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I am human, NOT virus! Stories behind trending anti-racism videos after novel coronavirus outbreak

In #Florence, a Chinese Italian with a placard reading "I'm not a virus, I'm a human" at his side, met with enthusiastic hugs of passers-by. #ImNotVirus #ImHuman inspired Italians to support China's

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Ban Ki-moon sends supportive message to China for coronavirus efforts

02:54 Ban Ki-moon expressed support for China in a video released Thursday. The former Secretary-General of the United Nations expressed confidence in China's ability to contain the co

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China "confident in, capable of" containing, defeating epidemic: NHC

China is confident in and capable of effectively containing the novel coronavirus epidemic, and eventually defeating it, the National Health Commission said in a statement Friday. The remarks were m

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New coronavirus hospital being built in central China's Henan Province

00:17 A new hospital for fighting the novel coronavirus outbreak began construction in central China's Zhengzhou City on January 27. The hospital is expected to be comp

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Hubei Province launches level I emergency response

Central China's Hubei Province launched on Friday a level I emergency response – the highest level for a public health emergency – to combat the current coronavirus out

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Americans told to toss romaine lettuce over E. coli fears

UShealthofficialsonFridaytoldconsumerstothrowawayanystore-boughtromainelettucetheyhaveintheirkitchensandwarnedrestaurantsnottoserveitamidanE.colioutbreakthathas

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Winter Olympics: Swiss athletes hit by norovirus outbreak

TwoSwissathletesatthePyeongchangWinterOlympicsinSouthKoreahavebecomethefirstcompetitorstobehitbyanoutbreakofthenorovirus.Thefreestyleskiersweretakenawayfromther

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Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats

Scientistshavepinpointedapopulationofvirus-infectedbats,whichtheyhavelinkedtothemysteriousoutbreakofSarsdisease15yearsago.Hundredsdiedasthevirusspreadaroundtheg

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China: Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats

Scientistshavepinpointedapopulationofvirus-infectedbats,whichtheyhavelinkedtothemysteriousoutbreakofSarsdisease15yearsago.Hundredsdiedasthevirusspreadaroundtheg

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16 killed in Hepatitis A outbreak in Southern California

SixteenpeoplehavediedinoneoftheworstHepatitisAoutbreaksintheUnitedStates,healthexpertssaidonTuesday.SixteenpeoplehavediedofthehighlycontagiousvirusinSanDiegoCou

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South Africa bans live hen sales to contain H5N8 outbreak

South Africa has banned the sale of live hens throughout the country in a bid to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu. According to Reuters, the government confirmed on Monday that no humans have been infected.

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Cholera outbreak kills at least 115 in war-torn Yemen

Acholeraoutbreakinwar-tornYemenhaskilled115peopleandleft8,500othersthoughttobeinfectedbythewater-bornediseaseashospitalsstruggletocopewithaninfluxofpatients,sai

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Ebola: WHO declares outbreak in DR Congo

TheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)hasdeclaredanEbolaoutbreakintheDemocraticRepublicofCongo.Atleastonepersonhasdiedaftercontractingthevirusinthecountry'snorth-east,

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Bird flu-plagued South Korea agrees to buy millions of US eggs

South Korea is in the throes of a bird flu outbreak and for the first time has asked the United States to ship it shell eggs.

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Fresh foot and mouth outbreak reported in northern Namibia

​A fresh round of foot-and-mouth disease has broken out in 11 villages in the northern region of Ohangwena about 790 kilometres from Namibia's capital Windhoek.

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Aussie man dies from Legionaires' disease outbreak

​An elderly Australian has died from the recent outbreak of Legionnaire's disease believed to have spread by a contaminated cooling tower in central Sydney.

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World Bank announces funding to combat Zika outbreak in Latin America

The World Bank Group on Thursday announced that it has provided 150 million U.S. dollars to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the Zika virus outbreak.The Washington-based global lender said in a statement that this funding, which is immediately available, is based on current country demands for financing and the bank "stands ready to increase its support" if additional financing is needed.