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In response to COVID-19, Hulu adds a free live news stream to its on-demand app

In response to the COVID-10 outbreak, Hulu is adding a free, live news stream to its app for customers who only subscribe to its on-demand service, not its live TV add-on. The news coverage is provide

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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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Watch Mark Zuckerberg talk live with epidemic expert Dr. Anthony Fauci

If there’s one face of scientific authority in the U.S. in the throes of COVID-19 chaos, it’s Dr. Anthony Fauci. One of the world’s top HIV/AIDS researchers, Dr. Fauci has served in

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Online learning at home raises concerns over myopia risk: survey

A survey showed that 92.8 percent of parents are worried about their children's eyesight as their children are learning online at home amid the novel coronavirus outbr

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Original Content podcast: Hulu’s ‘Hillary’ retraces a controversial career and a heartbreaking election

While Hillary Clinton’s comments about Bernie Sanders (“Nobody likes him”) have prompted more headlines than anything else in Hulu’s “Hillary,” there’s a lot

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Rocket Lab gets NASA certification for official smallsat launches

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has received Category 1 certification from NASA, meaning it is authorized for use on more important missions, opening up a whole new revenue stream for the

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Waymo suspends robotaxi service except for its truly driverless vehicles

Waymo said Tuesday it is pausing operations of Waymo One, a service in the Phoenix area that allows the public to hail rides in self-driving vehicles with trained human safety operators behind the wh

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YC-backed EduRev wants to democratize online learning in India

As edtech startups emerge and expand in India, millions of students in the country now have an additional option to choose from when they prepare for competitive exams.But despite the proliferation of

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France beefs up measures to contain coronavirus pandemic

After banning gatherings of over 100 people and closing all nurseries and schools, France on Saturday announced a countrywide shutdown of all non-essential public places in a fresh move to halt the

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France declares highest epidemic alert at national level

Photo taken on March 13, 2020 shows an empty departure hall at Terminal 2E of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy, near Paris, France.(Photo by Jack Chan/Xinhua) The French government declare

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Homebound parents rejoice, Disney is releasing Frozen 2 on its streamer on Sunday

Late Friday night, Disney said that it would be making Frozen 2 available this Sunday, March 15.The accelerated release date, a full three months ahead of its planned date, comes as all sorts of relea

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Lockdown to be lifted for 'low COVID-19 risk' regions around Wuhan

More than 80 percent of the cities and counties around Wuhan have been permitted to terminate the weeks-long lockdown, announced health officials in Hubei Province, where Wuhan is located."For counti

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2020 London Marathon postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak

The London Marathon is the latest in a string of sporting events to be affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. /PHOTO Courtesy: London Marathon- Twitter The 2020 London Marathon has been postponed

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Medical waste disposal steady but high in China

The fight against coronavirus goes well beyond hospitals and treatment centers. Proper disposal of medical waste is paramount to stop the spread of germs and infections. But experts say those trea

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Wear a mask in the U.S.? Yea or nay?

01:13 The U.S. has joined a long list of nations hit by shortages of face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak.Should healthy people even wear a mask in the U.S.?What are U.S. health ex

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Malaysian doctor stays in Beijing during COVID-19 outbreak

Malaysian doctor Lee Chongyou, a cardiovascular physician, works at the Peking University People's Hospital in China's Beijing. When many foreigners were evacuated fro

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Asia Album: Int'l Women's Day observed at Dhaka University in Bangladesh

People see graffiti art pictures during an event to mark the International Women's Day at the campus of Dhaka University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 8, 2020. (Stringer/Xinhua) DHAKA, March 9 (Xinhua