1+ hour, 46+ min ago  (960+ words) 'At this point, it's just a state-federal spat, and I'm just a hostage' A woman who was exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise has been ordered by U. S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stay in…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (305+ words) In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 18 years ago, the Cedar River crested at 31. 12 feet " 11 feet above the previous record " flooding 10 square miles and displacing more than 18, 000 residents. The river reached stoplights, submerged critical public infrastructure and put churches, restaurants and homes underwater....

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (699+ words) The Trump administration put up $750, 000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak, a move…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (578+ words) A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer. "While not curing the cancer, it is a very large step forward,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (968+ words) The U. S. government is prepared to allow American passengers who were exposed to a unique strain of hantavirus to return home as early as Monday, provided their states post a monitor outside their homes 24/7 for the remaining three weeks of their…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (679+ words) Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments to players, limit them to one "free" transfer over their careers and create…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (172+ words) Portions of the central U. S. are bracing for potentially severe weather this week as storms move across the area. For portions of Nebraska and Iowa, it was an active weather weekend, including multiple tornado watches and warnings issued by the National…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (241+ words) The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it is monitoring 41 people in multiple states for the hantavirus, but added there are no hantavirus cases currently in the U. S. Dr. David Fitter, the CDC official leading the agency's hantavirus response,…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (165+ words) A now-former teacher at Vandalia Christian School appeared in court Monday after being charged with child sex crimes, according to the Guilford County Sheriff's Office (GCSO). On Feb. 23, Guilford County detectives said they began investigating after the National Center for…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (487+ words) Health officials stress the risk to public health safety is "extremely low." Eighteen passengers from an infected hantavirus cruise ship, including 17 Americans and one dual British-U. S. citizen, arrived in the U. S. early Monday morning, according to U. S. health officials. Most of the…...