Health Mar 04 U.S. virus death toll rises to 11 with first California victim The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 11 with a victim succumbing in California — the first reported fatality outside Washington state.
Nation Mar 04 Despite deaths, so far no shutdown orders in Seattle area As the coronavirus spread through Asia officials closed the schools in China, Japan and Hong Kong but at the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, officials in Washington have so far not ordered that classrooms be shuttered or…
Health Mar 03 U.S. coronavirus death toll climbs to 9 All of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States so far have been in the Seattle area.
Health Mar 01 Authorities announce 2nd coronavirus death in U.S. Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus — a man in his 70s from a nursing facility near Seattle where dozens of people were sick and had been tested for…
Health Jan 21 U.S. gets 1st case of new virus that caused an outbreak in China A U.S. resident who recently returned from an overseas trip has been diagnosed with the new virus that has sparked an outbreak in China and stringent monitoring around the world, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
Health Aug 29 Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September, according to a CDC report.
Nation May 15 U.S. birth rate falls to 32-year low A provisional report found there 3.788 million births last year, marking the fourth year the number of births has fallen.
Health Apr 02 FDA says it’s exploring CBD’s uses. Does it work — and is it legal? Products containing CBD are already in stores and sold online, so it's easy to believe there must be something special about the ingredient. But the claims are largely unproven and quality control standards don't exist.
Health Mar 05 A second person seems to be HIV-free after stem cell transplant The transplant changed the London patient's immune system, giving him the donor's gene mutation and HIV resistance.
Nation Oct 23 U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic, health secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday, cautioning it's too soon to declare victory.