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The novel coronavirus is an unprecedented threat. We don’t know how bad it will be or for how long it will spread, but we do know that it has…
Continue ReadingThe novel coronavirus is an unprecedented threat. We don’t know how bad it will be or for how long it will spread, but we do know that it has…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE, Washington — The death toll from the new coronavirus has risen to at least 37 deaths. Seattle’s King County reported four new deaths…
Continue ReadingWhen emergency response teams were deployed to an Air Force base in northern California last month to assist potential victims of coronavirus, some…
Continue ReadingWhen emergency response teams were deployed to an Air Force base in northern California last month to assist potential victims of coronavirus, some…
Continue ReadingWhen emergency response teams were deployed to an Air Force base in northern California last month to assist potential victims of coronavirus, some…
Continue ReadingGENEVA, Switzerland — Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and inadequate government responses, the World Health Organization declared…
Continue ReadingYou may spend more waking hours at work than you do at home, but when was the last time you really, really cleaned your workspace? Offices provide…
Continue ReadingStarting today, you will notice that CNN is using the term pandemic to describe the current coronavirus outbreak. It is not a decision we take…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump has been comprehensively misinforming the public about the coronavirus. Trump has littered his public remarks on the…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One of the largest livestock exhibitions and rodeos in the world is being shut down early amid the growing concerns over the…
Continue ReadingEveryone has gripes about the American health care system. But now that the US is facing a coronavirus pandemic, the flaws have far greater —…
Continue ReadingYou’re going to prison. Four words that can strike fear into even the most hardened felon. But imagine how a jail sentence could affect…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts’ coronavirus cases have more than doubled and the state’s governor declared a state of emergency after employees who…
Continue ReadingThe second person ever to be cured of HIV is still free of active virus more than two years on, a study published by medical journal The Lancet HIV…
Continue ReadingIs it the flu, a cold or the new coronavirus? Patients and doctors alike are parsing signs of illness to figure out who needs what tests or care and…
Continue ReadingNursing homes in Washingto state have been instructed to limit visitors as coronavirus cases spread across 11 facilities — with Life Care…
Continue ReadingAlcoholics Anonymous, a worldwide support fellowship with a goal to achieve sobriety, may be the most effective path to abstinence for people…
Continue ReadingCNN readers are asking sharp questions about coronavirus every day. So each weekday, we’ll select some of the top questions and get you the…
Continue ReadingThe number of people infected with the novel coronavirus has surpassed 115,000, with the death toll reaching more than 4,200, as countries around the…
Continue ReadingAs the novel coronavirus spreads around the world, claiming more lives, governments across the globe are taking tougher measures to contain this…
Continue ReadingFour people have died and 30 have been hospitalized with listeria, likely after eating recalled enoki mushrooms from the company Sun Hong Foods,…
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two New Mexico State University students who returned from a trip to Italy are under self-quarantine as a precaution…
Continue ReadingAs the number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States reached 1,000 on Tuesday, officials further clamped down on large public gatherings and…
Continue ReadingSOCORRO, Texas — The Socorro Independent School District is launching a major offensive to fight back against the coronavirus. SISD officials said…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso community, emergency and health leaders discussed prevention and preparations for the coronavirus at a press conference…
Continue ReadingSANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan is confident about his agency’s ability to deal…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso County leaders were given a briefing Tuesday over the state of COVID19, more commonly referred to as the Coronavirus.…
Continue ReadingNEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Schools, houses of worship and large gathering places will be shuttered for two weeks in a “containment area”…
Continue ReadingLawmakers on Capitol Hill must now deal not only with the threat of coronavirus to the American public, but also the risks they themselves face from…
Continue ReadingWhen people hear the word chlamydia, they usually think about sexually transmitted infections. And it’s true that the specific bacteria that…
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