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New China virus details show challenge for outbreak control

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE | February 2, 2020

It can spread person to person, even if someone is showing no symptoms. The next in line can continue to pass it on. The incubation period is so long that people may not know where or when they picked it up.Details that emerged last week about the new...

For 1st time in 4 years, US life expectancy rises — a little

By MIKE STOBBE | January 29, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Life expectancy in the United States is up for the first time in four years.The increase is small — just a month — but marks at least a temporary halt to a downward trend. The rise is due to lower death rates for cancer and drug...

The Latest: Rival Koreas close liaison office over outbreak

January 29, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China:10 a.m.The rival Koreas have agreed to suspend operations at their liaison office in North Korea until the new virus outbreak comes under control.South Korea’s Unification Ministry...