Convicted felons like Harvey Weinstein who have means can hire prison consultants to get them ready for prison, educate them about navigating the system while behind bars and train them on re-entry when they're released.
Nursing homes in Washingto state have been instructed to limit visitors as coronavirus cases spread across 11 facilities -- with Life Care Center in Kirkland at the epicenter of the outbreak.
Massachusetts' coronavirus cases have more than doubled and the state's governor declared a state of emergency after employees who attended a company meeting in Boston last month tested positive for the virus.
Four people have died and 30 have been hospitalized with listeria, likely after eating recalled enoki mushrooms from the company Sun Hong Foods, authorities said.
A cruise ship held off the coast of California after people aboard tested positive for coronavirus will continue disembarking passengers in Oakland on Tuesday, as fears about the fast-moving virus ripple through the nation's capital, Wall Street and universities across the country.
A key part of the United States' coronavirus containment strategy is an epidemiological tool called contact tracing: Find sick people, isolate them and then trace everyone with whom they've been in contact and put those people into quarantine.
As the novel coronavirus spreads around the world, claiming more lives, governments across the globe are taking tougher measures to contain this crisis.
The coronavirus crisis spawned new anxiety Monday in the US as confirmed cases soared, a cruise ship came home as another was told to stay away and the widening outbreak played a hand in the worst day for stock markets in more than a decade.
Many babies struggle to fall asleep without a parent at their side, or wake frequently during the night -- a phase that's exhausting for new parents but usually passes quickly.
People infected by the novel coronavirus tend to develop symptoms about five days after exposure, and almost always within two weeks, according to a study released Monday.
Does money really buy happiness? It appears to, at least for a small group of German college students who participated in a study on the connection between happiness and altruism, the selfless concern for the well-being of others.
The Louisiana Department of Health has reported the state's first presumptive positive case of coronavirus, according to a statement from Gov. John Bel Edwards' office.
Colleges and universities across the US are bracing for a pandemic while weighing potential campus closures, program cancellations and dips in enrollment.
In less than one day, Debbie de los Angeles was told her mother came down with a 104-degree fever, possibly had coronavirus, and died. That was six days ago. But like other families of residents at Life Care Center, de los Angeles is still waiting for test results
