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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 »

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 »