Q&A: What the WHO pandemic declaration means
The new coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic. So what does that mean?
Mar 11, 2020
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The new coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic. So what does that mean?
Mar 11, 2020
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In the final weeks of 2019, a virus slipped furtively from animal to human somewhere in the Chinese city of Wuhan. This inauspicious moment marked the sounding of a starting pistol, unheard at first but now echoing deafeningly ...
Feb 11, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Coronavirus is all over the news, and people are talking about the latest outbreak that started in China and appears to be rapidly spreading to other countries.
Jan 31, 2020
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The head of the World Health Organization headed to China on Sunday to discuss how to contain a virus outbreak that has killed 56 people and infected over 2,000 worldwide.
Jan 27, 2020
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China has confirmed human-to-human transmission in the outbreak of a new SARS-like virus as the number of cases soared and authorities Tuesday said a fourth person had died.
Jan 21, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Vaccines are big news in the United States these days.
Mar 13, 2019
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An Emirates airliner was quarantined at John F Kennedy International Airport on September 5 after several passengers reported flu-like symptoms. Oxiris Barbot, New York City's acting health commissioner, said the cause of ...
Sep 7, 2018
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These days we can get from most remote villages anywhere to home in 36 hours. And migrating humans can certainly carry microbial "passengers". This means the increasing globalisation of our world can give infectious diseases ...
May 29, 2018
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The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse.
Jan 20, 2018
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New scientific research on the spread of flu across Australia has revealed that all major cities appear to experience outbreaks of flu around the same time each year, published today in PLOS Pathogens.
Jan 12, 2018
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