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Harvey Weinstein reportedly contracts COVID-19

Harvey Weinstein, the defamed Oscar-winning movie producer recently convicted of sexual harassment and currently serving prison time, tested positive for the coronavirus, U.S. media reported Sunday. T

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Water diversion project transforms "uninhabitable" land in Dingxi, China

A water diversion project has transformed an "uninhabitable" land in Dingxi, northwest China. It helps lift villagers out of poverty as they are able to use clean water

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YC startup Felix wants to replace antibiotics with programmable viruses

Right now the world is at war. But this is no ordinary war. It’s a fight with an organism so small we can only detect it through use of a microscope — and if we don’t stop it, it cou

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Pandemic Watch: How is Pakistan handling coronavirus outbreak

Pandemic Watch: Pakistan is stepping up measures to confront coronavirus.All public and private educational institutes including schools, colleges, and universities, would remain closed until April 5.

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China urges U.S. to stop smearing CPC, Chinese media

China urged the United States to stop smearing the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese media, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang said Friday. "China hopes the United States will seri

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Rumor Buster: Is COVID-19 a laboratory construct?

As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, killing more people, questions about the origin of the virus are mounting. Recently, scientists have concluded that the severe acute respiratory s

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5.8-magnitude quake hits western Mongolia

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the western Mongolian province of Govi-Altai on Friday morning, the country's Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics said. The epicenter

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Coronavirus cases in Austria surpass 2,000

The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection in Austria has climbed to 2,147 as of Thursday afternoon, with six deaths reported, according to local health authorities. Most cases (2,08

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Here are the most promising COVID-19 treatments being explored today

Companies from around the world are racing to find treatments for the deadly COVID-19 virus. According to a recent study by Chinese scientists, "Research thus far has revealed more than 30 agents

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France may extend coronavirus lockdown as face mask shortage bites

France will extend a two-week lockdown if the coronavirus threat persists, the government said Thursday, as one national police union urged officers to refuse tasks tha

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Chinese vice premier demands all-out efforts to treat coronavirus patients

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan Thursday urged all-out efforts to treat every patient infected with the novel coronavirus. Leading a central government group to overs

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COVID-19 cases top 200,000 globally, death toll over 8,000: WHO

More than 200,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally to the World Health Organization (WHO), among which more than 8,000 people have lost their lives, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhano

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Chelsea FC makes its stadium hotel available to UK health-care staff

Roman Abramovich will cover the costs of providing accommodation. /AP Chelsea Football Club has made the four-star Millennium Hotel at its Stamford Bridge stadium in London available to health

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Pakistani PM calls for national unity to counter COVID-19

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for unity with responsibility to win the war against COVID-19 in a televised address to the nation. In the speech on Tue

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Combination of TCM, Western medicine highlight of COVID-19 control: official

The combination of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine has been a highlight of China's prevention and control of the novel coronavirus disease (COVI

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U.S. supermarket giant Safeway seeks to hire thousands amid coronavirus panic

Safeway, the Northern California-based grocery store chain, announced Monday that it has launched a mass hiring effort amid the panic shopping unleashed by the coronavirus outbreak. The supermar

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Expert: TCM and Western medicines have own uses in treating COVID-19

Du Bin, professor and doctor of Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, briefs media on March 16, 2020. /CGTN The traditionalChinese medicine(TCM) and Western medicine have their o