Coronavirus outbreak ‘just beginning’ outside China, says expert
By John GeddieSINGAPORE (Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic may be peaking in China where it was first detected in the central city of Wuhan but it is just beginning in the rest of the world and likely to spread, a global expert on infectious diseases said on Wednesday.The Chinese government's senior medical adviser has said…
‘Huge’ potential for more viral outbreaks in coming years, says NIH...
As health officials worldwide fight to contain the coronavirus, a top-ranked U.S. health official says the public should expect more viral outbreaks like it in the coming years.The coronavirus — which appears to have originated in the Eastern Chinese city of Wuhan — has infected more than 31,000 people and resulted in the deaths of…
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Hour-long police chase ends at airport control tower
by: Michael Kuhn Posted: Jan 30, 2020 / 02:41 AM EST / Updated: Jan 30, 2020 / 09:17 AM EST FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A police chase that lasted more than an hour ended at Fort Wayne International Airport’s control tower early Thursday morning. According to the New Haven Police Department, the situation started…
Coronavirus: Third case confirmed in the UK
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC's online health editor on what we know about the virusThe third person in the UK to be diagnosed with coronavirus did not catch it in mainland China, England's chief medical officer has said. The patient, who caught the infection elsewhere in Asia, was diagnosed in…
14th US case of coronavirus reported with patient in San Diego
A previous case of coronavirus was documented a few days earlier among the same group of evacuees, the CDC said. By REUTERS Â FEBRUARY 13, 2020 14:18 Staff from the U.S. embassy assemble to inspect a cargo plane in Wuhan (photo credit: COURTESY OF EDWARD WANG VIA REUTERS) A second person evacuated from Wuhan, China, to…
Yarn grown from human skin cells could be woven or knitted into ‘human textiles’
Yarn grown from human skin cells could be woven or knitted into 'human textiles' for tissue grafts or organ repair, study claimsCells called fibroblasts from an animal can be used to make sheets of skin in a labThe sheets are cut into ribbons and twisted to form various forms of yarn The threads can then be…
