Health Officials Warn Americans To Start Planning For Spread Of Coronavirus In U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging Americans to start to prepare for the possibility of more aggressive measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus in the United States. Laurel Wamsley
10 week delays stall Washington's paid family leave program OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Weekly benefits under Washington state’s new paid family leave law are now taking up to 10 weeks to process because of the high number of people applying for the program. Rachel La Corte
What Happens If You're Critically Ill In China — But Not With Coronavirus Residents say their relatives have been unable to get care for cancer, for childhood diseases and more as Wuhan and other cities put a priority on treating COVID-19 patients. Emily Feng
H1N1 Was The Last Pandemic. Here's Why COVID-19 Isn't Yet In That Category The new coronavirus disease has been diagnosed in 28 countries, and new outbreaks are worrisome. But the World Health Organization sees some encouraging trends. Richard Harris
Secretive Church Sect At The Center Of South Korea's Coronavirus Outbreak With 833 cases, the country now says it is on "red alert" and is taking measures to contain the disease. Anthony Kuhn
Coronavirus Has 'Pandemic Potential' But Isn't There Yet, WHO Says "Does this virus have pandemic potential?" Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday. "Absolutely, it has. Are we there yet? From our assessment, not yet." Bill Chappell
Stocks Fall Sharply On Coronavirus Fears U.S. stocks fell sharply Monday as investors worried about a growing number of coronavirus infections outside China, and possible fallout for the global economy. Scott Horsley
They Fell In Love Helping Drug Users. But Fear Kept Him From Helping Himself Sarah and Andy were in love and also advocates, determined to keep drug users from dying. But when his own addiction reemerged, Andy's fear of returning to prison kept him from the best treatment. Will Stone
In Age of COVID-19, Hong Kong Innovates To Test And Quarantine Thousands Challenges range from finding room to quarantine cruise ship passengers to tracking down cab drivers who drove suspected cases to a medical center. Jason Beaubien
Officials Scramble To Contain Coronavirus Outbreaks In South Korea, Iran And Italy Health officials are on high alert over the global spread of the illness that has infected nearly 77,000 people in China, with more than 2,400 deaths tied to the virus. Bobby Allyn
