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Samsung Display to end all LCD production by end 2020

Technology News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 05:53
South Korean panel maker Samsung Display has decided to end all of its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in South Korea and China by the end of this year, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Tencent-backed online education firm Yuanfudao raises $1 billion in new round

Technology News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 04:37
Chinese online education platform Yuanfudao said on Tuesday it has raised $1 billion in a new financing round, led by Tencent Holdings and private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group.
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California COVID-19 hospitalizations double in four days: governor

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 04:09
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state had nearly doubled over the past four days and the number of ICU patients tripled during that time.
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Factbox: Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 03:53
Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic.
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U.S. judges stop Texas, Ohio, Alabama from curbing abortions during coronavirus crisis

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 03:46
Federal judges on Monday blocked officials in Texas, Ohio and Alabama from banning most abortions in those states as part of their orders to postpone surgeries and other procedures deemed not medically necessary during the coronavirus crisis.
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U.S. panel outlines how doctors should ration care in a pandemic

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 02:59
A panel of advisers issued recommendations for new crisis treatment standards on Monday advising doctors and hospitals on how they should decide which patients with COVID-19 get lifesaving care and which do not.
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Samsung says chip factory worker tests positive for virus, output not affected

Technology News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 02:37
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday that one of its chip factory workers in South Korea had tested positive for coronavirus, but its output has not been affected.
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Activist investor Starboard says it has 9.3% stake in software firm Commvault

Technology News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 01:46
Activist investor Starboard Value LP has built a stake in U.S. data protection and data management software company Commvault, saying in a regulatory filing that it felt the shares were undervalued when it purchased them.
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New York greets hospital ship with cheers; U.S. death toll rises past 3,000

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 01:22
New York welcomed the arrival of a gleaming 1,000-bed U.S. Navy hospital ship on Monday as a beacon of hope for the city's desperate fight against the coronavirus pandemic, while the national death toll climbed past 3,000 on the country's most deadly day.
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U.S. Congress eyes next steps in coronavirus response

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 01:07
Three days after passing a $2.2 trillion package aimed at easing the heavy economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Congress was looking on Monday at additional steps it might take as the country's death toll approached 3,000.
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U.S. judge stops Texas from curbing abortions during coronavirus crisis

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 00:44
A U.S. judge on Monday blocked Texas officials from banning most abortions in the state as part of their order to postpone surgeries and other procedures deemed not medically necessary during the coronavirus crisis.
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On Oklahoma plains, an island of near normality in a pandemic

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 00:28
On red cobbled Main Street in Guymon, the biggest town in Oklahoma's panhandle, Jesus Ruiz gives "high and tight" hair cuts as a red, white and blue barber's pole turns lazily outside.
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Deaths, intubations swamp New Orleans doctors in coronavirus surge

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 00:28
Emergency room doctor Thomas Krajewski stopped at the hospital room door at 2 a.m. to glance at the chart. He knew instantly the long odds faced by the patient inside: A man in his 70s, with a fever, short of breath.
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The U.S. weighs the grim math of death vs. the economy

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 00:28
Hollstadt Consulting CEO Molly Jungbauer has had to let go 30 of the 150 employees at her St. Paul, Minnesota firm to weather the drop in revenue from travel industry clients because of the coronavirus.
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Cabin crew swap aircraft aisles for hospitals in UK's coronavirus fight

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 00:28
Britain's temporary hospitals are seeking volunteers from airlines, calling on cabin crew members who are currently grounded to use their first-aid skills and calm manner to help get the new Nightingale hospitals up and running.
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Trump says more than 1 million Americans have been tested for coronavirus

Health News (Reuters) - Tue, 03/31/2020 - 00:20
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that more than 1 million Americans had been tested for coronavirus and urged people to continue to follow social distancing measures through April to prevent the virus from spreading.
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Ford, GE to produce 50,000 ventilators in 100 days

Health News (Reuters) - Mon, 03/30/2020 - 23:57
Ford Motor Co said on Monday it will produce 50,000 ventilators over the next 100 days at a plant in Michigan in cooperation with General Electric's healthcare unit, and can then build 30,000 per month as needed to treat patients afflicted with the coronavirus.
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J&J, Moderna sign deals with U.S. to produce huge quantity of possible coronavirus vaccines

Health News (Reuters) - Mon, 03/30/2020 - 23:39
The U.S. government has cut deals with Johnson & Johnson and Moderna Inc and said it is in talks with at least two other companies to prepare them to produce massive quantities of coronavirus vaccines even before safe and effective ones become available.
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Italy to extend coronavirus lockdown until Easter as new cases fall

Health News (Reuters) - Mon, 03/30/2020 - 23:24
Italy's government on Monday said it would extend its nationwide lockdown measures against a coronavirus outbreak, due to end on Friday, at least until the Easter season in April, as the number of new infections declines.
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Coronavirus death toll in Italy's Lombardy rises by around 458 in a day: source

Health News (Reuters) - Mon, 03/30/2020 - 23:24
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern region of Lombardy, the epicenter of Italy's contagion, has risen by around 458 in a day to some 6,818, a source familiar with the data said on Monday.
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