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Scientists at the University of Washington’s medical school began working on a test for coronavirus back in January. Now they’re using it to fight an outbreak in their own backyard.

Officials believe a passenger was exposed to the novel coronavirus during a trip from San Francisco to Mexico in the middle of February. The ship just returned from Hawaii.

Health inspectors are to be “hyperfocused on infection control right now” officials say, as they suss out what allowed COVID-19 to spread in a Kirkland, Wash., nursing home.

The move comes after Los Angeles County confirmed six new cases of the coronavirus and seven overall. “This is not a response rooted in panic,” says Board of Supervisors chair Kathryn Barger.

The data from China offers insights into the way different age groups are affected after being infected.

Two people who died on Feb. 26 have been found to have had the coronavirus. They were residents of Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., which is considered to be the site of an outbreak.

More than 120 evacuees from the Diamond Princess cruise ship will finally leave Lackland Air Force Base on Tuesday. The city had initially sought to block their release, citing flawed criteria.

Maine passed a new law last year to increase childhood immunization rates. The law, not yet in effect, would forbid religious and philosophical exemptions — if it’s not repealed on Super Tuesday.

The new coronavirus has spread among several residents of a Seattle-area nursing home. Are other elder care facilities prepared to stave off similar outbreaks?

The Obama and Trump administrations have used their power to shape legal interpretations of “sex discrimination” in very different ways. Here’s a rundown on what’s changed for LGBTQ rights in the U.S.