Tag: Health

On Nov. 7, 2017, CMS Administrator Seema Verma spoke before the National Association of Medicaid Directors and announced steps the Trump administration was taking to modernize and improve the Medicaid program through Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump to let states overhaul Medicaid for the poor, seeking to change Obamacare without legislation

Kimberly Leonard · January 30, 2020 3:18 pm

Trump announces coronavirus task force

Katherine Doyle · January 30, 2020 3:00 pm

‘It’s much worse’: GOP senator warns China may be downplaying coronavirus death count as it reaches 170

Madison Dibble · January 30, 2020 2:26 pm

Number of coronavirus infections in China now more than SARS

Zach Halaschak · January 29, 2020 10:54 pm

Workers in protective overalls walk past the Hankou railway station on the eve of its resuming outbound traffic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Just after midnight Wednesday, the city's 11 million residents will be permitted to leave without special authorization as long as a mandatory smartphone application shows they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus.

‘They can leave’: CDC won’t quarantine 195 Americans flown home from ‘epicenter’ of coronavirus

Spencer Neale · January 29, 2020 8:20 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Major airlines cut service to China over coronavirus fears

Tim Pearce · January 29, 2020 4:21 pm

A woman wears a mask as an employee works to prevent a new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass around 25 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, though the measures' potential for success is uncertain.

China agrees to let international experts into country to help with coronavirus outbreak

Zach Halaschak · January 28, 2020 10:56 pm

Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., left, and Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., right, arrive for a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019.

Senators ask Homeland Security for coronavirus outbreak plan

Spencer Neale · January 28, 2020 9:51 pm

Pedestrians, one wearing a mask, walk by a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a street in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017.

Xi Jinping warns of ‘demon’ coronavirus as China scrambles to contain outbreak

Spencer Neale · January 28, 2020 4:55 pm

People wear masks at a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. According to the Taiwan Centers of Disease Control (CDC) Tuesday, the eighth case diagnosed with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been confirmed in Taiwan.

‘Panic’ in Wuhan: Coronavirus leaves expatriates and students ‘stranded’ in China

Spencer Neale · January 28, 2020 3:30 pm

Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.

‘Draconian measures’ needed to stop coronavirus: Hong Kong doctors beg their leader to close Chinese border

Joel Gehrke · January 27, 2020 10:20 pm

Workers in protective overalls walk past the Hankou railway station on the eve of its resuming outbound traffic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Just after midnight Wednesday, the city's 11 million residents will be permitted to leave without special authorization as long as a mandatory smartphone application shows they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus.

US Consulate to evacuate staff from coronavirus-infected Wuhan

Caitlin Yilek · January 27, 2020 4:07 pm