"The main reason for the declaration is not because of what is happening in China but because of what is happening in other countries," said World Health Organization headTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
States can now apply to set up their Medicaid program with capped funding from the federal government. With this move, the administration delivers on a long-held conservative goal.
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A sixth person in the U.S. has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus. The Chicago man contracted it from his wife, who fell ill after traveling to China.
A woman who had recently traveled to China passed the respiratory virus on to her husband when she returned to Chicago, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said.
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