavirus after the country’s state-run newspaper reported that the mystery illness may not have originated from a seafood market in Wuhan. On Saturday, Sen. Tom Cotton demanded “answers” while sharing a report from the Global Times,… Read More: Tom Cotton demands ‘answers’ after China state newspaper says coronavirus… »

How does the coronavirus make people sick, and why does it kill some of them?

The mounting toll of coronavirus deaths, involving health-care workers on the front lines of the disease and older people in hospitals, raises a basic question: How does the new virus make people sick, and why does it kill some of them? No one knows exactly how or why the novel coronavirus leads to death in… Read More: How does the coronavirus make people sick, and why does… »

Life insurers leery of covering Canadians with new coronavirus until more is known

It’s not just doctors, public health experts and scientists who are struggling to figure out how much of a threat the novel coronavirus poses. Like SARS and the pandemic flu before it, the newly emerged infection is presenting some unique challenges to Canada’s life insurance industry — and patients who might want to buy a… Read More: Life insurers leery of covering Canadians with new coronavirus until… »

Coronavirus: Britons on Diamond Princess cruise ship rescued

We are coming home! Brits FINALLY leave the coronavirus-riddled Diamond Princess after days of delays but only HALF of the 74 UK nationals trapped on cruise ship will be on evacuation flight to the UK as officials admit some have refused to get on plane Group of just 35 people will get on British airlift… Read More: Coronavirus: Britons on Diamond Princess cruise ship rescued »