by Alec Bose | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured, Health
Medicare-for-All has become one of the most important issues in the democratic primary. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the policy has majority support among the American people at 52% as of last month and has become central to the healthcare policy for...
by Kelly Cannon | Mar 16, 2020 | Health, Topics
PARIS — Top health experts from around the world are mobilizing to combat the novel coronavirus that has infected more than 77,000 people worldwide. The global health threat posed by the coronavirus has kicked the world’s scientific community into...
by Bing Xiao | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured, Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — As the coronavirus continues to spread across the world, U.S. public health experts say the only way to distinguish it from the seasonal flu is by testing. Last week, clinical labs tested 42,000 respiratory specimens, said Anne Schuchat, principal...
by Soram Cheon | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – South Korea has more cases of coronavirus than any country outside China – 1,261 – and that now includes the first U.S. serviceman stationed in the country, according to the United States Forced Korea. The 23-year-old male soldier is stationed at Camp...
by Bing Xiao | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — A change in the current U.S. policy limiting travel from China to the United States and quarantining returning travelers should be considered as the nation tries to handle the coronavirus outbreak, several health experts told a House hearing...
by Chiara Vercellone | Jan 29, 2020 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Hospitals around the country must develop diagnostic tests to quickly detect possible cases of the coronavirus that started in China and is spreading across the world, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. The FDA, which has launched a website with...