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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 ...

DATE: Jan 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

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. ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

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...

DATE: Jan 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Reflexology unlocks pain relief by treating nerves in the feet

Practice can provide benefits from head to toe

DATE: Jan 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

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...

DATE: Jan 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

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’...

DATE: Jan 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

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

Coronavirus could spread more quickly during busy travel season

DATE: Jan 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

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...

DATE: Jan 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. 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 it will fall again. That’s the...

DATE: Jan 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Patients push limits for clues to chronic fatigue syndrome

BETHESDA, Md. – Researchers hooked Zach Ault to medical monitors as he slowly climbed onto a gym bike. An invisible disease is sidelining this once avid athlete and he knew the simple exerci...

DATE: Jan 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Electric scooter injuries surge along with their popularity

Electric scooter injuries have surged along with their popularity in the United States, nearly tripling over four years, researchers said in a study published Wednesday. Nearly 40...

DATE: Jan 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Cancer group finds biggest one-year drop in U.S. death rate

NEW YORK – Researchers on Wednesday reported the largest-ever one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they credited to advances in lung-tumor treatments. The overa...

DATE: Jan 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health