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Finally let off cruise, passengers desperate for flight home

By MATT SEDENSKY | February 19, 2020

BANGKOK (AP) — The cheers of celebration have faded. The waving of roses has ceased. Having finally reached a friendly port in Cambodia willing to accept them after nearly two weeks of uncertainty at sea, hundreds of cruise ship passengers eyed warily...

China’s virus center vows no patient unchecked as cases fall

By YANAN WANG | February 19, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — Inspectors in protective suits went door-to-door Wednesday in the epicenter of China's viral outbreak to try to find every infected person in an epidemic that is showing signs of waning as new cases fell for a second straight day.The...

National shortage of forensic nurses frustrates rape victims

By DENISE LAVOIE | February 19, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The young woman who walked into an emergency room in Milwaukee began her journey about 12 hours earlier, at a Chicago-area hospital, more than 90 miles away.She had been raped, but there was no one trained to do a forensic examination...

U.S. medical schools boost LGBTQ students, doctor training

By LINDSEY TANNER | February 19, 2020

Aliya Feroe recalls the flustered OB-GYN who referred her to another physician after learning she identified as queer. For Rhi Ledgerwood, who was designated female at birth, identifies as trans and doesn’t have sex with men, it was a doctor advising...

Small businesses embrace wellness to help retain staffers

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG | February 19, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Every month, the 30 staffers at Chris Boehlke's public relations firm each get $100 to pay for anything that contributes to their wellness. And not just for typical expenditures like gym memberships or yoga classes.“You can get nails...

Russia to let in Chinese with business visas amid entry ban

By by DARIA LITVINOVA | February 19, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's entry ban for Chinese nationals will be partial and only affect those who travel with tourist, private, student and work visas, the country's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, clarifying the conditions of a sweeping entry ban for...

Global shares mostly rise but virus fears continue

By YURI KAGEYAMA | February 19, 2020

TOKYO (AP) — Globalshares mostly rose Wednesday though investors continued to monitor the impact of the outbreak of a new virus that began in China.France's CAC 40 rose 0.6% to 6,093, while Germany's DAX gained 0.5% to 13,745. Britain's FTSE 100 gained...

UK patient plays violin during unusual brain surgery

February 19, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Surgeons at King's College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin during the procedure.Doctors for violinist Dagmar Turner, 53, mapped her brain before the surgery to identify areas that were active...

Asian shares mostly rise despite continuing virus fears

By YURI KAGEYAMA | February 18, 2020

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street and continuing fears about an outbreak of a new virus that began in China.The Nikkei 225 rose 1.1% in morning trading to 23,453.59 after data for January showed...

China turns to internet for food supplies amid virus fears

By JOE McDONALD | February 18, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — Wang Feng, house-bound by China’s virus outbreak, counts on the parka-clad delivery drivers of e-commerce giant JD.com to keep her kitchen stocked.Demand for online food vendors has surged since China’s government told the public...

Trump vows to ‘clean up’ LA at Olympic meeting briefing

By ZEKE MILLER | February 18, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday veered into politics during a briefing on preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, criticizing the city's political leadership for failing to curtail its homelessness epidemic.Trump...

Experts ponder why cruise ship quarantine failed in Japan

By MARIA CHENG and MARI YAMAGUCHI | February 18, 2020

TOKYO (AP) — As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan, many scientists say it was a failed experiment: The ship seemed to become an incubator for a new virus instead of an isolation facility meant to prevent the...