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Health & Wellness

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

Patricia Callahan / ProPublica Mar 31, 2025 The move is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Bird Flu Is Ripping Through Northwest Farms, but Workers Are Rarely Tested

Rachel Spacek / InvestigateWest Nov 22, 2024 Farmworker advocates, health experts say more robust monitoring needed to prevent spread of illness. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

American Families Deserve a Coronavirus Bailout, Not Industries

Truthdig Mar 12, 2020 Lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis show that taxpayer-funded blank checks to institutions do nothing to help those struggling Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Coachella Festival Postponed Amid Virus Concerns

The Associated Press Mar 10, 2020 The Southern California desert event will be rescheduled to October. Meanwhile, death toll from coronavirus rises to 24 in Washington state. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

‘This Is Not a Drill’: WHO Urges the World to Fight Virus

MATT SEDENSKY and JOHN LEICESTER / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 With 17 times as many new infections outside China as in it, Italy and Iran close schools; travel and events are canceled; and markets yo-yo. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Cruise Ship Is Held Off California Coast for Virus Testing

OLGA RODRIGUEZ / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 The action comes amid a statewide emergency to stave off the spread of the disease after a passenger on earlier Grand Princess voyage died. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Officials Are Cynically Spreading Lies About the Coronavirus

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 27, 2020 As the epidemic spirals into a pandemic, causing a plunge in the stock market, Donald Trump and Larry Kudlow insist "USA in great shape!" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

As World Scrambles, Experts Warn Virus Is Certain to Spread in U.S.

ADAM GELLER and KIM TONG-HYUNG / The Associated Press Feb 25, 2020 CDC's call for Americans to be prepared for spread of "severe illness" added new urgency to response efforts that had focused on overseas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Passengers Leave Ship Docked Off Japan After Quarantine Ends

MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG / The Associated Press Feb 19, 2020 The two-week action failed to stop the spread of the new virus, with the Diamond Princess the site of the most infections outside of China. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Chinese Doctor Who Sounded the Alarm About Virus Outbreak Dies

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Feb 6, 2020 Li Wenliang, who was reprimanded by authorities in late December for "spreading rumors," succumbs to illness that has killed more than 560. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )