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WASHINGTON Reuters) - The Trump administration, while insisting the risk to Americans from coronavirus is low, nevertheless declared a public health emergency on Friday and announced the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have recently visited China. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2SbicYH https://ift.tt/xePdMM

The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose by 46 to 259 on Friday, the country's health authority said on Saturday, as the United States announced new border curbs on foreign nationals who have been in China. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/37NNwmU https://ift.tt/xePdMM

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The total number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China had reached 259 by the end of Friday, an increase of 46, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing numbers from the country's National Health Commission. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/37MYEAt https://ift.tt/xePdMM

Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Friday criticized President Donald Trump for reducing U.S. oversight of global health issues before the coronavirus outbreak. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/37MjbVT https://ift.tt/xePdMM

The United States ramped up its response to the coronavirus epidemic on Friday, declaring a public health emergency and saying it would halt entry to foreign nationals who had been to China within the 14-day incubation period. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2UcBOy2 https://ift.tt/xePdMM

The northern Chinese city of Tianjin has ordered schools and non-essential companies to remain closed until further notice to curb the spread of the coronavirus that has already infected thousands in the country, a local government-run newspaper said. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2RNZLdz https://ift.tt/xePdMM

The total number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China had reached 259 by the end of Friday, Jan. 31, up by 46, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing numbers from the country's National Health Commission. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2RJhe6O https://ift.tt/xePdMM

Trump administration declares public health emergency over coronavirus outbreak, restricts US entry Foreign nationals who have traveled to China within the last 14 days will be temporarily denied entry into the U.S.; Jonathan Serrie reports from Atlanta. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2RNW3AF

What you should know about the coronavirus outbreak and how you should prepare How worried should Americans be about the coronavirus? via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2tiQe4T

Exclusive: Parents of man living in coronavirus-ravaged Wuhan worried for his safety With the death toll from the coronavirus increasing to over 200 and a more than 9,600 infected, the parents of Doug Perez, an American living in the quarantined city of Wuhan, China, share their concerns and relay the first-hand account of what their son is experiencing. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2UpL1n5

Patients swallow a trace amount of peanut protein and gradually scale up. from Health - CBSNews.com https://ift.tt/3aXbvC2

Landlocked Paraguay said on Friday that it had suspended indefinitely issuance of visas to people traveling from China because of the coronavirus outbreak centered in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2OesllZ https://ift.tt/xePdMM

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The FDA has approved the first treatment to treat peanut allergies, which can be deadly. Kids swallow peanut powder, at first in tiny, then in increasingly larger doses. from Health - CBSNews.com https://ift.tt/36MqefC

The federal government has declared a public health emergency and is taking a historic step to contain the coronavirus. For the first time in decades, U.S. citizens returning from China are being quarantined. Carter Evans has the latest. from Health - CBSNews.com https://ift.tt/37QILJe

Cardinal Health said a Chinese contractor supplying the gowns was not using factories registered with the FDA. from Health - CBSNews.com https://ift.tt/2vFhzPu

Millions of surgical gowns made in China are being recalled because they may not be sterile. Surgeries are now being canceled in some hospitals. Dr. Jon LaPook reports. from Health - CBSNews.com https://ift.tt/2S6fzHA

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Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, with American Airlines' pilots filing a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2RExBBA https://ift.tt/xePdMM

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has asked its employees to postpone all "non-essential" business travel to China in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2Ua8E2E https://ift.tt/xePdMM