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Explainer: Why Coronavirus Mortality Rates Exclude Scientists

(Reuters) – Global deaths from COVID-19 have reached 1 million, but experts are still struggling to find a critical metric in epidemics: mortality – the percentage of people who die from a pathogen infection. Here’s a look at the issues to better understand COVID-19 mortality. How is the mortality rate …

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China’s industrial profits rise in fourth month

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Profits of China’s industrial companies rose for the fourth straight month in August, driven by lower prices of goods and equipment, the Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday. File photo: On September 2, 2019, a worker welds the edge of a bicycle steel in sports equipment at …

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