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Thousands of tourists escaping cold weather in Europe were scrambling this week to find alternative ways to return home from the Thai island of Phuket in the Adaman Sea
The bureau's director says the low number of confirmed cases is a testament to ‘effective planning and execution’
Hopes are hanging on two types of quick exams: antigen tests that use a nose or throat swab to look for the virus, and antibody tests that look in the blood for evidence someone had the virus and recovered
Virologists also warn that the actual number of Italy's positive cases is as much as five times as high as the official count of 80,539
The poisonings come as fake remedies spread across social media in Iran
Police departments take lead role in enforcing social distancing guidelines critical to containing COVID-1
There's a nationwide shortage; FDA rules complicate matters
Neal played for the Globetrotters from 1963-85, appearing in more than 6,000 games in 97 countries for the exhibition team known for its combination of comedy and athleticism
Department files statement of interest in a federal civil rights lawsuit that seeks to block transgender athletes in Connecticut from competing as girls in interscholastic sports
Using humor and laughter as conscious choices — ways to cope when other things aren't working as expected
For many, not buying bread and staying indoors is an act of solidarity with the doctors and nurses fighting to save lives
The virus has shuttered businesses and forced well over a quarter of the world's population into home isolation
While residents of many other countries are counting on a government bailout, that's not an option in the country teetering on the edge of bankruptcy
US president in recent days has latched on to the notion that the cure for the pandemic should not be worse than the disease and argued that 'more people are going to die if we allow this to continue' if the economy remains closed
An Associated Press analysis of federal hospital data finds more than 7 million people age 60 and older — those most at risk of severe COVID-19 illness — live in counties without ICU beds
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments come as Iran faces crushing U.S. sanctions blocking the country from selling its crude oil and accessing international financial markets
American companies have been blocked from doing business with Iran and Venezuela for almost two years, after the Trump administration unilaterally pulled out of Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers
In New Delhi, authorities teamed up with local charities and aid groups to map out locations where the city's poor tend to congregate, distributing 500 hot meals cooked in government schools, political party headquarters and shelter kitchens
Rights advocates deem it major victory for immigrants in Montana
Governors defy president’s to lift coronavirus restrictions and limit isolation
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