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Laundry between emails: Working from home goes viral in the time of coronavirus

Laundry between emails: Working from home goes viral in the time of coronavirus

Love it or hate it, millions of workers are figuring out a new work-life balance as more employers try to curb the spread of the coronavirus by ordering them to stay away from the office.
by Yuki Noguchi

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Officials set to receive thousands from ship hit by virus

Officials set to receive thousands from ship hit by virus

As the U.S. death toll from the virus reached at least 21 and the number of cases worldwide soared above 110,000, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayor of Oakland sought to reassure the public that none of the Grand Princess passengers would be exposed to the U.S. public before completing the quarantine.
by The Associated Press

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Seattle health-care system offers drive-thru coronavirus testing for workers

Seattle health-care system offers drive-thru coronavirus testing for workers

A hospital in Seattle has set up a drive-thru coronavirus testing clinic in its garage. The idea is to quickly test workers who have symptoms without putting other staff or patients at risk.
by Jon Hamilton

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Nursing homes face unique challenge with coronavirus

Nursing homes face unique challenge with coronavirus

From Miami to Seattle, nursing homes and other facilities for the elderly are stockpiling masks and thermometers, preparing for staff shortages and screening visitors to protect a particularly vulnerable population from the coronavirus.
by The Associated Press

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Global health expert says coronavirus containment remains possible

Global health expert says coronavirus containment remains possible

China's experience shows how the virus can be stopped. But the World Health Organization's Dr. Bruce Aylward said other countries may be drawing the wrong lessons about how China achieved it.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Nurith Aizenman

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