States step up funding for Planned Parenthood clinics
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Severalstates have begun picking up the tab for family planning services at clinics run by Planne...
16 cruise ship evacuees being moved to US hospitals
SEATTLE (AP) — Eleven Americans who were brought to the U.S. from a quarantined cruise ship have been moved to hospitals...
AP FACT CHECK: Dems’ sticky health debate; Trump’s rally
WASHINGTON (AP) — Who’s got the goods on health care policy? That question was an undercurrent in the feisty Democratic ...
U.S. medical schools boost LGBTQ students, doctor training
Aliya Feroe recalls the flustered OB-GYN who referred her to another physician after learning she identified as queer. F...
ASEAN diplomats praise China’s handling of virus outbreak
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asia’s top diplomats praised China’s handling of the virus outbreak and pledged Thursda...
Weather and protests hamper Ukraine quarantine efforts
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s effort to evacuate more than 70 people from China over the outbreak of a new virus faced setback...
2 former cruise ship passengers with virus die in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Two elderly passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship because they were infected with a new vir...
Egypt’s once-reviled street dogs get chance at a better life
CAIRO (AP) — Karim Hegazi spends his days in a Cairo clinic taking care of animals long considered a menace in Egypt.Str...
The Latest: Sanders: Democrat with most delegates should win
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest on the 2020 presidential campaign and Democratic debat e (all times local):8 p.m.Bernie Sand...
80 is not the new 70: Age may bias heart care, study finds
People are more likely to buy things when prices end in 99 cents rather than rounded up to the next dollar, or cars with...
Passengers leave ship docked off Japan after quarantine ends
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — About 500 passengers left the cruise ship Diamond Princess on Wednesday at the end of a much-crit...
Questions about Sanders’ health linger after heart attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders says he doesn’t plan to divulge additional information about his health, months after s...
Medical marijuana bill clears Alabama Senate committee
1 of 2Cristi Cain speaks to reporters after appearing at a hearing where Alabama lawmakers granted initial approval to a...
Finally let off cruise, passengers desperate for flight home
BANGKOK (AP) — The cheers of celebration have faded. The waving of roses has ceased. Having finally reached a friendly p...
UK patient plays violin during unusual brain surgery
LONDON (AP) — Surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin dur...
China’s virus center vows no patient unchecked as cases fall
BEIJING (AP) — Protective suit-clad inspectors in the epicenter of China’s viral outbreak went door-to-door Wednesday to...
Russia to ban entry of Chinese nationals to halt virus
BERLIN (AP) — Russia will temporarily ban Chinese nationals from entering the country due to the virus outbreak centered...
Experts ponder why cruise ship quarantine failed in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan, many scientists say it wa...
AP Interview: UN chief says new virus poses ‘enormous’ risks
LAHORE, Pakistan — The U.N. secretary general said Tuesday that the virus outbreak that began in China poses “a very dangerous situation” for the worl...
Japan says 88 more virus cases confirmed on quarantined ship
TOKYO — Japanese health authorities said Tuesday they have confirmed 88 more cases of the new virus on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo.
China reports 1,886 new virus cases, death toll up by 98
Mainland China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths for a total of 1,868 in its update Tuesday, following a report that 80% of cases have...
American cruise passengers quarantined at US military bases
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantine...
Quarantine ruling: Russia sends woman back after she escapes
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday ordered a woman who escaped from a virus quarantine to return back to the hospital she fled and stay under quaranti...
Virus fears rise after Cambodia’s acceptance of cruise ship
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The feel-good story of how Cambodia allowed a cruise ship to dock after it was turned away elsewhere in Asia for fear of spread...
French health minister to run for Paris mayor to end scandal
PARIS — France's Health Minister Agnes Buzyn was named on Sunday as a new candidate for mayor of Paris, a late entry by the country's governing party ...
Quarantine ends for Germans; Italy to fly citizens from ship
BERLIN — More than 100 Germans evacuated from the hard-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak, were set to end their p...
Xi’s early involvement in virus outbreak raises questions
BEIJING — A recent speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping that has been published by state media indicates for the first time that he was leading the ...
Silver: NBA, USA Basketball still may play in China in 2020
CHICAGO — The NBA and USA Basketball are still considering playing in China later this year, though the complexities of both the political rift caused...
France announces 1st death of virus patient outside Asia
PARIS — France on Saturday reported the first death outside Asia of a person infected with the new virus from China, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist wh...
New virus cases fall; WHO says China bought the world time
BEIJING — China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases Saturday while the head of the World Health Organization praised the country's effort...