COVID-19 Coronavirus

More information needed after dog's weak positive COVID-19 test result: expert

Animal lovers may be wondering if their pets can be carriers of the new coronavirus, but experts say there's no evidence they can transmit the disease to humans. Prof. Scott Weese of the Universi...

Mar 13, 2020

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing could also reduce spread in Canada: epidemiologist

VANCOUVER - Drive-thru clinics testing people for COVID-19 in South Korea could serve as a model for Canada, where the spread of the virus is comparatively limited but increasing to the poin...

Mar 13, 2020

UK interest rates cut, funds freed up to ease virus impact

LONDON - Britain took bold steps on Wednesday to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak, as the government announced a 30 billion-pound ($39 billion) stimulus package and the Bank of E...

Mar 13, 2020

Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US

NEW YORK - The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the t...

Mar 13, 2020

Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US

NEW YORK - The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the t...

Mar 13, 2020

In role reversal, Asia seeks to stop virus from coming in

BEIJING - From quarantining arriving travellers from overseas to nabbing those sneaking in with fevers, China and other parts of Asia are scrambling to prevent the new coronavirus from coming back to ...

Mar 12, 2020

Big city, big worry: New Yorkers fret as bustling city slows

New Yorkers will awake Friday to find the coronavirus has left their their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening...

Mar 12, 2020

Utah passes new abortion rules as Legislature wraps up

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah lawmakers passed new regulations on abortion this year, including a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature Thursday that would ban most abortions if Roe v. Wad...

Mar 12, 2020

Trump economic team grasps for credibility with outbreak

WASHINGTON - During the financial crisis a decade ago, President Barack Obama could look around the room and turn to an economist who served as Harvard's president, a former president of the New York ...

Mar 12, 2020

Trump "postpone" idea shot down by Japanese Olympic minister

TOKYO - President Donald Trump's suggestion to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for a year because of the spreading coronavirus was immediately shot down by Japan's Olympic minister. "The IOC and the organ...

Mar 12, 2020