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Doctors try 1st CRISPR editing in the body for blindness

Doctors try 1st CRISPR editing in the body for blindness

Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone’s body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on...

Health & Environment
Virus death rate still uncertain as mild cases are missed

Virus death rate still uncertain as mild cases are missed

WASHINGTON (AP) — How deadly is the coronavirus that exploded from China? The answer reflects a hard reality about fast-moving outbreaks: As cases pop up...

Health & Environment
Dogs, cats can’t pass on coronavirus, but can test positive

Dogs, cats can’t pass on coronavirus, but can test positive

HONG KONG (AP) — Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of...

Health & Environment
Seattle-area officials buy $4 million `quarantine’ motel

Seattle-area officials buy $4 million `quarantine’ motel

SEATTLE (AP) — Hard surfaces, easy-to-clean floors and separate heating-and-cooling units in each room: The amenities offered by the suburban EconoLodge motel may not be...

Health & Environment
China’s virus slowdown offers hope for global containment

China’s virus slowdown offers hope for global containment

The slowdown in coronavirus cases out of China offers a sliver of hope that the global outbreak can be controlled, but whether that can happen...

Health & Environment
Senate poised to send Trump $8.3 billion plan to fight virus

Senate poised to send Trump $8.3 billion plan to fight virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — An $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak should soon make its way to President Trump after a Senate vote...

Health & Environment
AP PHOTOS: Venice a shell of itself as tourists flee virus

AP PHOTOS: Venice a shell of itself as tourists flee virus

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Carnival period in Venice usually marks the start of peak season in one of the world’s most visited cities, with...

Health & Environment
Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing

Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with about 3,500 people aboard to hold off the...

Health & Environment
The Latest: Vatican working to control spread of new virus

The Latest: Vatican working to control spread of new virus

BANGKOK (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local): 1:55 a.m. The Vatican says it is working with Italian authorities to coordinate...

Health & Environment
WHO urges globe to ‘pull out the stops’ against virus’ march

WHO urges globe to ‘pull out the stops’ against virus’ march

BANGKOK (AP) — The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal Thursday from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out...

Health & Environment
Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America

Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who traveled to Italy this month has Latin America’s first...

Health & Environment
Supervised drug injection site in US is almost ready to open

Supervised drug injection site in US is almost ready to open

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia nonprofit group detailed plans Wednesday to open next week what would be the nation’s first medically supervised injection site to...

Health & Environment
Trump urges calm even as US reports worrisome new virus case

Trump urges calm even as US reports worrisome new virus case

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the new respiratory virus sweeping the globe isn’t inevitable even as top...

Health & Environment
How deadly is new coronavirus? It’s still too early to tell

How deadly is new coronavirus? It’s still too early to tell

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists can’t tell yet how deadly the new virus that’s spreading around the globe really is — and deepening the mystery, the...

Health & Environment
Trump faces credibility test as he plays down virus threat

Trump faces credibility test as he plays down virus threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces a critical personal challenge in grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak: asking Americans to believe him after he...

Health & Environment
Pope cancels visit with Rome priests for ‘slight’ illness

Pope cancels visit with Rome priests for ‘slight’ illness

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is sick and skipped a planned Mass with Rome clergy across town on Thursday, officials said. The Vatican said...

Health & Environment
Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over virus; Iran cases spike

Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over virus; Iran cases spike

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday banned foreign pilgrims from entering the kingdom to visit Islam’s holiest sites over the new...

Health & Environment
Vexed by how to contain virus, countries take tough steps

Vexed by how to contain virus, countries take tough steps

BANGKOK (AP) — Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam’s holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports across Latin America looked...

Health & Environment
New US coronavirus case may be 1st from unknown origin

New US coronavirus case may be 1st from unknown origin

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new coronavirus case in California could be the first in the U.S. that has no known connection to travel abroad...

Health & Environment
About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds

About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds

NEW YORK (AP) — About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said Thursday. The...

Health & Environment
Juul halts US sales of popular mint-flavored e-cigarettes

Juul halts US sales of popular mint-flavored e-cigarettes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Juul Labs said Thursday it will halt U.S. sales of its best-selling, mint-flavored electronic cigarettes as it struggles to survive a nationwide...

Health & Environment
Trump to pursue higher sales age for e-cigarettes

Trump to pursue higher sales age for e-cigarettes

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday his administration will pursue raising the age to purchase electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21 in its...

Health & Environment
Doctors try CRISPR gene editing for cancer, a 1st in the US

Doctors try CRISPR gene editing for cancer, a 1st in the US

The first attempt in the United States to use a gene editing tool called CRISPR against cancer seems safe in the three patients who have...

Health & Environment
Vaping-related lung transplant performed at Detroit hospital

Vaping-related lung transplant performed at Detroit hospital

DETROIT (AP) — Doctors at a Detroit hospital have performed what could be the first double lung transplant on a man whose lungs were damaged...

Health & Environment
US officials identify ‘strong culprit’ in vaping illnesses

US officials identify ‘strong culprit’ in vaping illnesses

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses, reporting they have a...

Health & Environment
Trump, 2020 Dem contenders tout efforts to boost veterans

Trump, 2020 Dem contenders tout efforts to boost veterans

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — On Veterans Day, President Donald Trump paid tribute to America’s troops at a New York City parade as top 2020 Democratic...

