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The first nine coronavirus deaths in the United States show the biggest risks aren’t traveling abroad, or riding mass transit, or attending crowded events. The riskiest place to be is in a rehab or nursing home. The second most dangerous is a hospital. There is good news and bad news about coronavirus. First, there is reason

The first nine coronavirus deaths in the United States show the biggest risks aren’t traveling abroad, or riding mass transit, or attending crowded events. The riskiest place to be is in a rehab or nursing home. The second most dangerous is a hospital. Five residents of the Life Care Center, a nursing facility in Kirkland, Wash., have

February 28, 2020 – As the nation gears for battle against coronavirus, our biggest enemy is false information. A lot of that is coming from the same place as the virus — China. Government officials there have deceived and equivocated about how the disease got started. China has been blaming the new virus on the

February 26, 2020 – With outbreaks raging in ­Italy, Iran, South Korea and other countries, US authorities now predict coronavirus will strike Americans here, causing “significant disruptions to our lives.” The warning came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official Nancy Messonnier at a Tuesday briefing. Here’s what you need to know: Is

February 22, 2020 – Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is flaunting a “study” he claims backs up his “Medicare-for-all” health plan. Sanders bragged to Las Vegas debate watchers Wednesday night that a “major study” from a “Yale epidemiologist in one of the leading medical publications in the world “ shows that “Medicare-for-all” will reduce

February 20, 2020 – Federal health bureaucrats deserve an “F” grade for preparedness. Despite years of warnings about America’s over-dependence on China for medicines, masks and other equipment, these officials failed to remedy the situation. Now these same officials tell us we are facing an “unprecedented public-health threat” from coronavirus, also named COVID-19. Bad enough, if

February 12, 2020 – Chinese government officials and the World Health Organization are bad-mouthing the Trump administration for trying to stop the coronavirus from invading the United States. Team Trump is barring foreigners who have been in China recently from entering the country. Americans returning from China are quarantined for 14 days. China ­accuses Trump

February 5, 2020 – President Trump has now been acquitted, but Democrats hope his impeachment will disgrace him “for life” and tilt the 2020 election. Don’t bet on it. Sen. Lindsey Graham has a better idea.Graham is proposing post-impeachment investigations by the Senate to “get to the bottom” of the Democrats’ impeachment hoax. That will