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What does Wuhan tell us?

06:58 I am from Wuhan and I heard a lot about COVID-19 and Wuhan over the past 100 days, but did people really listen?The most important thing is information. Like any viruses we have

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Cote d'Ivoire's Minister of Defense tests positive for COVID-19

Cote d'Ivoire's Minister of Defense Hamed Bakayoko. /PHOTO Courtesy: Hamed Bakayoko - Facebook. Cote d'Ivoire's Minister of Defense Hamed Bakayoko has tested positive for COVID-19.The minister

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Beijing universities open free counseling hotline for Chinese overseas

01:51 With the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, many people are gradually returning to their normal lives. While some believe in the power of keeping busy and outdoor activiti

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GrubHub/Seamless’s pandemic initiatives are predatory and exploitative, and it’s time to stop using them

Times are exceptionally hard, especially for local restaurants, which were always in a precarious business even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But when times are hard, people pull together, right?

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Original Content podcast: ‘The Platform’ offers a gruesome metaphor for capitalism

“The Platform” is not a subtle movie.That’s true of its approach to horror, with intense, bloody scenes that prompted plenty of screaming and pausing from your hosts at the Original

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Startups Weekly: SaaS companies feel the churn but hope for a brighter tomorrow

[Editor’s note: Want to get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that startups can use by email? Subscribe here.] There are a few online productivity stocks booming, and a few popular remote-firs

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Enjoy ginger, but it's not a 'cure' for COVID-19, says WHO

01:48 The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while natural remedies such as ginger can have a "positive impact on your health," they are by no means a medically proven treat

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Keeping the score on Zoom

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.How are you holding up? Are you keeping up? And most importantly, are y

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Answer Bank: What to do if someone in your home is sick

As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation continues to evolve, people around the world are being asked to stay indoors, practice social distancing and avoid crowds. During home isolati

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Reporter's Dairy: Panic-buying of guns in the U.S.

The gun store owned by James Janya is crowded with gun buyers amid the coronavirus outbreak. Ediz Tiyansan/CGTN When the number of COVID-19 cases took a sudden exponential growth in Los Angele

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COVID-19 tests reach 1 mln in U.S. as total cases top 160,000

The United States has tested 1 million people in its stepped-up effort to tackle the novel coronavirus, with a capacity to test 100,000 samples daily. "Today we reache

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Welcome to the post-virus world

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U.S. capital issues "stay-at-home" order due to COVID-19

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday issued an order directing residents in the U.S. capital to stay at home during the coronavirus outbreak unless there is

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Welcome to the post-virus world

Editor's note: Simon Johnson is a professor at MIT Sloan and co-chair (with Retsef Levi) of the COVID-19 Policy Alliance, focused on actionable intelligence and operational recommendations to limi

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How shall we handle mental illness caused by social distancing?

A few guests sit in a bar as a succession of states in the U.S. announced closures of restaurants, bars and other venues to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. /AP More than three billion

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How do you protect yourself and others from COVID-19?

01:55 With COVID-19 cases and deaths on the up worldwide, a vital question for many people is: How can I protect myself from catching this virus?Well, put simply, the best way is to se

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How Huawei is dividing Western nations

The relationship between the United Kingdom and Australia is not usually a flashpoint in international relations. After all, the two allies share a common language, ancestry, and monarch. So what caus