Americans’ concerns over the new coronavirus have spawned a public-health emergency declaration, a controversial travel ban and quarantine, and China-bound flight suspensions. But the better-known flu virus is a far greater threat to Americans’ health right now, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest. There are nowRead More →
Two months into the epidemic, the coronavirus has not proven to be as deadly as the SARS virus. That, however, may also help explain why it’s spreading so quickly. It has an incubation period of up to two weeks, which enables the virus to spread through person-to-person contact. The coronavirus,Read More →
© Reuters. A decoration for celebrating new year is seen next to a stock index board outside a brokerage in Tokyo By Swati Pandey and Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks extended a global selloff on Tuesday as China took more drastic steps to combat the coronavirus, while bondsRead More →
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters have tightened their grip on a deadly Los Angeles wildfire burning with subdued fury on Sunday after extremely dry desert winds that had stoked the flames gave way to moister, gentler breezes blowing in from the Pacific. The so-called Saddleridge fire, whichRead More →
© Reuters. Firefighters battle a wind-driven wildfire called the Saddle Ridge fire in the early morning hours Friday in Porter Ranch (Reuters) – Firefighters gained further control of a deadly wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles that has forced thousands from their homes, officials reported on Sunday, asRead More →
(Reuters) – More than 1,000 firefighters battled a deadly and fast-moving wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles on Saturday, reinforcing containment lines that allowed some of the thousands of residents under evacuation orders to return to their homes. The wind-driven blaze, dubbed the Saddleridge fire, broke out onRead More →
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Boeing logo is pictured at the LABACE fair in Sao Paulo 2/2 By Eric M. Johnson and Tracy Rucinski SEATTLE/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Boeing (NYSE:) Co said on Wednesday it would give $100 million over multiple years to local governments and non-profit organizations to helpRead More →
What’s considered optimum shape for people who are about to undergo cardiac surgery? Mortality in patients who had undergone heart bypass surgery was over four times higher in individuals with a high body fat mass, according to new research conducted by Dr. Xavier Leroy of the Department of Anaesthesia andRead More →
The lights have been green for the baby boomers all their lives. They were born just after World War II, between 1946 and 1964, and raised during the biggest, most sustained economic boom in human history. They were sent to college, and grad school, by their doting parents when itRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Employees walk by the end of a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton By Tracy Rucinski and Eric M. Johnson CHICAGO/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing (NYSE:) Co said on Friday it plans to cut its monthly 737 aircraft production by nearly 20 percent inRead More →
© Reuters. Damaged building of a metal-molding plant owned by Kunshan Waffer Technology Co following an explosion is seen in Kunshan, Jiangsu BEIJING (Reuters) – A plant explosion in China’s Jiangsu province has killed seven people, authorities said on Sunday, the second deadly blast in the province this month asRead More →
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: PG&E works on power lines to repair damage caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise 2/2 (Reuters) – PG&E Corp, which filed for bankruptcy last month because of potential liabilities from wildfires in California, said it is probable that its equipment will be determined toRead More →
© Reuters. People are evacuated by a member of security forces at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound, in Nairobi By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – Nineteen people remain unaccounted for two days after Somali militants attacked a hotel complex in Nairobi andRead More →
