A string of companies, including Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Celebrity Cruises and Crystal Cruises, have announced changes to their itineraries for March and April. The deadly virus, which was first detected in China’s Wuhan city in the Hubei province, has infected at least 95,425 people, 80,411 of whom are in China, including at least 2,902 deaths in the country. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 3,286 globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University....

“We understand many people in the United States are worried about this virus and how it will affect Americans,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the Center for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters on Monday. “Risk depends on exposure.” Temporarily named 2019-nCoV, the virus originated in Wuhan, China, but has since spread to at least 12 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The vast majority of the 2,798 confirmed cases are confined to China, but as of Monday five people in America had tested positive for the virus....

According to the analytics site Metrics for Reddit, r/coronavirus is now the social content aggregator’s fastest growing page, or subreddit, with more than 378,000 new subscribers this week. The number of people turning to the subreddit for updated information on the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is still growing rapidly, with more than 265,000 new users added on Wednesday, bringing the total subscriber base to more than a half million users....

The study, published in the journal mSystems, comes as scientists work to gain a deeper understanding of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, which was first reported in China in late 2019 and has since infected at least 36.2 million people worldwide. Over the weekend, a separate team of researchers published a study in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases that suggested the virus can stay stable on human skin for up to nine hours....

Eats: In a city jam-packed with steakhouses (known as parrillas) serving up tender grass-fed beef, Rio Alba (Tel: 54-11-4773-5748) is the best, hands down. The old-school waiters wear vests and bow ties and refuse to write down your order, but they always remember your name and favorite cut of meat (mine is the bife de chorizo, a punto, a New York Strip steak, medium-rare, accompanied by a nice Malbec red)....

Corydalis yanhusuo grows in the Northern Hemisphere but is most often found in the high-altitude grasslands in China’s province of Zhejiang. The corydalis plant has five to 15 purple-blue-hued flowers clustered together that curve outward. Corydalis is often used with other herbal supplements. This article covers what corydalis is used for. It will also go over the potential risks and side effects of taking corydalis supplements. Purported Uses Supplement use should be individualized and vetted by a healthcare professional, such as a registered dietitian, pharmacist, or healthcare provider....

The Spain international struck the Blues’ second goal in their 2-0 win at Southampton on Sunday evening, curling a 30-yard effort past Fraser Forster in the Saints net. It was Costa’s eighth Premier League goal of the season, putting Antonio Conte’s men just a point behind Manchester City following four straight wins. Costa is the sixth-fastest player to reach the milestone.

The notoriously bullish forward set about ruffling the Stoke defence soon after kick-off and was shown a yellow card in the 17th minute when he reacted angrily after going down easily during a duel with Bruno Martins Indi. Costa clashed with Ryan Shawcross and Phil Bardsley as the game continued, but Conte was proud of the restraint showed by his player in avoiding a sending off. Unstoppable! Chelsea kill off title race...

At least three local media outlets said that Costco staff did not allow reporters inside its Scottsdale warehouse on Monday or conduct interviews on its grounds. 12 News reported that this meant journalists could not even ask questions of people waiting in line to have their copies of Trump Jr.’s new book signed by the president’s eldest son. Azfamily.com also claimed that Costco did not permit media to come inside the warehouse with cameras to watch the event....

Miguel Cotto doesn’t fall into those categories. This Saturday, Cotto steps into the ring for the last time in his storied career, when he defends the WBO junior middleweight championship against Sadam Ali from Madison Square Garden. He feels now is the time to step away from the limelight and enjoy the fruits of his labor with the people he loves more than life itself. “I have been doing this for 26 years of my life,” Cotto told Sporting News....

As September ends, speculation will be rife that the election could soon see a so-called “October surprise” that may have a major impact on voters’ choices and change the trajectory of the midterms. The term appears to have been coined in 1980 by William Casey, campaign manager for Ronald Reagan, and originally referred to the possibility that U.S. hostages held in Iran would be released before that year’s presidential election....

