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(Jan 31): The death toll in China from the new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday, with overall cases worldwide rising rapidly in an outbreak that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency.

Private outpatient medical service provider Healthway Medical Corporation led the way on Tuesday, surging 42.9% to a new 52-week-high of 4 cents as at 12pm. But other SGX-listed healthcare stocks are also on the rise.

Some patients worked at a seafood market where birds, snakes and rabbit organs were reportedly sold.

SINGAPORE (July 26): Singapore has the highest life expectancy among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, with average life expectancy increasing from 76.1 years in 1990 to 84.8 years in 2017. But more than a decade of that ex