Staff members, wearing protective suits, watch as a plane carrying 32 Mongolian citizens for their evacuation from the Chinese city of Wuhan arrives in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia on February 1, 2020. Byambasuren Byamba-ochir | AFP | Getty Images Disney, Tesla, more than a dozen airlines and other global companies with significant footprints in
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Police officers in plainclothes raid a medical supply shop for allegedly hoarding and overpricing face masks, as public fear over China’s Wuhan Coronavirus grows, on January 31, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Ezra Acayan | Getty Images All times below in U.S. eastern standard time. Roughly 2,100 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in
Teens have found a loophole in the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on most flavored e-cigarettes, The New York Times reported on Friday. The Trump administration outlawed the sale of flavors like fruit and mint for e-cigarettes that use refillable cartridges earlier this month. While the policy targets teen-friendly flavors, it does not include tobacco and
Monica Schipper | Getty Images Reynolds Consumer Products is best known for its aluminum foil and Hefty trash bags, but that could soon change. The company’s net sales in 2018 were $3.1 billion. More than a fifth of that revenue came from products that are less than three years old. CEO Lance Mitchell said that the
A charter flight from Wuhan, China, carrying approximately 200 U.S. citizens, taxis to a stop at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Wednesday morning Jan. 29, 2020. Will Lester | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via Getty Images U.S. health officials have quarantined 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, taking the rare step of issuing
Passengers wear face masks to protect against the spread of the Coronavirus as they arrive on a flight from Asia at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 29, 2020. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. 7:30
Mondelez CEO Dirk Van de Put said on Thursday that he expects first-quarter revenue to be affected by the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed at least 171 people in China and infected more than 8,200 since emerging less than a month ago. The company has already closed two factories near the epicenter of
The GMC Hummer EV will be revealed on May 20 and built at General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck plant in Michigan. GM DETROIT – General Motors is resurrecting the Hummer, best known as a gas-guzzling, military-style SUV, as an all-electric “super truck” with massive horsepower, acceleration and torque. The Detroit automaker confirmed the plans Thursday and released
Passengers wear face masks to protect against the spread of the Coronavirus as they arrive on a flight from Asia at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 29, 2020. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images All times below are in Eastern time. 7:48 am: Russia closes border with China Russia plans to close
There is a reason that Chile is one of the hottest global traveler destinations these days, and the Atacama Desert is one of its shining stars. Beige, rocky and seemingly lifeless, the north-easternmost part of Chile — generally regarded as the driest desert on earth — feels more like the surface of the moon than
People with protective face masks pass in front of a thermal scanner as they enter a shopping mall in Bangkok on January 29, 2020. Mladen Antonov | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. 7:36 am: Death toll of coronavirus climbs
Amid concerns about the Coronavirus causing illness and deaths in China, many parade goers during New York City, New York’s annual Lunar New Year parade wore surgical masks, January 25, 2020. EuropaNewswire | Gado | Getty Images U.S. health officials are fast-tracking work on a coronavirus vaccine, hoping to start an early-stage trial within the
A patient is transferred by an ambulance to the Infectious Disease Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital on January 22, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Anthony Kwan | Getty Images This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 11:15 am: US health officials hold press conference on the coronavirus outbreak Top U.S. health officials and infectious
Starbucks President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson is pictured at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle, Washington on March 20, 2019. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ expectations, but investors focused on its warning that the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could deal a blow to
The spread of the coronavirus is causing concern for members of the public and global financial markets, but health experts are keen to put the virus into context. Chinese health authorities said Tuesday that the coronavirus outbreak has killed 106 people and infected 4,515. The officials also said 60 people had been discharged. While the
Laborers work in the Qingdao branch of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile in Qingdao, China. STR | AFP | Getty Images Automakers are withdrawing employees from China and weighing whether to suspend manufacturing in the country as the virus that emerged in Wuhan less than a month ago ravages the mainland. Most major automakers have restricted or banned
U.S. health officials are currently monitoring 110 people across 26 states for the coronavirus, including the five patients who contracted the deadly infection in China and brought it back to America. The disease, which has killed at least 81 people in China and sickened more than 2,800 worldwide, isn’t spreading within the community in the
(L-R) Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell accept Album of the Year for “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Jeff Kravitz The 62nd Grammy Awards were dominated by 18-year-old Billie Eilish. The first-time Grammy nominee
A Chinese health worker checks the temperature of a woman entering a subway station during the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival on January 25, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images More than 2,700 people in China are now said to have been infected by the fast-spreading coronavirus while more countries have
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