The average life expectancy in the U.S. increased due to a decline in deaths from drug overdoses, cancer and more.
US health officials are reporting the first case of person-to-person spread of the new coronavirus from China. The news comes as the World Health Organization on Thursday declared the virus a public health emergency.
A recent New York Times story by Reed Abelson about health care sharing organizations used Samaritan Ministries International members Mark and Caroline Collie for the opening of the piece. It had a catchy headline: "It Looks Like Health Insurance, but It's Not. 'Just Trust God,' Buyers Are Told." Unfortunately, the article misrepresented both the Collies' story and Samaritan Ministries, and both the Collies and Samaritan Ministries have requested a correction.
The coronavirus outbreak in China has reached a dangerous milestone, surpassing the SARS outbreak that worried the world two decades ago. With more cases being confirmed every day, the new virus has now infected at least 5,974 people compared to the 5,327 SARS victims in China in 2002-2003.
The New York Times recently published a story about healthcare sharing ministries with a headline that attacked Christians saying, “It Looks Like Health Insurance, but It’s Not. ‘Just Trust God,’ Buyers Are Told.”
Scientists hope a new discovery could lead to effective treatment for all types of cancers.
The U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new pneumonia-like virus from China, health officials said Sunday. Two new confirmed cases were reported Sunday - one in Los Angeles County in California and the other in Arizona.
China has shut down passenger travel in and out of three of its cities and has cancelled Chinese New Year's celebrations in Beijing in an effort to contain a deadly new virus. At least 17 people are dead and hundreds more have been sickened by a new type of coronavirus.
The World Health Organization is meeting to discuss whether to declare it a global health emergency as they did with Ebola, Swine Flu, Zika and two other coronaviruses: SARS and MERS.
U.S. health officials are screening incoming passengers from China at JFK, LAX and SFO for a virus to prevents its spread.