BEIJING — As the new coronavirus races around the world, tanking markets, cutting off global travel and suspending school for hundreds of millions of children, governments are desperate for ways to contain it. China, the place where it first appeared, says it has the answers. To the surprise of some, the country that concealed and…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageTravelers at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York this week.Credit…Chang W. Lee/The New York Times U.S. cases pass 300, the East Coast reports its first deaths, and Amtrak cancels trains. A day after the East Coast of the United States reported its first deaths from the coronavirus…
Top European Union officials called on Friday for solidarity among member countries in the face of the coronavirus, responding to moves by some nations to restrict exports on equipment that could be used to combat the outbreak. France, Germany and other countries have imposed limits on the export of protective medical equipment, some of which…
Shortly after Rachel Sutton texted Meredith Mechanik and asked her on a third date, Ms. Mechanik texted back and said she no longer wanted a romantic relationship with Ms. Sutton, and hoped instead that they could remain friends. Ms. Sutton (left), who is now 29 and an assistant director of graduate admissions at the University…
Sophia Antipolis, 8 March 2020: Women with heart disease today need flexible options for lifestyle programmes that fit their busy schedules. That’s the finding of a study published today, International Women’s Day, in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1 “Women tend to prioritise others before themselves,”…