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DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In a pioneering step, Southwestern Health Resources, the clinically integrated network for UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources has joined forces with Encompass Health, a leading national post-acute health services company, to provide quarantined seniors in enhanced care management with some added support – Care at Home Packages. At this critical time SWHR and …

THE PROGNOSIS President Trump speaks at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP) Public health officials and community leaders are walking a fine line between responsiveness and alarmism as they respond to the coronavirus quickly spreading across the United States. That leaves some Americans feeling overly policed, …

With almost 6,300 cases and more than 40 reported deaths, South Korea has become home to the world’s largest coronavirus outbreak outside China. As a result, the government in Seoul has taken what it calls “maximum” action to contain the spread of the disease—including sending thousands of people into mandatory self-quarantine. Now it is launching …

Hundreds of passengers began disembarking from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan. Passengers began disembarking on Wednesday from a cruise ship docked off Yokohama, Japan, as a two-week quarantine of the vessel was coming to an end even as a major coronavirus outbreak on board continued unabated. An initial group of about 500 people were …

The United States will evacuate nearly 400 American passengers under quarantine due to coronavirus on board Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess, the U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan announced early Saturday. The US State Department is working in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Service, along with other partner agencies to provide a charter aircraft to bring passengers back …