Trump suggests he may be open to entitlement cuts in future
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest in a television interview Wednesday that he’s willing to consider entitlement cuts in the futu...
Chinese city stops outbound flights, trains to fight virus
BEIJING — Chinese state media say the city of Wuhan is shutting down outbound flights and trains as the country battles the spread of a new virus that...
Discredited conversion therapy banned in conservative Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state and one of the most...
Hand sanitizers, flu shots _ businesses’ defense against flu
NEW YORK — As this winter's flu outbreak intensifies, small business owners try to keep their companies from being overwhelmed by employee absences.
Unusual study details woes among veterans of foster care
NEW YORK — Americans who have spent time in foster care are far more likely than other adults to lack a college degree, health insurance and a stable ...
Years after SARS, a more confident China faces a new virus
BEIJING — As a viral outbreak spread from the central Chinese city of Wuhan this week, the ruling Communist Party's political and legal affairs commis...
China virus outbreak may wallop economy, financial markets
BANGKOK — News that a new virus that has afflicted hundreds of people in central China can spread between humans has rattled financial markets and rai...
Virus prompts temperature checks, extra cleaning at airports
BEIJING — Many countries are checking the temperatures of arriving airline passengers and adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to ...
Washington man is 1st in US to catch new virus from China
SEATTLE — The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident w...
Rocker Ozzy Osbourne announces Parkinson’s diagnosis
NEW YORK — Rocker Ozzy Osbourne says that he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement.
Planned Parenthood endorses challenger to Sen. Susan Collins
PORTLAND, Maine — Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday that it is endorsing a Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, saying ...
As virus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas
WUHAN, China — Face masks sold out and temperature checks at airports and train stations became the new norm as China strove Tuesday to control the ou...
Major doctors’ group calls for US to assure coverage for all
WASHINGTON — With health care an election-year priority, a major doctors’ organization on Monday called for sweeping government action to guarantee co...
Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus
BEIJING — The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronav...
China reports 17 new cases in viral pneumonia outbreak
BEIJING — Seventeen more people in central China have been diagnosed with a new form of viral pneumonia that has killed two patients and placed other ...
Cities can’t opt out of legal pot under new state proposal
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico would legalize recreational marijuana sales without exceptions for dissenting cities and counties under a rebooted proposa...
China reports 4 more cases in viral pneumonia outbreak
BEIJING — Four more cases have been identified in a viral pneumonia outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that has killed two people and promp...
US to screen airline passengers from China for new illness
NEW YORK — Three U.S. airports will screen passengers arriving from central China for a new virus that has sickened dozens, killed two and prompted wo...
China reports 2nd death from virus behind pneumonia outbreak
BEIJING — A second person has died from a new coronavirus that has caused an outbreak of pneumonia in central China, health authorities said.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley goes public with alopecia and baldness
NEW YORK — Rep. Ayanna Pressley, whose hair twists have been an inspiration to young girls and part of her personal identity and political brand, said...
1st malaria vaccine tried out in babies in 3 African nations
TOMALI, Malawi — A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against m...
Patient in Japan confirmed as having new virus from China
TOKYO — Japan's government said Thursday a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified...
Aviation experts puzzled after airliner dumps fuel over city
LOS ANGELES — Some aviation experts said Wednesday that they were puzzled after the crew of a commercial airliner decided to dump fuel at low altitude...
China: Possible that new virus could spread between humans
BEIJING — The possibility that a new virus in central China could spread between humans cannot be ruled out, though the risk of transmission at the mo...
US drinking more now than just before Prohibition
NEW YORK — Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition was enacted. What’s more, it’s been rising for two decades, and it’s not clear when i...
Amid doc’s murder case, lawsuits reflect battle over blame
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the year since an Ohio hospital system announced an intensive care doctor had ordered excessive painkillers for dozens of patients...
Thailand reports case of coronavirus from China
BANGKOK — A Chinese visitor to Thailand has been confirmed to be infected with a new strain of coronavirus that has been linked to a pneumonia outbrea...
High anxiety: Proposed US hemp rules worry industry
PORTLAND, Ore. — Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop no...
Maine swim coach on pool deck despite medical setbacks
BANGOR, Maine — A college swimming coach has endured a quadruple bypass after a heart attack, removal of cancerous tumors from his colon and wrists, a...
China reports 1st death from new type of coronavirus
BEIJING — Health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Saturday reported the country's first death from a new type of coronavirus.