This story originally appeared on STAT, a health and medicine website that provides ambitious coverage of the coronavirus. Go here for more stories on the virus. Try STAT Plus for exclusive analysis of biotech, pharma, and the life sciences. And check out STAT’s COVID-19 tracker. How early did local transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus begin in the United States? For the second…
Published on May 31, 2020China is facing pressure globally to crack down on its so-called wet markets, where produce and live animals are often sold together. Scientists have speculated that the current coronavirus outbreak in humans might have begun at a market in the city of Wuhan. One hypothesis is that the virus could have…
The latest: There have been more than 1.7 million coronavirus cases in the United States, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.The U.S. death toll has surpassed 104,000 people, according to Hopkins.President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would pull out of the World Health Organization after criticizing the group's response to the coronavirus pandemic…
The latest: There have been more than 1.7 million coronavirus cases in the United States, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.The U.S. death toll has surpassed 103,000 people, according to Hopkins.President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would pull out of the World Health Organization after criticizing the group's response to the coronavirus pandemic…
Lassen County in California was one of the first counties in the Golden State to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. But it will now close down. What’s going on: Dr. Kenneth Korver, the county’s public health officer, announced Tuesday that the county has seen four cases of COVID-19. The county — one of the first…
A batch of rice noodles was left unrefrigerated for more than 63 hours before serving. Published: November 13, 2026, 12:05 am Last updated: November 13, 2026, 12:04 am Four people have been sentenced in Taiwan in relation to a fatal food poisoning outbreak that occurred in 2024. In 2025, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office said five
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State and local governments spent about $3.7 billion in opioid settlement funds last year. That’s more than the median annual income of 42,000 American families combined. The money comes from companies that were sued for aggressively pushing painkillers and fueling the opioid crisis. Large amounts went to addiction treatment, recovery housing, and other initiatives that