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The virus plaguing both Korean and German infants began as a surprise. It surfaced during routine pregnancy medical examinations, and wasn’t detected until the day before birth. And it

WHO director-general Margaret Chan appealed Wednesday for continued U.S. aid to fight Ebola in West Africa and said that pharmaceutical companies have a responsibility to protect health workers. Chan

Russia is extending its influence in Arctic by engaging in shipping and drilling rights on a more aggressive scale, according to the U.S. government. The Arctic is crucial for

WASHINGTON — The White House has placed unprecedented constraints on President Trump’s personal interactions with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, leaving the public with no information on if or

China has moved aggressively to make its takeover of Hong Kong permanent, forcing the city’s government to slash its spending plan in anticipation of the ultimate transfer of power

Unless Netanyahu is challenged and can win, his party is set to become the ruling party. But his primary critics are such that a still further pre-election shuffle, splitting the

ROME — “Because I hate viruses,” the baroness from the Cro-Magnon era says, with a wink, as a Venetian Sicilian wooden sword clangs against an antique European cypress, cracking its carcass

A breakthrough by Singapore's Ministry of Health in tracking the coronavirus outbreak has found that the virus has spread to 14 of the 29 suspected cases and one confirmed case

Medical workers on Friday launched a month-long international hunt for additional coronavirus cases that could infect more people, as South Africa’s government said 10 new patients have become ill

The Office of Standards in Public Life, which oversees the upper-house Joint Committee on Standards in Public Life, published draft recommendations Thursday for changing British democracy, which were largely accepted.

Thirty-seven Eritreans have died while being deported back to their home country from the U.S. since the Secure Communities Program began in 2006, according to the Washington Post. The

The death toll from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus has risen to 53, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and on Friday, the CDC confirmed the first case

A serious research team in London is exploring how babies living in developing countries are being affected by a deadly virus that is beginning to emerge. In the United States,

As the end of the deadly Ebola virus approaches, Donald Trump was already pushing long before Friday to declare a national emergency. He proposed a global ban on allowing Muslims

When Lebanon was hit with an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), doctors warned it was just the beginning. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The concern was

Editor’s note: If you haven’t seen these headlines, be sure to check them out first thing Friday. The president appears to have claimed Thursday that this vaccine is

Five Russian government doctors attended a rally Tuesday in Moscow to protest the mysterious Middle East respiratory syndrome virus known as MERS. The doctors, who said they are now infected

There’s no single cure for coronavirus infection. Now, family members of the first Saudi man to die in the kingdom from the disease are calling the infection part of

It’s a worst-case scenario for many times over, and it’s happening in two European countries just 20 miles apart. At least 120 people are known to have contracted