The U.S. Consulate within the epidemic-stricken Chinese metropolis of Wuhan will evacuate its personnel and a few personal residents aboard a constitution flight Tuesday. A discover Sunday from the embassy in Beijing stated there could be restricted capability to move U.S. residents on the flight that can proceed on to San Francisco. It stated […]
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Hong Kong leader declares citywide virus emergency over coronavirus
Lam introduced a package deal of measures aimed toward limiting the Asian monetary hub’s connections to mainland China. Flights and excessive velocity prepare journeys between Hong Kong and the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan shall be halted, and annual official Lunar New Year celebrations for town have been scrapped. Hong Kong well being authorities have confirmed […]
Apple, Microsoft joining meeting promoting patient access to data
Apple and Microsoft will every be sending a consultant to a gathering on Monday hosted by a gaggle that is supporting efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services to make it simpler for sufferers to entry and share their medical data. The nonpartisan Carin Alliance, which describes its focus as “advancing consumer-directed […]
South Korea confirms second case
China’s National Health Commission stated as many as 25 individuals have died from a fast-spreading coronavirus, as the full variety of confirmed circumstances within the nation rose to 830. The lethal pneumonia-like virus was first recognized on Dec. 31 within the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan in Hubei province. It has since unfold past […]
5 things to know before the stock market opens January 21, 2020
U.S. inventory futures have been pointing to a decrease Wall Street open on Tuesday, with world shares from Asia to Europe underneath strain. The U.S. market was closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. vacation. On Friday the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all closed at report highs once more. For […]
Shares of China drugmakers rise amid pneumonia concerns
Shares of Chinese drugmakers and face mask-makers surged on Monday morning amid rising considerations over an outbreak of coronavirus spreading to extra cities within the nation. Jiangsu Sihuan Bioengineering, Shandong Lukang Pharmaceutical and Shenzhen Neptunus Bioengineering all noticed their shares surge by about 10%, their day by day motion restrict. Meanwhile, shares of face […]
Novartis strikes deal with UK to provide cholesterol drug to high-risk patients
A technician at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. David L. Ryan | The Boston Globe | Getty Images Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has reached a deal with the U.K. government to provide its late-stage cholesterol drug, inclisiran, to patients at high risk of a heart attack, the company announced Monday. The drug, […]
Zhenmeat, China plant based meat firm, seeks funding
A slider made of Zhenmeat’s plant-based meat alternative pictured in Shanghai, China on January 13, 2020. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Chinese plant-based meat substitute start-up Zhenmeat is looking to raise around $2 million of funding this year as it expands across the world’s second-largest economy and fends off a potential challenge from U.S. rivals. Zhenmeat […]