New China virus details show challenge for outbreak control

It can spread person to person, even if someone is showing no symptoms. The next in line can continue to pass it on. The incubation period is so long that people may not know where or when t...

Study is halted as HIV vaccine fails test in South Africa

The latest attempt at an HIV vaccine has failed, as researchers announced Monday they have stopped giving the experimental shots in a major study. The study had enrolled more than...

U.S. evacuees ‘relieved’ about quarantine on military base

RIVERSIDE, California – Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China because of the new virus are “very relieved’ to be quarantined at a military base in Southern California for two weeks, one ...

FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergy

WASHINGTON – The first treatment for peanut allergies is about to hit the market, a big step toward better care for all kinds of food allergies -- but still a long way from a cure. ...

U.S. beefs up screening of travelers for new virus from China

WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials offered a reality check Tuesday about the scary new virus from China: They’re expanding screenings of international travelers and taking other precautions ...

Arizona, California cases push U.S. tally of new virus to 5

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new virus from China, all among people who traveled to the city at the center of the outbreak, health officials said Sunday. ...

Chicago woman is 2nd U.S. patient with new virus from China

WASHINGTON – A Chicago woman has become the second U.S. patient diagnosed with the dangerous new virus from China, health officials announced Friday. The woman in her 60s returned...

Reflexology unlocks pain relief by treating nerves in the feet

Practice can provide benefits from head to toe

Science Says: What to know about the viral outbreak in China

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new virus that originated in China. Governments are stepping up surveillance of airline passengers from...

Washington man is 1st in U.S. 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 who returned last week from the outbreak’...

Human-to-human transmission of viral pneumonia confirmed in China

Coronavirus could spread more quickly during busy travel season

U.S. 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 worries about an international outbreak, h...