As global concern continues to grow over the coronavirus that’s killed more than 100 people in China, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren released a plan Tuesday to prevent, contain and treat infectious diseases.
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As hundreds of Americans prepare to evacuate Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 100, San Francisco native Doug Perez is staying behind.
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Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that all rail links to mainland China will be cut starting Friday as fears grow about the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Monday five U.S. cases of a new virus from China, and those numbers could rise as the agency keeps an eye on 110 people in 26 states who could have been infected.
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China on Monday expanded sweeping efforts to contain a viral disease by extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and limit infections as the death toll rose to 81.
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The U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new virus from China, all among people who traveled to the city at the center of the outbreak, health officials said Sunday.
Read moreA federal class action claims W.W. Hastings Hospital, of Tahlequah, Okla., exposed patients to HIV and hepatitis by reusing syringes, needles and vials.
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China is swiftly building a 1,000-bed hospital dedicated to patients infected with a new virus that has killed 26 people, sickened hundreds and prompted unprecedented lockdowns of cities during the country’s most important holiday.
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China closed off a city of more than 11 million people Thursday in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that has infected hundreds and spread to other cities and countries amid the Lunar New Year travel rush.
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Chinese health authorities urged people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings, after warning that a new viral illness that has infected more than 400 people and killed at least nine could spread further.
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The food market where China’s deadly virus surfaced was a smorgasbord of exotic wildlife ranging from rats and wolf pups to species linked to previous pandemics such as civets, according to vendor information and a Chinese media report.
Read moreGlobal stock and oil prices tumbled Tuesday as concern about the impact of a Chinese disease outbreak increased, and a rating agency cut Hong Kong’s credit rating for official borrowing due to political tension.
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Face masks sold out and temperature checks at airports and train stations became the new norm Tuesday as China strove to control the outbreak of a new coronavirus that has reached four other countries and territories and threatens to spread further during the Lunar New Year travel rush.
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China reported a sharp rise in the number of people infected with a new coronavirus on Monday, including the first cases in the capital. The outbreak coincides with the country’s busiest travel period, as millions board trains and planes for the Lunar New Year holidays.
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Calling attention to the critical lack of treatments for so-called superbugs, the World Health Organization warned the public Friday that new antibiotics are needed desperately.
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Several oyster farmers along France’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts have been forced to halt sales since December after their sites were contaminated by the highly contagious norovirus, which they blame on overflowing sewage treatment plants.
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A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history’s deadliest and most stubborn diseases.
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The possibility that a new virus in central China could spread between humans cannot be ruled out, though the risk of transmission at the moment appears to be low, Chinese officials said Wednesday.
Read moreA woman claims she got a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection from a poorly performed manicure at Bui Nails in Fort Worth, necessitating amputation of a finger, in Tarrant County Court.
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China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS, which killed hundreds of people more than a decade ago.
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