A team of scientists in Australia has said they have successfully developed a lab-grown version of coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside of China, in a breakthrough that could help combat the global spread of the illness.

Hundreds of Americans and Japanese leave the quarantined Chinese city at the centre of a viral epidemic aboard charter flights, as the death toll soared to 132 and confirmed infections neared 6,000.

A German man who tested positive for the strain of coronavirus currently sweeping China was infected by a work colleague, officials say, in what is believed to be the first human transmission in Europe.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam urges Bangladeshi citizens in China to comply with every directive of the country’s government to combat the coronavirus situation.

Japanese authorities say a man with no recent travel to China has contracted the novel strain of coronavirus -- apparently after driving tourists visiting from Wuhan, where a deadly outbreak began.

Amid growing adversity and a lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak, residents in Wuhan of China are chanting ‘Jiayou’, which roughly translated means fuel or oil but is rarely ever used in that context.

China urges its citizens to postpone trips abroad as the country expands a massive effort to contain a viral outbreak that has killed more than 100 people nationwide.

A woman and her nephew died following fever in a village of Munshiganj, setting off panic among locals.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given directives to bring back Bangladeshi nationals who are now in coronavirus-stricken China and want to return, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says in a Facebook post.

The toll from China's viral epidemic spikes to 80 dead with hundreds of new infections despite unprecedented quarantines and travel lockdowns, as foreign governments scrambled to help their trapped citizens.

The government is likely to consider imposing a temporary suspension on travelling to and from China in the wake of the deadly Coronavirus outbreak, Health Minister Zahid Maleque says.

Bangladeshi students who are stuck in a lockdown at ‘Ground Zero’ of the Coronavirus outbreak in China are finally at ease after authorities from Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing and their university have assured them of assistance.

Canada's first "presumptive" case of a new coronavirus has been detected in a man who returned to Toronto from the Chinese city where the virus first appeared, health officials announce.

The death toll from a virus in China has risen to 56 and the number of people infected across the country is nearing 2,000, authorities say. Fifteen more people have died and at least 688 new cases of the coronavirus have now been confirmed.

The deadly Wuhan coronavirus, officially called 2019-nCoV, has killed 56 people and infected at least 1300 others in China. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released guidance on the symptoms of the virus. A person could be at risk if they have:

Intermittent fasting (IF) has become one of the fastest-growing nutrition trends of the year, topping lists ranging from of celebrity-endorsed eating plans to Google searches by curious dieters.

Women experience steeper increases in blood pressure (BP) than men as they age, according to a JAMA Cardiology study.

Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group of neurodevelopmental disorders, which is characterised by the challenges of social behaviour, speech, language, and communication.

Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered antibiotics almost ninety years ago. He noticed that some molds had grown on a Petri plate wherever bacteria could not grow.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has declared a virus emergency in the Asian financial hub, announcing a package of measures to limit the city's links with mainland China.