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MEDICINE

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 5, 2020
Coronavirus update: China deaths top 3,000; California calls emergency
Deaths from the coronavirus have surpassed 3,000 in China, though the first country hit by the disease also announced progress on discharging people after treatment. California called a state of emergency, underscoring the global spread of the disease.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2020
Thousands wait for hospital beds in South Korea as coronavirus cases surge
South Korea reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as many sick people waited for hospital beds in Daegu, the city at the center of the worst outbreak outside China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2020
Japan's largest drugmaker working to develop virus treatment, Dow Jones reports
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is developing an experimental therapy for the novel coronavirus with the goal of making it available in 9 to 18 months, the nation's largest drugmaker said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2020
COVID-19 is a risk to the Olympics, in 2020 and beyond
Maybe a pandemic will spark much needed reforms to shrink the ever-expanding games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2020
The coronavirus end game
The disease will eventually become an endemic nuisance rather than a terror.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2020
Beijing to quarantine travelers from Japan, South Korea, Iran and Italy amid coronavirus outbreak
All travelers entering Beijing from the coronavirus hotspots of South Korea, Japan, Iran and Italy will have to be quarantined for 14 days, the Deputy Secretary General of the Beijing Municipal Government, Chen Bei, said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 3, 2020
Trump's COVID-19 response bedeviled by missteps, raising risks
The Trump administration's response to global outbreaks of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been riven by missteps.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2020
Patients with mild symptoms seen spreading viral infections in Japan, experts say
Patients with mild symptoms are believed to be playing an important role in spreading the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a government panel of experts has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2020
Abe to hasten legal preparations for declaring state of emergency over COVID-19
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Monday to expedite the enactment of legislation needed to declare a state of emergency, in order to "minimize the impact on Japanese citizens' livelihood" from the rapid spread of COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2020
How democratic Taiwan outperformed authoritarian China
The free flow of information provides the best defense against the spread of COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 2, 2020
Abe has crossed the coronavirus Rubicon
Leaders need deft political skills to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2020
As COVID-19 spikes, so does global instability
If the virus outbreak dramatically dents global economic growth, perhaps even producing a recession, that will likely raise the political temperature almost everywhere.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2020
CDC teams race to catch up to spread of coronavirus in U.S.
The experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention huddled in a room with Bela Matyas, health officer of Solano County, California. They had a raft of questions about a milestone case in the spread of the coronavirus: the first U.S. victim with no known connection to travel in Asia....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2020
Limited virus testing in Japan masks true scale of infection
Japan is becoming a center of concern as the coronavirus spreads globally, with the country's official infection tally suspected to be the tip of the iceberg of a much wider outbreak.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2020
A kiss is just a kiss — except when it spreads a virus
King Henry VI of England banned kissing in 1439 to battle the plague. As the world confronts the coronavirus spreading from China, some health authorities are again urging people to refrain from physical displays of affection.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2020
Mainland China reports sharp drop in new coronavirus cases
Mainland China had 202 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Sunday, the country's National Health Commission said Monday, sharply down from 573 cases a day earlier.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2020
Virus quarantine has serious side effects
China will have to deal with the stresses of isolation and the mental-health burdens on doctors and nurses for years to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2020
China fails the leadership test for COVID-19
Global leaders must build a reputation for basic truthfulness, good faith and responsible stewardship.

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