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For South Koreans worried about the spread of coronavirus, a new wave of unofficial websites has emerged to help them keep track of neighbours who have been infected. If you’re a resident of the coastal city of Pohang, for instance, firing up coronamap.live and zooming in on your city presents you with a sea of …

Malaysia has so far managed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, with limited local transmissions, the country’s health minister told CNBC on Wednesday. Malaysia has reported 22 cases of the new coronavirus as of Tuesday — the third-highest number in Southeast Asia behind Singapore and Thailand, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins …

A man who recently traveled back to Boston from Wuhan, China, has been diagnosed as the first Massachusetts resident with the new coronavirus, state health officials said Saturday. It’s the eighth diagnosis of the illness in the U.S. and the first on the East Coast. The man is in his 20s and lives in Boston, …

The playoff-bound Minnesota Vikings will try to continue their winning ways when they host the NFC North-leading Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The Vikings (10-4), who have won two straight games and four of five, officially clinched a postseason berth on Saturday night when the Rams lost …

Image copyright AFP Image caption Police detain a demonstrator during a protest against the bill outside Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad on Monday Indian police have denied shooting people during protests in Delhi – as anger at a citizenship law spreads across the country. At least three people said they were shot, but …

Q: Do deer carry diseases that can harm people and pets? I am concerned about chronic wasting disease, Lyme disease and scabies. — South Euclid resident A: The answer is different for each of these diseases. White-tailed deer, which state wildlife officials say is the only type found in Ohio, harbor the ticks associated with …

The chief of the country’s fifth largest financial institution is asking companies from northern and central Luzon to fully embrace technology to become more competitive while stimulating the economies of areas outside Metro Manila. To this end, the Lucio Tan-owned bank gathered over 100 businessmen and entrepreneurs from the country’s northern provinces at the Clark …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Ctrl + N Facebook is confronting criticism after the spread of ads on its platform that included the alleged name of the whistleblower at the center of the House impeachment inquiry. The company took down ads by several conservative groups who …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sea otters in Alaska were found to be infected with the virus in 2004 The decline in sea ice seen in the Arctic in recent decades has been linked by scientists to the spread of a deadly virus in marine mammals. Researchers found that Phocine distemper virus (PDV) had …

Image copyright Seth Jackson Image caption Badgers move in as soon as culling begins and so spread infection further. Culling badgers drives them to roam further afield, allowing them to disperse tuberculosis over a larger area, new research suggests. The culls might thus increase the risk of TB spreading to cattle, the scientists behind the …