Health

WATCH: What you need to know about novel coronavirus

By Laura Santhanam

Nearly 77,000 people are sick with the virus globally and more than 2,200 people have died after they were infected, the World Health Organization reported Friday.

The dramatic death of a former president at the U.S. Capitol

By Dr. Howard Markel

Perhaps the strangest event that ever occurred in the House chamber of the Capitol harkens all the way back to 1848.

Another man accuses late University of Michigan doctor of sex abuse

By David Eggert, Kathleen Foody, Mike Householder, Associated Press

The president of the University of Michigan has apologized to "anyone who was harmed" by a late doctor after several former students said he molested them during medical exams at the school.

Ukrainians fearing infection clash with police to block evacuees from China

By Dmytro Vlasov, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press

Demonstrators put up road blocks, burned tires and resisted riot police who moved to clear access. …

In rough a U.S. flu season for kids, vaccine working OK so far

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

For kids, the flu vaccine has been more than 50% effective in preventing flu illness severe enough to send someone to the doctor's office. Experts say that's considered pretty good for a flu vaccine.

WATCH: WHO says data shows decline in new COVID-19 cases

By Associated Press

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus said the data from China continued to show a decline in new confirmed cases, adding that whilst the trend was encouraging "this is no time for complacency."…

How the psychology of a $4.99 price tag might influence who undergoes heart surgery

By Eric Boodman, STAT

The older you get, the likelier it is that an operation’s risks outweigh the benefits. Yet to arbitrarily — and perhaps, unknowingly — fixate on the threshold at which patients pass from their 70s into their 80s seems like an…

Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite

By Matt O'Brien, Christina Larson, Associated Press

The first public alert outside China about the novel coronavirus came on Dec. 30 from the automated HealthMap system at Boston Children's Hospital.

South Korea reports 1st virus death

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

The death was the ninth confirmed from the virus outside mainland China. Other deaths have occurred in France, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan.

New Chinese virus cases decline, but tracking method revised again

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Another 114 people reportedly died from the new illness, COVID-19, as health inspectors went door-to-door to attempt to find every infected person in the worst-hit city of Wuhan.