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Few companies have halted hiring amid the coronavirus outbreak — but recruiting experts say that might change.Though the US added more than 270,000 jobs in February, staffing firms lost about 20% in value over the last month, according to Staffing Industry Analysts.Experts say there might be a "delayed reaction" to…

Whether you're looking to give your career a boost or simply want to enrich your life a bit, the easiest place to start is by learning a new skill. And with the recent boom in online courses, it's never been easier to add a new line to your resume without…

The CDC created a website to make it easy to keep track of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., but it hasn't been updated in several days and is stuck at the count from late last week, with 11 deaths and 161 infections. In fact, nearly twice this number are…

A secret project at Amazon known as "Project Gesundheit" is working toward developing a cure for the common cold, CNBC reported.The secretive project is part of Amazon's "Grand Challenge" R&D initiative lead by Babak Parviz, who previously led an R&D group at Alphabet, Google's parent company. While developing a cure to…

The number of coronavirus cases outside China could see a tenfold increase every 19 days in the absence of "strong intervention" by government officials worldwide, a study has found.Chinese researchers believe that "34 unobserved founder patients" with "mild symptoms" triggered the spread of COVID-19 outside mainland China."The situation is dangerous"…

Companies such as Google, Facebook, and Salesforce have restricted or canceled business travel for their employees in response to the coronavirus.Airlines and hotels are becoming increasingly flexible with change and cancellation fees during the outbreak, according to Mike Volpe, CEO of corporate travel management company Lola.com. Here's what you need to…

The spread of Covid-19, or the coronavirus, has reached every continent except Antarctica, with a death toll surpassing 3,000, and the World Health Organization announced that countries should prepare for a global pandemic. The Onion takes a look at the worst disease pandemics in world history.Plague Of Justinian (541-542):The deadly…

If you have an image in your head of Antarctica as a blindingly white winter wonderland, this photo of blood-red snow covering the ground will likely challenge that. As LiveScience reports, the images were posted to Facebook by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and were shot outside…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the number of COVID-19 cases overall, as well as in Europe, and clarify that outside of Asia, not China, Europe has been hardest hit by the new coronavirus.On Wednesday, Brazil’s health minister confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in South America,…

Companies and businesses around the world are sending workers home and bolstering health protocols to limit the spread of coronavirus, The New York Times reported Wednesday.  In Europe, companies like Chevron sent more than 1,300 employees home, while Sky barred high-risk employees and Lufthansa requested workers take unpaid leave.The global economic…