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Officers wear protective gear as they work to remove people who tested positive for coronavirus from the cruise ship Diamond Princess. The ship is sitting at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on a 14-day quarantine.

On Cruise Ship Quarantined In Japan, Any New Cases To Reset The Isolation Clock

If the cruise ship were a country, it would now have the second-highest number of coronavirus cases outside of mainland China.

Decades ago, people with leprosy were confined to a hospital in Carville, La. The fear of being forcibly isolated in this place led many patients to avoid seeking treatment and hide their disease. In the 1950s, the Daughters of Charity worked at the hospital and the research lab it housed.

Lessons From Leprosy For Coronavirus: Quarantine And Isolation Can Backfire

One thing the history of leprosy tells us: When you restrict people's freedoms, they go underground, and fail to seek treatment.

Attorney General William Barr arrives to hear President Donald Trump speak in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020.

Attorney General Barr Issues New Rules For Politically Sensitive Investigations

The attorney general himself must approve opening a case into an active presidential race. President Trump and supporters have decried what they've called bias by the FBI during the 2016 campaign.

A sign at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is shown in this photo, Feb. 5, 2020.

4 American Coronavirus Evacuees At MCAS Miramar With Symptoms Transported To Hospitals

A plane from China with American evacuees from the coronavirus outbreak arrived at MCAS Miramar on Wednesday morning. Four exhibited symptoms such as fever or coughing.

Troy Price, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, has promised "a thorough, transparent and independent examination" of the problems that plagued the result reporting.

Buttigieg And Sanders Lead After First Batches Of Iowa Results Are Released

The state party has released some of the results. It's not clear when the full totals will be made public.

Passengers board buses after arriving on an airplane carrying U.S. citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Jan. 29, 2020.

Child Among Quarantined US Evacuees Hospitalized With Fever

A child among 195 people quarantined at a Southern California airbase last week after evacuation from the virus-stricken area of China developed a fever and has been hospitalized for testing and observation.

Cars driving on the Interstate-5 freeway are seen behind the 24th Street trolley platform in National City, July 12, 2018.

Forecasters Urge Driving Caution Due To San Diego County Winds

The high wind warning means that sustained winds of at least 40 mph are expected, with gusts reaching over 58 mph, while a wind advisory signifies that sustained winds of at least 35 mph are expected.

1st Coronavirus Death Outside China Reported In Philippines

The Philippines on Sunday announced a 44-year-old man died of the virus after developing severe pneumonia. The man was a resident of Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak.

Staff in biohazard suits hold a metal stretcher on Tuesday by the inpatient department of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some people infected with a novel coronavirus are being treated in China.

As Coronavirus Global Death Toll Rises, Flu Still A Bigger Threat For Americans, Health Officials Say

The first case of person-to-person infection of the novel coronavirus in the United States was announced Thursday morning, just hours before the World Health Organization announced the virus as a global health emergency.

The Institut Pasteur lab in Paris analyzes patient tests for respiratory viruses, including coronaviruses.

Your Questions About Wuhan Coronavirus, Answered

Does the virus have an official name yet? Can I get the disease from touching goods shipped from China? How worried should we be in the U.S.? We answer questions from our readers.

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