Global Health

A man walks a deserted road in New Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Tuesday that residents across the country stay where they are in order to help stem the spread of the coronavirus and the deadly disease it can cause, COVID-19.

India Declares 'Total' Lockdown In Bid To Prioritize Coronavirus Fight

12:43pm March 24, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

"To save India and every Indian," Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the country's more than 1.3 billion people — with few exceptions — to stay in their homes for the next three weeks.

Jacques Enoch with his bike in the Alps in 1941. Danièle Enoch-Maillard's father, who was Jewish, survived World War II in an Alpine village with the help of a deputy mayor and a postal worker who sent smoke signals every time the Nazis headed up the mou

Waiting Out Coronavirus In The French Alps, 'Cooped Up In The Great Outdoors'

12:01pm March 24, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

A 73-year-old French woman in confinement in Chamonix recalls her Jewish father, who survived World War II hiding out in a nearby village. Others sent him smoke signals to warn when Nazis were near.

Man Dies, Woman Hospitalized After Taking Form Of Chloroquine To Prevent COVID-19

9:13am March 24, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The couple ingested a form of chloroquine, a chemical that has been touted in recent days by President Trump as a possible "game changer" against COVID-19.

U.S. Olympic Officials Want The IOC To Delay Tokyo Games

8:12am March 24, 2020

by Tom Goldman

The International Olympic Committee is under increasing pressure to postpone the Summer Olympics in Tokyo due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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U.K. Changes Direction, Orders Lockdown To Fight Coronavirus

6:50am March 24, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced strict lockdown measures on the entire country, ordering Britons to stay home unless going out for essential work and purchases.

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News Brief: Battle Against Coronavirus, U.S. Aid To Afghanistan

6:23am March 24, 2020

As coronavirus cases increase, more U.S. states issue stay-at-home orders. The U.K. tightens restrictions to fight the virus. And, the U.S. is cutting aid to Afghanistan amid a political crisis there.

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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, pauses to speak to media on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Romney is among the officials who criticized the flouting of airport guidelines for greeting returning missionaries.

Salt Lake City Airport Tightens Rules For Greeting Missionaries Returning From Abroad

5:08am March 24, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The tougher restrictions were announced after criticism from officials, including Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, following scenes over the weekend of friends and family thronging an airport parking lot.

Transmission electron micrograph of particles of SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Why Hoarding Of Hydroxychloroquine Needs To Stop

8:47pm March 23, 2020

by Martha Bebinger

Despite Trump's public remarks, infectious disease experts say it's premature to think hydroxychloroquine will help against COVID-19. And patients with lupus or rheumatoid arthritis rely on the drug.

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"To win, we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics," World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says of the COVID-19 respiratory disease, which is now in nearly every country in the world.

Coronavirus: WHO Head Says Nations Must Attack As 'Pandemic Is Accelerating'

7:53pm March 23, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Despite an alarming rush past 300,000 cases worldwide, the WHO's leader says, "We're not helpless bystanders. We can change the trajectory of this pandemic."

State Department Urges Americans To Return Home Or Stay Away For 'Undetermined Time'

4:25pm March 23, 2020

by Michele Kelemen

State Department officials Monday said they've heard from 13,500 Americans needing help around the world, some in remote areas. The department says there is no guarantee the U.S. can bring them home.