(Natural News) In response to a growing Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, authorities in Urumqi, the capital of China’s far-western Xinjiang region, are apparently now forcing citizens to take untested medications in a supposed effort to stop the spread of the disease. Urumqi has been placed under lockdown for over a month now, following reports of a […]

(Natural News) South Korea’s handling of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) has generally been regarded as one of the most successful responses to the pandemic. However, a strike by the country’s largest physicians group has raised questions about the country’s capacity to handle further outbreaks. At least 8,365 of the country’s total 33,836 medical facilities, including private clinics, joined the […]

(Natural News) A citizen journalist who traveled to Wuhan to report on the coronavirus outbreak was recently arrested by Chinese police. Zhang Zhan has become the fourth known independent journalist to be silenced by authorities for attempting to document the effects of the pandemic. Chinese human rights blog Weiquanwang broke the news about Zhang’s arrest on […]

(Natural News) Authorities have warned that states are being hit with unemployment-benefit fraud amounting to billions of lost dollars. This comes amid historically high levels of jobless claims related to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “In a large-scale scam erupting in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, imposters are filing claims for unemployment benefits, using the names and […]

(Natural News) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is far from over. Fauci made the warning as some of the worst-hit states have started reopening their economies. “In a period of four months, it has devastated the whole world,” Fauci said to […]

(Natural News) To make progress with remdesivir, the drug that’s buoyed expectations for the treatment of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), Gilead Sciences needed help from American taxpayers, getting assistance from three federal health agencies. Despite this, the federal agencies have not asserted patent rights to the drug, meaning that Gilead will have little constraint when […]