World Health Organization Is A Forgotten Bug Being Understudied? One of the biggest threats to public health right now is influenza. But it is only just emerging that scientists are beginning to wonder if we should be worried about
Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Tiny island quarantined for norovirus in an outbreak linked to Carnival ship Update, February 20: The last handful of more than 300 people were set to be released to return home on Wednesday afternoon. More than 2,200 people remained quarantined after
Japan Cruise ship delays bring a huge help — everyone’s grateful A ship carrying more than 5,300 passengers on a seven-day cruise through the Panama Canal has been delayed because of heavy weather — but now an even larger aid arrives
Amazon Alexa Japan Leading the Way in Robot Tech and Artificial Intelligence In the holiday slot last week, I wrote about the terrifying news coming out of the U.S. about an anticipated “AI uprising.” And just as Americans are getting ready
Japan Hundreds of passengers on a Carnival ship in Japan forced to stay on board when over 400 sick A 150-passenger cruise ship and its crew were evacuated from their cruise ship at the port of Urakami, Japan, on Tuesday morning, after reports of vomiting and diarrhea started showing
Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) How frequently do influenza outbreaks happen and what can you do to protect yourself? What's the difference between a seasonal flu outbreak and a pandemic? A pandemic is defined as a pandemic where a new, deadly virus finds its way into human population. It
Honshu A story behind the country's most stunning horse photographs Written by By Staff Writer "Japanese Art Culture Rethinking Gender Censorship on Equestrian Mountaineering," a recent piece on the blog of the Japanese board of standards and ethics was entitled,
Hong Kong MERS-CoV deaths in Saudi Arabia top 2,000 Written by By Reena Amos Dyes, CNN Two years after the first case of a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection was identified in Saudi Arabia, the global death
Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) John Kerry, Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul speak on Brexit deal RIDING TIDE: Many cities will suffer negative growth for the first time ever, economists say. If anti-immigrant sentiment takes hold in Europe, migrants will be on a “scarcely-available-for-survival” state. MAYOR
Sapphire Princess Doctor who led CDC response dies from MERS virus in China 5:30 p.m. update: The death toll from the coronavirus has climbed to seven, with five more people on life support in China's eastern city of Wuhan, raising concerns
Lucozade Ribena Suntory Golden kingdom: a high tea is ready to take on the competition Within 5 years, almost a quarter of the Dahiyan Tea Foundations’ sales will be from Aland sea tea. Currently the company exports £14 million of tea to 10 countries, including
Japan California governor launches effort to apologize for internment of Japanese-Americans California governor Gavin Newsom announced last week that his administration plans to apologize for the mistreatment of American-born Japanese-Americans during World War II. During a February 7 speech at the
People's Republic of China Over 100 dead from recently uncovered virus that was transmitted by bats After a roughly two-week contagious period, a total of 156 people who either came into contact with or were receiving treatment for the Khanum disease have been diagnosed and 42
Japan Boy with suspected cancer treated with antibiotic quinine In the first detailed account of events at Port Moresby's University Hospital in Papua New Guinea, a father shared the process with CNN's Christiane Amanpour. Roger Dunmire, speaking from a
Ministry of Health Mumps epidemic: Virus is spreading in Europe Written by Steve McAnon, CNN The Eisbrugge of Westerdam is now on lockdown, and residents are coming down with the mumps. Since early November, as many as 500 people from
ship Girls stricken with Ebola may hitchhike from India to be reunited with families Two teenage girls from Sri Lanka whose ordeal aboard a vessel carrying Ebola last month had left them nearly penniless and in need of medical care plan to hitchhike from
Tokyo Toyota to work with Honda to speed up self-driving car development (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will have access to 10 years of innovation technology from Honda Motor Co under a strategic alliance, the companies said on Monday. Toyota vehicles are
Japan Faurecia aims for profit growth after 2019 sales rise PARIS (Reuters) - French car parts maker Faurecia (EPED.PA) aims to increase earnings in four to five years after posting a 42 percent rise in 2019 sales on Monday.
Japan British manufacturing is world leader in innovation – awards One in three UK manufacturing exports is thought to come from the UK overseas – but companies based here are still seen as the most innovative and have the highest standard
Japan U.S. Department of Commerce presents awards to 18 manufacturing companies Eighteen manufacturing companies in the United States have been awarded with three different awards from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The awards, which went up for submission in October
manufacturing Joy Corp., Marquis College honour winners of National Manufacturing Awards NEW YORK (Reuters) - Joy Corp. and Marquis College teamed up to honor the winners of the 21st annual National Manufacturing Awards program with a ceremony and reception at Marquis
Japan Most Students Who Graduate From U.S. Colleges In Next Year Will Be In Debt To Japan's Yakuza PENSACOLA, FL—According to a study conducted by the U.S. Secret Service, a large percentage of students who graduate from U.S. colleges and universities in the coming year
Japan Average Student At Public University More Than $28,000 In Debt To Yakuza Organized Crime Clan WASHINGTON—Reporting that an average survey of university students revealed the large majority of undergraduates to have encountered at least one student-loan-related debt crisis or owed money to a criminal
Japan As Japan approaches the aging problem, polls find sentiment is shifting to eliminate limits on the one-child policy China’s nervousness about the difficulties arising from China’s one-child policy has worked its way into public debate in Japan about the readiness of the population to face concerns
People's Republic of China CDC warns that SARS-like bird flu virus has spread to a third country WATCH LIVE: Click here for the latest as the CDC reports new cases of the H5N1 virus, the same strain that triggered the deadly 2003 SARS outbreak in South Asia.