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Read about medical advances and research in Seattle and worldwide. Topics include treatments; surgery; diseases such as Zika; studies of the human brain, heart and cancer; mental health; drugs and vaccinations; and Medicare, the Veterans Administration (VA) and the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Institutions include the Hutch, UW Medicine, Harborview, Virginia Mason, Group Health and Swedish.

Trump wants broader role for telehealth services in Medicare

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is taking steps to give telehealth a broader role under Medicare, with an executive order that serves as a call for Congress to make doctor visits via personal technology a permanent fixture of the program. The order President Donald Trump signed on Monday applies to one segment of Medicare...

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Dr. Tapiwa Mungofa, who works at the Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 28, 2020. The hospital has closed its outpatient department, where tuberculosis and HIV patients received their medications. (Cynthia R. Matonhodze/The New York Times) XNYT84 XNYT84

August 3, 2020 at 12:43 pm

‘The biggest monster’ is spreading. And it’s not COVID-19.

Until this year, TB and its deadly allies, HIV and malaria, were on the run. Yet now, as COVID-19 spreads around the world, consuming global...

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August 3, 2020 at 12:20 pm

Tests: 2.5% of Italians had COVID-19, far more in the north

ROME (AP) — Antibody testing in Italy indicates that nearly 1.5 million people, or about 2.5% of the population, have had the coronavirus. But officials...

August 3, 2020 at 11:34 am

WHO advance team ends visit to China to probe COVID origin

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Monday an advance team looking into the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak has concluded its mission in...

August 3, 2020 at 11:03 am

Michigan Legislature cancels session after senator’s test

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislature on Monday canceled this week's session and hearings because a Lansing-area state senator tested positive for the coronavirus...

August 3, 2020 at 8:00 am

Alaska reports 159 new virus cases, with 111 in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska health officials reported that there were 159 new COVID-19 cases in the state Sunday, including 111 within the Municipality of...

Paul Adams, 7, waits at the bus stop for the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Dallas, Ga. Neighboring states arrived at differing conclusions on whoâ€™s in charge of the reopening of schools. The differences in philosophy underscore some of the difficulties facing states as they grapple with how to proceed amid growing coronavirus infections in numerous states.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) GABA101 GABA101

August 3, 2020 at 6:57 am

LiveCoronavirus daily news updates, Aug. 3: What to know today about COVID-19

Throughout Monday, on this page, we’ll post Seattle Times journalists’ updates on the outbreak and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and... Updated 4:53 pm