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October 25, 2021

Photo by Martin Barraud/Getty Images In a continued push to focus on its health insurance business, Cigna is selling off...

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Pfizer and BioNTech request EUA for COVID-19 vaccine in young children

Photo: Marko Geber/Getty Images Pfizer and BioNTech have officially requested that their COVID-19 vaccine be cleared for use among young children....

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Oscar Health teams up with Chicago health systems to offer tech-enabled health plans

Photo: Martin Barraud/Getty Images Insurtech company Oscar Health is bringing its tech-enabled health plans to individuals across the Chicago area...

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Henry Ford Health System taps Contessa for at-home hospital care

Photo: Henry Ford Health System Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System is gearing up to offer hospital-level care in the home...

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Intermountain Healthcare begins outpatient imaging business

Photo by FS Productions/Blend Images/Getty Images Intermountain Healthcare is expanding into outpatient imaging with the launch of its new subsidiary...

A report reveals that China is deliberately faking the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.

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China is underreporting COVID-19 cases, U.S. intelligence community says

April 1, 2020

A new report has revealed that the intelligence community told the White House that China and its government is purposely...

Around the world, the total number of confirmed coronavirus infection went beyond 600,000, with 28,964 fatalities as of the latest report.

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17% of all confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world comes from the US

March 28, 2020

The United States has charted an additional 8,407 COVID0-19 cases bringing the total infected individuals to 112,533, representing 17% of...

President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill on Friday

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Trump signs $2 trillion coronavirus relief

March 28, 2020

President Donald Trump signed the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package on Friday, a law designed to provide relief to affected...

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GM announces the start of production of critical-care ventilators shortly after Trump’s tweets against CEO

March 27, 2020

General Motors and Washington-based Ventec Life Systems announced that efforts to begin production of critical-care ventilators are "already underway" and...

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., tried to force a full yes or no vote on the measure, which could have delayed its passage by hours.

Finance

$2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package passed by the House amid efforts to delay voting by Massie

March 27, 2020

After efforts of Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky, to delay the passage of the much awaited Coronavirus Stimulus Package, the House...

COVID-19 cases has surpassed 350,000 and has killed more than 15,000 worldwide, Johns Hopkins University reported.

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This isn’t just a bad flu season: WHO official warns as COVID-19 cases surpassed 350,000 worldwide

March 23, 2020

Mike Ryan, executive director of the emergencies programs by the World Health Organization (WHO), warns governments around the world that...

US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell denies the allegations that the United States is luring CureVac to move its research to the U.S.

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Vaccine Tug of War: Germany resists as reports say US is luring firms for vaccine exclusivity

March 16, 2020

The German government insists that no country in the world should have a monopoly on all developed vaccines against COVID-19...

The testing website can be used to screen people who will then be directed to a testing center once qualified.

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Alphabet’s Verily launches online COVID testing website in SF Bay Area

March 16, 2020

People in the San Francisco Bay Area can now access a website where they would be able to take a...

French President Emanuel Macron urges other global leaders to work hand in hand to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

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France suspends class in schools and universities to prevent spread of COVID-19

March 13, 2020

The French government ordered the closure of all schools and universities in the country in a bid to contain the...

Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan urges governments to prepare for the COVID-19 outbreak as it could last up to a year.

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‘The genie’s out of the bottle’: Singaporean minister warns that COVID-19 outbreak could last a year

March 11, 2020

Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on Wednesday that the world must prepare for the impacts of COVID-19 as the fatal...

The World Health Organization said that COVID 19 has a mortality rate of 3.4, which is higher than earlier estimates if 2%.

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WHO says COVID-19 has a higher mortality rate than previously thought

March 3, 2020

In its latest statement, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the deadly and highly infectious COVID-19 has a higher...

US oil prices plummets in its worst week this week since 2008 as coronavirus stokes fear among investors.

Energy

Coronavirus fears push US oil prices down its steepest fall since 2018

February 29, 2020

U.S. oil prices experienced its steepest nosedive since 2008 this week as panic over the fast-spreading coronavirus stokes investors fearing...

President Donald Trump said Friday that the Democrats are using the coronavirus "hoax:" to damage his administration.

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The US is ‘totally ready’ to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, Trump says after calling it a ‘hoax’

March 10, 2020

President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is 'magnificently organized' in its response to the fast-spreading deadly coronavirus that...

The World Health Organization urges world leaders to 'wake up' and 'get ready' as it raises its coronavirus threat assessment to 'very high.' Photo: 70023venus2009 | Flickr | CC BY 2.0

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WHO urges world leaders to ‘wake up’ amid coronavirus outbreak

February 29, 2020