NewsWatch: Trump touts ‘biggest stock market rise in history yesterday,’ but many investors believe worst isn’t over amid coronavirus panic

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

President Donald Trump Saturday morning highlighted Friday’s big stock-market gains but investors fear that the worst isn’t over as coronavirus spreads. See full story.

Inside China’s campaign to blame the U.S. for the coronavirus pandemic

Chinese officials and state media have sought to sow doubt about the pandemic’s origin. See full story.

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Experts says the tactic will help ‘flatten the curve’ and prevent an explosion of new cases. See full story.

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There’s a lot of confusion about preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Here’s what health experts recommend. See full story.

Influenza kills more people than coronavirus so everyone is overreacting, right? Wrong — and here’s why

President Trump suspended all travel to the U.S. from Europe, and declared a national emergency over COVID-19’s rapid spread. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

‘I like to be criticized for being too overactive,’ said Dr. Fauci of aggressive measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. See full story.