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Shen Wu Tan

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Shen Wu Tan was a general assignment reporter, with a focus on health news, at The Washington Times.

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In this April 23, 2021, photo, a train arrives at Metro Center station in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Metro: Reduced service at least until Nov. 15

Metro said Thursday that reduced service will continue at least until Nov. 15 following the grounding of 60% of its railcar fleet in the aftermath of a derailment earlier this month.

October 28, 2021
This undated photo provided by Walmart and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a bottle of Better Homes & Gardens aromatherapy lavender & chamomile essential oil and semiprecious stone-infused room spray. The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Walmart issued a recall Friday, Oct. 22. 2021, for 3,900 bottles of the spray. (Walmart/CDC via AP)

Bacteria in a Better Homes & Gardens spray matches those that killed two

Bacteria in a Better Homes & Gardens aromatherapy spray genetically matches the bacterial strains in four patients who developed an infectious disease, including two who died, typically found in tropical climates, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

October 26, 2021
In this March 22, 2021, photo Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, on D.C. statehood on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Oct. 12, 2021, Bowser announced plans to improve the District's roads and intersections for pedestrian safety with plans to install speed humps, stop signs and “right-turn hardening measures.” (Caroline Brehman/Pool via CQ Roll Call) **FILE**

D.C. to hire more crossing guards

D.C. officials said Monday they are looking to hire 40 crossing guards as part of an effort to make city streets safer.

October 25, 2021
A lone traveler heads to the north security checkpoint in the main terminal of Denver International Airport Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Denver. Air travel is down sharply during the pandemic, but airport screeners are finding guns at a much higher rate. And about 80% of those guns are loaded. The Transportation Security Administration appealed Monday, Aug. 10, for travelers to pay attention to the restrictions on traveling with guns. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Record number of firearms detected at airports, TSA says

Airport security officials have confiscated more firearms this year than ever before, even though fewer travelers have flown during the pandemic and more than two months remain before the end of the calendar year.

October 19, 2021
This Jan. 23, 2014, photo shows the nutrition facts label on the side of a cereal box in Washington. Food companies are coming under renewed pressure to use less salt after U.S. regulators spelled out target sodium levels for dozens of foods including condiments, french fries and potato chips. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) **FILE**

FDA sets new goals to cut salt in food industry

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday set new food industry guidelines to lower salt in processed and packaged foods such as margarine and hash browns, noting the nationwide "burden of chronic disease."

October 13, 2021
In this photo provided by Kelly Soderlund, shows Kelly working remotely from her home in Walnut Creek, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Switching to a hybrid work model is ideal for people like Kelly Soderlund, a mother of two young children who works in offices in San Francisco and Palo Alto, California, for TripActions, which has about 1,200 employees worldwide. (Kelly Soderlund via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. workers decamp from cities to smaller towns via remote work

When the COVID-19 pandemic last year prompted Jack Calcutt's bosses in the greater New York City area to allow remote work, he and his family decided to move to Topeka, Kansas -- and what was to have been a temporary arrangement has now become permanent.

October 12, 2021
FILE - In this April 26, 2021 file photo, a nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at UNLV, in Las Vegas. Philanthropies are pouring millions into programs aimed at persuading Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19. The money is being spent on community-based organizations, local social media influencers and other things aiming to dispel myths and misinformation. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Over 40% of U.S. adults not planning to get flu shots, survey

About 44% of U.S. adults don't plan on getting vaccinated against flu or are unsure if they will do so during this flu season, health experts said on Thursday, as they warned about possibly higher flu activity amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

October 7, 2021