Coronavirus outbreak edges closer to pandemic
Amid an alarming surge in cases with no clear link to China, infectious-disease experts believe the flulike illness may soon be impossible to contain. Containment...
Coronavirus-infected Americans flown home against CDC’s advice
The go-or-stay decision on a tarmac in Japan was a pivotal moment for U.S. officials improvising their response to a crisis with few precedents and...
For 1st time in 4 years, U.S. life expectancy rises — a little
The number of fatal drug overdoses declined for the first time in 28 years, and U.S. life expectancy at birth ticked upward for the first...
Taal volcano in the Philippines is a warning about global volcano hazards
Scientists are on high alert as they monitor the Taal volcano, which is capable of exploding with devastating effects.
‘There’s something terribly wrong’: Americans are dying young at alarming rates
Death rates from suicide, drug overdoses, liver disease and dozens of other causes have been rising over the past decade for young and middle-aged adults,...
An onslaught of opioid pills, hundreds of thousands of deaths: Who is accountable?
"They were all in it together," said Jim Geldhof, a retired DEA employee who spent his 43-year career on drug diversion cases and is now...