A family wearing masks stands in Tiananmen Square on January 26, 2020 in Beijing, China Betsy Joles Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director general, is traveling to Beijing, China, to meet with government and health officials on the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. The WHO has so far declined to declare the dangerous respiratory
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A laboratory technician works with a pipette at the Institute of Virology at the Charité Berlin Mitte, where investigations on coronavirus are underway. Christophe Gateau | Getty Images The third U.S. case of the new coronavirus has been confirmed in Orange County, California, the OC Health Care Agency’s Communicable Disease Control Division announced in a
Health care members make first aid to people as they cover their faces with sanitary masks after the first cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Hong Kong. Miguel Candela | Getty Images President Xi Jinping on Saturday warned that the spread of the coronavirus presents a “grave situation,” as officials from central China to
A Boeing branded 777X-9 sits at Boeing’s facility in Everett after it was announced that their 777X model will make its first test flight later in the week in Everett, Washington, January 21, 2020. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing‘s 777X, part of a new generation of the wide-body aircraft, took off in its maiden flight
Cashiers ring up shoppers at a Walmart store in Burbank, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart is testing a slightly higher minimum wage in a few hundred of its stores, as it rolls out a new, more flexible model for how it manages workflow within the store. In roughly 500 stores,
Two workers walk under the wing of a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, March 27, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has told airlines that it could lift a flight ban on the Boeing 737 Max before midyear, ahead of the manufacturer’s new timeline
A security official stands guard as an ambulance arrives with a patient to the Infectious Disease Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital on January 22, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Anthony Kwan The fatal flu-like coronavirus spreading quickly throughout Asia has now killed at least 26 people and sickened more than 900 worldwide, including two patients
A Chinese passenger that just arrived on the last bullet train from Wuhan to Beijing is checked for a fever by a health worker at a Beijing railway station on January 23, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images Procter & Gamble said Thursday that it is monitoring the spread of the Wuhan
Travelers wearing face masks stand in line inside the departure hall at West Kowloon Station, operated by MTR Corp., in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coronavirus, which has killed 17 people in China, infected at least 648 people around the world, including the first in
Cruise Origin driverless shuttle Cruise The future of the auto industry isn’t horsepower or style when it comes to autonomous vehicles and ride-hailing services. It’s a box. The most recent proof of this came Tuesday night with Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, debuting its first vehicle specifically designed to operate without a driver.