Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iraq announces five new coronavirus cases: health ministry
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has detected five new cases of coronavirus, four in Baghdad and one in Babel province, the health ministry said on Saturday, taking the total number of cases there to 13. The ...
Feb 29, 2020
Ecuador confirms its first case of new coronavirus
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador has confirmed the first case of a fast-spreading new coronavirus in the Andean country, its health minister said on Saturday. The patient is an elderly female Ecuadorean resi...
Feb 29, 2020
Luxembourg becomes first country to make public transport free
By Kate Abnett LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Luxembourg abolished fares for trains, trams and buses on Saturday in what the government said was a bid to tackle road congestion and pollution, as well as suppo...
Feb 29, 2020
FDA to allow some labs to use coronavirus tests prior to review
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday said it will allow laboratories to immediately use tests they have developed and validated to achieve more rapid testing capacity fo...
Feb 29, 2020
Hospital births far safer for U.S. newborns than home births
By Tamara Mathias (Reuters Health) - Newborns in the U.S. are much more likely to survive a hospital delivery than a planned home birth, regardless of how qualified the attending midwife may be, a new...
Feb 29, 2020
Extended-release drugs could be costing U.S. healthcare system billions
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) - If doctors prescribed short-acting medications that must be taken twice a day instead of once-a-day extended-release versions, billions in healthcare costs could be...
Feb 29, 2020
Qatar reports first coronavirus case in man who returned from Iran
DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar reported its first case of coronavirus infection in the country on Saturday. The patient is a 36-year-old Qatari who recently returned from Iran, the health ministry said in a s...
Feb 29, 2020
Lebanon confirms three new cases of coronavirus, bringing total to seven: NNA
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday that three new cases of coronavirus had been confirmed, state news agency NNA reported, bringing the total number of cases in the country ...
Feb 29, 2020
Guinea-Bissau crisis deepens with two rival presidents and prime ministers
BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau had two presidents and two prime ministers as of Saturday, after Umaro Cissoko Embalo, the inaugurated winner of December's election, swore in a new premier, but parli...
Feb 29, 2020
Austria hints at border closures in echo of Europe's last migration crisis
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hinted on Saturday that borders could be closed across the Balkans in response to a rush of migrants towards Greece from Turkey, echoing action ta...
Feb 29, 2020
