The toll from the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China has climbed to 490, with 65 new fatalities, while the total number of confirmed cases has gone up to 24,324, the Chinese health authorities confirmed on Wednesday. ....

China's worries about its economy are increasing by the day as the novel coronavirus epidemic has been spreading rapidly. ....

Chinese authorities confirmed on Tuesday 425 have died in the country due to the novel coronavirus, while Hong Kong reported its first fatality becoming the third nation after China and the Philippines to report deaths. ....

Iraq's Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) said on Monday that the death toll from four months of nationwide anti-government protests has reached 536, with 23,545 injured. ....

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug to treat peanut allergies in children and teens. ....

Despite tremendous advances in treatment of congenital heart disease (CHD), a new global study shows that the chances for a child to survive a CHD diagnosis is significantly less in low-income countries. ....

More than 1,000 Hong Kong public hospital workers staged a strike on Monday as they demanded the city's government to completely close the border with mainland China in an effort to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus. ....

Pakistanis stranded in China started arriving in Islamabad on Monday as the Imran Khan-led government resumed flight operations to the Asian giant where the deadly coronavirus outbreak has killed 361 people. ....

According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), the quake occurred at 12.05 a.m. and the epicentre was monitored at 30.74 degrees north latitude and 104.46 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 21 km, reports Xinhua news agency. ....

The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that Iran will advance its nuclear program with greater determination despite US pressures, according to Tehran Times daily. ....