Questions complicate efforts to contain new virus from China
WASHINGTON — Reports one day suggest the respiratory outbreak in China might be slowing, the next brings word of thousands more cases. Even the expert...
Haiti officials say 15 children died in residence fire
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A fire swept through a Haitian children's home run by a Pennsylvania-based religious nonprofit group, killing 15 children, off...
US stocks post small gains, major indexes up for the week
Stocks are closing slightly higher on Wall Street Friday, as technology shares rise along with lower-risk sectors. The major stock indexes finished wi...
Appeals court deals blow to Trump’s Medicaid work rules
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's effort to remake Medicaid by requiring low-income people to work for health care suffered a serious setback Fr...
Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits US kids
NEW YORK — A second wave of flu is hitting the U.S., turning this into one of the nastiest seasons for children in a decade.
Feds probing how personal Medicare info gets to marketers
WASHINGTON — A government watchdog is launching a nationwide probe into how marketers may be getting seniors’ personal Medicare information aided by a...
With virus, shops in China suffer a star-crossed Valentines
BEIJING — In virus-stricken China, couples can celebrate Valentine's Day with a roast beef salad, hot chocolate, a rose and a note, all delivered to t...
No ‘Plan B’ for Olympics; questions over Chinese presence
TOKYO — Tokyo Olympic organizers and the International Olympic Committee said Friday there is no “Plan B” for the 2020 Games, which open in just over ...
Asian stocks rebound from early losses as virus toll grows
Shares rebounded in Asia on Friday after an early sell-off, though Japan's benchmark declined as investors reacted to news of a growing number of case...
Cruise stranded by virus fears ends with roses in Cambodia
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia — Hundreds of cruise ship passengers long stranded at sea by virus fears cheered as they finally disembarked Friday and were w...
New Mexico bid for recreational marijuana is all but doomed
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico's bid to become the 12th U.S. state to legalize recreational use of marijuana abruptly fell flat after state senators in a...
Fear, boredom, adventure fill each day on quarantined ship
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Fear. Surprising moments of levity. Soul-crushing boredom.
South Sudan ignores reports on oil pollution, birth defects
PALOCH, South Sudan — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated wi...
EU health ministers boost preparations to fight new virus
BRUSSELS — European Union health ministers agreed Thursday to boost preparations and organize a coordinated response to prevent the virus that emerged...
Virus worries force cancellation of major tech show in Spain
LONDON — Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair are pulling the plug over worries about the viral outbreak from China.
UN: Congo’s Ebola outbreak slows but still global emergency
GENEVA — The World Health Organization said although signs are now “extremely positive” in Congo that the Ebola outbreak is winding down, the epidemic...
Fall in new cases raises hope in virus outbreak in China
BEIJING — The number of new cases of the coronavirus in China dropped for a second straight day, health officials said Wednesday in a possible glimmer...
2 Russians flee virus quarantine, in dismay at hospitals
MOSCOW — One patient jumped out of a hospital window to escape her quarantine and another managed to break out by disabling an electronic lock.
Singapore bank clears office after virus case found
SINGAPORE — The Singapore bank DBS on Wednesday cleared a downtown office and told some 300 employees to work from home after one of its staff was inf...
Asian shares rise despite worries about virus outbreak
TOKYO — Asian shares were higher Wednesday, although the outbreak of a new virus in the region continued to weigh on investor sentiments.
Q&A: How virus is impacting Asia’s cruises and passengers
A new viral outbreak is wreaking havoc on cruises in Asia, where some passengers are stranded aboard ships and others can't leave China.
CDC cites label error in mixup involving coronavirus patient
SAN DIEGO — A labeling error caused a person infected with the novel coronavirus to be mistakenly released from a hospital and returned to a San Diego...
Tenet Healthcare to pay $1.4M to settle cardiac lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its Southern California hospital Desert Regional Medical Center will pay $1.41 million to resolve alleg...
Virus fears play out ahead of shrinking global tech event
LONDON — The impact on travel and commerce from the viral outbreak in China is playing out ahead of one of the world's biggest technology fairs schedu...
Spanish government renews efforts to legalize euthanasia
LISBON, Portugal — Spain’s new Socialist-led government has launched another attempt to legalize euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide.
Virus cases in Hong Kong apartments recall SARS memories
HONG KONG — The diagnosis of four people living in a single Hong Kong apartment block who were sickened by a new virus is prompting worried comparison...
China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000
BEIJING — China remains mostly closed for business, as the daily death toll from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total above 1,...
UN meeting ponders fast-track drugs, vaccines for new virus
GENEVA — The World Health Organization convened outside experts Tuesday to fast-track promising tests, drugs and vaccines to help slow the outbreak of...
Health officials trace British patient travels in outbreak
LONDON — A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease of international travel is complicating global...
Mystery $844B pot in Trump budget signals Medicaid cuts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s budget contains an $844 billion mystery pot for his still undefined health care plan, signaling steep cuts to Me...