ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent answers these questions on what we should expect from the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S....
Many of the City of London's biggest institutions are taking steps to combat the spread of the coronavirus. On Monday many of JPMorgan's UK-based staff are being temporarily moved to a different office. They're not alone. Goldman Sachs last...
The US central bank has slashed interest rates in response to mounting concerns about the economic impact of the coronavirus. The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark rate by 50 basis points to a range of 1% to 1.25%. The emergency...
The head of the religious sect that has been at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea has apologised to the nation for the disease's spread. Lee Man-hee, the leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, got on his knees and bow...
A student from Singapore has said he was beaten up by a group of men who told him: "I don't want your coronavirus in my country." Jonathan Mok, 23, said he was walking down Oxford Street last Monday when he heard shouts of "co...
Global health officials say the number of new infections outside China outpaced the rate of infections in that country for the first time....
As the number of people in the U.S. testing positive for novel coronavirus ticks upward, the White House scrambled Monday to prepare a hefty emergency spending request for Congress to respond to the global outbreak. Several sources told ABC...
North Korea has quarantined 380 foreigners in a bid to stop the coronavirus from breaking out. The foreigners are mostly diplomats stationed in the capital Pyongyang, said news agency Yonhap, quoting the Korean Central Broadcasting Station. ...
More than 77,000 coronavirus cases have been reported globally with an uptick in infections in Japan and South Korea....
Beijing has ordered everyone returning to the city to go into quarantine for 14 days or risk punishment in the latest attempt to contain the deadly new coronavirus, state media report. Residents were told to "self-quarantine or go to de...
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Wuhan Today: Inside hospital for coronavirus...
South Korean film Parasite has been named best picture at this year's Oscars, becoming the first non-English language film to take the top prize. Renee Zellweger won best actress for playing Judy Garland in Judy. Joaquin Phoenix was named be...
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Leader of Iran's elite Quds Force killed in airstrike near Baghdad airport...
General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force, has been killed by US forces in Iraq. The Pentagon confirmed he was killed "at the direction of the president". Gen Soleimani was being drive...
A tiny spark in the UK’s hydrogen revolution has been lit – at a university campus near Stoke-on-Trent. Hydrogen fuel is a relatively green alternative to alternatives that produce greenhouse gases. The natural gas supply at Kee...
Justin Bieber has given fans an early Christmas present - confirmation he is to make a 2020 comeback. The Canadian pop star chose 24 December to announce he will release a new single, called Yummy, on 3 January - the debut track from an upco...
When a tweet of a 10-year-old'sChristmaslist went viral for all the wrong reasons -- she’d like Gucci slides, a Chanel purse and $4,000 please -- it sparked a larger conversation in parenting groups everywhere: how much is too much?...
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