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In this Jan. 24, 2020, file photo an employee works to prevent a new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) [AHN YOUNG-JOON | AP]
What you need to know about the coronavirus sweeping through China
Experts stress the need to be vigilant and prepared for signs of infection.
Earlier today• Health
Soon, all the baby boomers will be 65 or older. We’re not ready.
To accommodate the swelling numbers of aging baby boomers, experts say we will need to make transportation more readily available, build more affordable housing, modify homes and apartments to help seniors age in place, and create programs to bring young and old people together. [Times (2011)]
“There’s never been a time like this,” one expert says. Solutions include more health aides, taming long-term care costs and just healthier living.
Jan. 22• Health
Faculty members held jobs in China while working for UF, report says
Joseph Hernandez Hall is home to the University of Florida's chemistry department, where a faculty member recently resigned after officials discovered he failed to disclose his strong ties to China. While at UF, the faculty member also held positions at two Chinese universities, including vice president and dean. The faculty member was not named in a report obtained Tuesday from the Florida Legislature. [University of Florida]
They also collected grant money from the U.S. government while never disclosing their outside work in China.
Jan. 21• Health
Top Moffitt Cancer Center doctors failed to disclose payments from China, report says
A new report to the Florida Legislature details the investigation that led to the forced resignations of six Moffitt Cancer Center employees in December, including president and CEO Dr. Alan List. [Moffitt Cancer Center]
The money came from the “Thousand Talents Program” and went to personal accounts set up in China.
Jan. 19• Health

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    3 hours ago• Health
    In this Jan. 22 photo, staff move bio-waste containers past the entrance of the Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some infected with a new virus are being treated, in Wuhan, China. The number of cases of a new coronavirus from Wuhan has risen over 400 in China Chinese health authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File) [DAKE KANG | AP]
    Misinformation has particularly taken root in Facebook groups for anti-vaccine advocates and believers in QAnon.
  2. What you need to know about the coronavirus sweeping through China
    Earlier today• Health
    In this Jan. 24, 2020, file photo an employee works to prevent a new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) [AHN YOUNG-JOON | AP]
    Experts stress the need to be vigilant and prepared for signs of infection.
  3. At state Capitol, Roe v. Wade anniversary marked by cheers and despair
    Jan. 25• Florida
    “My body, my choice” was the rallying cry on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in the state Capitol, where abortion rights activists decried a fast-tracked bill that would raise the bar for minors seeking abortions. (AP Photo/Aileen Perilla) [AILEEN PERILLA | AP]
    Abortion supporters worry about Florida’s move toward parental consent and what may follow.
  4. China building a hospital to treat virus, expands lockdowns
    Jan. 24• Health
    Staff move bio-waste containers past the entrance of the Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some infected with a new virus are being treated, in Wuhan, China, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. The number of cases of a new coronavirus from Wuhan has risen over 400 in China Chinese health authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) [DAKE KANG | AP]
    On the eve of the Lunar New Year, transportation was shut down in at least 13 cities home to more than 36 million people.
  5. Health Department investigating measles case in Hillsborough
    Jan. 23• Health
    This Feb. 6, 2015, file photo shows a Measles, Mumps and Rubella, M-M-R vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif. A study released this week has found that a 2016 California law intended to improve childhood vaccination rates had the greatest effect on high-risk areas where the rates were the lowest. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) [ERIC RISBERG | AP]
    The case involves a man who recently traveled to South America.
  6. Soon, all the baby boomers will be 65 or older. We’re not ready.
    Jan. 22• Health
    To accommodate the swelling numbers of aging baby boomers, experts say we will need to make transportation more readily available, build more affordable housing, modify homes and apartments to help seniors age in place, and create programs to bring young and old people together. [Times (2011)]
    “There’s never been a time like this,” one expert says. Solutions include more health aides, taming long-term care costs and just healthier living.
  7. Faculty members held jobs in China while working for UF, report says
    Jan. 21• Health
    Joseph Hernandez Hall is home to the University of Florida's chemistry department, where a faculty member recently resigned after officials discovered he failed to disclose his strong ties to China. While at UF, the faculty member also held positions at two Chinese universities, including vice president and dean. The faculty member was not named in a report obtained Tuesday from the Florida Legislature. [University of Florida]
    They also collected grant money from the U.S. government while never disclosing their outside work in China.
  8. You don’t need machines or a gym membership to work out. A simple chair will do.
    Jan. 21• Health
    Margaret Pruitt, today’s exercise model, is a real wonder woman.
  9. As coronavirus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas
    Jan. 21• Health
    Travelers wear face masks as they sit in a waiting room at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. A fourth person has died in an outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, authorities said Tuesday, as more places stepped up medical screening of travelers from the country as it enters its busiest travel period. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) [MARK SCHIEFELBEIN | AP]
    The possibility the virus can be transmitted between people increases the chances it could spread faster and more widely.
  10. Top Moffitt Cancer Center doctors failed to disclose payments from China, report says
    Jan. 19• Health
    A new report to the Florida Legislature details the investigation that led to the forced resignations of six Moffitt Cancer Center employees in December, including president and CEO Dr. Alan List. [Moffitt Cancer Center]
    The money came from the “Thousand Talents Program” and went to personal accounts set up in China.
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