Health & Environment
Air quality sinks to ‘severe’ in haze-shrouded New Delhi

Air quality sinks to ‘severe’ in haze-shrouded New Delhi

NEW DELHI (AP) — A thick gray haze blanketed India’s capital on Tuesday, with authorities attempting to reduce the pollution by sprinkling water to settle...

Health & Environment
Portland, Oregon, paramedics learn self-defense amid attacks

Portland, Oregon, paramedics learn self-defense amid attacks

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Trisha Preston was transporting a patient in a mental health crisis in the back of her ambulance when suddenly the woman...

Health & Environment
Cholesterol levels dropping in US, but many still need care

Cholesterol levels dropping in US, but many still need care

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some good health news: Americans’ cholesterol levels are dropping, and more people at especially high risk are getting treatment. Researchers say Monday’s...

Health & Environment
Philanthropists give $106M to fund brain research alliance

Philanthropists give $106M to fund brain research alliance

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billionaire philanthropists Joan and Sandy Weill announced Tuesday they are donating $106 million to launch a research initiative at three West...

Health & Environment
South Africa’s young rape survivors need counseling: MSF

South Africa’s young rape survivors need counseling: MSF

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new study says many South African health facilities designated to help survivors of sexual violence don’t offer counseling to children who...

Health & Environment
Denver is latest city pushing for 1st US drug injection site

Denver is latest city pushing for 1st US drug injection site

DENVER (AP) — Despite federal opposition, Denver is trying again to become what could be the first U.S. city to open a supervised drug injection...

Health & Environment
From Barron to casserole, first lady opens up on White House

From Barron to casserole, first lady opens up on White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump opened up a bit Wednesday about life in the Trump White House, where 12-year-old Barron is more interested...

Health & Environment
HIV cases in children dropping but still too slowly, UN says

HIV cases in children dropping but still too slowly, UN says

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The United Nations children’s agency says the number of youths living with HIV could drop by about one-third to 1.9 million between...

Health & Environment
Younger school entry could set stage for ADHD diagnosis

Younger school entry could set stage for ADHD diagnosis

The youngest children in kindergarten are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in early grades, a study shows, an intriguing finding...

Health & Environment
California court reverses ruling against assisted suicide

California court reverses ruling against assisted suicide

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court overturned a lower court order that had imperiled the state’s assisted suicide law, but a longer legal...

Health & Environment
Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy

Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy

NEW YORK (AP) — Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected...

Health & Environment
Opioid case has new complication: Babies born in withdrawal

Opioid case has new complication: Babies born in withdrawal

The long-running federal court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation’s opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims...

Health & Environment
WHO: Malaria reductions stall after progress

WHO: Malaria reductions stall after progress

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization says progress in reducing the number of people contracting malaria has stalled after several years of global declines....

Health & Environment
Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales

Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is suing the nation’s two largest drugstore chains, Walgreens and CVS, alleging they added to the state and national...

Health & Environment
Ebola in Congo now infecting newborn babies, UN says

Ebola in Congo now infecting newborn babies, UN says

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says a worrying number of the newest Ebola cases amid Congo’s ongoing outbreak are in patients not usually...

Health & Environment
World Toilet Day highlights global sanitation crisis

World Toilet Day highlights global sanitation crisis

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Poor countries around the world are facing a dangerous shortage of toilets that puts millions of live at risk, according to...

Health & Environment
Proposed changes on Medicare drugs create winners and losers

Proposed changes on Medicare drugs create winners and losers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday proposed changes to Medicare’s prescription drug benefit that would affect patients’ costs over the next few years,...

Health & Environment
How many kids have autism? US government measures 3 ways

How many kids have autism? US government measures 3 ways

How many American children have autism? The U.S. government answers that question at least three different ways and says the latest estimate — 1 in...

Health & Environment
US officials: It’s OK to eat some romaine, look for labels

US officials: It’s OK to eat some romaine, look for labels

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s OK to eat some romaine lettuce again, U.S. health officials said. Just check the label. The Food and Drug Administration...

Health & Environment
Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies

Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies

HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose...

Health & Environment
Gene-edited baby claim by Chinese scientist sparks outrage

Gene-edited baby claim by Chinese scientist sparks outrage

HONG KONG (AP) — Scientists and bioethics experts reacted with shock, anger and alarm Monday to a Chinese researcher’s claim that he helped make the...

Health & Environment
Q&A on scientist’s bombshell claim of gene-edited babies

Q&A on scientist’s bombshell claim of gene-edited babies

Designer babies might be here sooner than anyone reckoned. A Chinese researcher who says he created gene-edited babies crossed what most scientists consider a forbidden...

Health & Environment
Doctors nudged by overdose letter prescribe fewer opioids

Doctors nudged by overdose letter prescribe fewer opioids

In a novel experiment, doctors got a letter from the medical examiner’s office telling them of their patient’s fatal overdose. The response: They started prescribing...

Health & Environment
Appeals court tells EPA to stop sales of harmful pesticide

Appeals court tells EPA to stop sales of harmful pesticide

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping a widely used pesticide on the market...

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