Everybody needs Haaland, too, but nobody more so than Borussia Dortmund. Last season, the striker finished as the Champions League’s top scorer. This season, he missed three games through injury and Dortmund was knocked out in his absence with its group-stage exit confirmed by a 3-1 humbling against Sporting CP in Lisbon. MORE: Where Haaland ranked in the Ballon d’Or voting Haaland’s hip problem was expected to sideline him for the rest of the year, but the self-professed machine returned almost two months early to net his 50th Bundesliga goal in his 50th Bundesliga game against Wolfsburg on Matchday 13, becoming the youngest and fastest player to achieve that feat....

The gifted attacker was in the midst of arguably the best season of his career. He scored 17 goals for Nice in 2015-16 and was credited with six more assists as the Allianz Arena side finished a very creditable fourth in the table, just two points behind second-place Lyon and the same number behind the Monaco side that would draw widespread praise the following year. When he was not named in Didier Deschamps’ France squad for Euro 2016, there was general disappointment and claims that the coach was holding a personal vendetta against the forward following his time at Marseille....

U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati acknowledged that it’s “possible” a scenario could arise between now and the end of her team-imposed 30-day suspension that would force them to keep Solo off the roster. But both parties are hopeful the 33-year-old keeper will be in net when the World Cup gets underway June 6. PHOTOS: Hope Solo gallery | MORE: Women’s World Cup players end ’turf war’ with FIFA “We’ve asked her to do a number of things, and she’s going to have to do those things and make progress in those areas,” Gulati told reporters on a conference call Monday....

And anytime you’re annoyed by these realities of Iraqi life, it won’t be long before something blows up to justify it “usually the same day. Today it was an apparent suicide car bomb near a vegetable market in a southern Baghdad neighborhood, Bayaa, which killed 10 people, and another car bombing at a Baghdad police station, killing two officers. And north of the city, in Muqdadiya, two brothers of Saleem al-Jubouri, spokesman for the Iraqi National Accord Front, a coalition of moderate Sunni groups, were assassinated....

Amit and Shilpi Agarwal run the successful blog Food and Flavors. The couple issued a statement on the blog’s Facebook page after their photo appeared on the front page of the newspaper and explained just how shocked they really were. “This is what the journalism has come down to in India,” wrote the couple. “Whatever small amount of trust I had on [Times of India] and on Indian journalism has just gone down the drain....

In the Mumsnet post, user MrMrsJones explains that, “Everytime someone says they aren’t coming it costs us £85 plus the evening buffet cost pp. “We didn’t want two tier guests so everyone is invited to the whole day and evening. Invited a year ago and invites sent out 6 months ago. I feel like sending them an invoice. AIBU, you don’t drop out 6 days before the whole thing happens....

Johnny Lee Peoples, 67, and 65-year-old Cathy Darlene Peoples spent their last moments together at a hospital in Rowan County, North Carolina, after battling the killer bug for 30 days. Now their son, Shane Peoples, has paid tribute to his parents and said his mother contracted COVID-19 just days before retiring. He said: “They were married 48 years and been together 50 years and they walked hand in hand for that time....

Kay is facing a trial beginning on October 4 in connection with the 2019 fatal overdose of Skaggs. He was indicated in October 2020 by a federal grand jury in Texas on two counts of distributing the synthetic opioid fentanyl that resulted in Skaggs’ death. He has pleaded not guilty. The latest documents reveal prosecutors plan to present testimony from five players who claim they received oxycodone from Kay. None of the players are named in the documents, but Friday’s filing states that Kay provided “controlled substances, including oxycodone,” to players for the Angels players since 2017....

On September 5, the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, directed Mathis Independent School District to grant Cesar and Diego Gonzales a religious accommodation while the case continues to make its way through the courts. For two years, the Gonzales brothers have been banned from participating in after-school activities at Mathis Middle School, including playing football and joining the art and computer programing clubs, because both have one long, thin braid, which administrators claim is a violation of the dress code mandating hair for males not go past the collar....