Science & Medicine
Never mind!
May 28, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified an Illinois man who appears to be the first home-grown case of MERS in the United States.
May 17, 2014
California
As health officials in Indiana worked this week to manage the United States’ first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, their counterparts in California sought to reassure the public that the illness, while deadly, does not pose an imminent threat to the general population.
May 10, 2014
Deadly MERS virus spread in Saudi Arabian hospitals, report says
June 19, 2013
War on MERS: Deadly virus prompts global battle plans
June 29, 2013
A senior World Health Organization official announced that the United Nations agency would convene an emergency committee to plan for a possible escalation in illnesses caused by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, or MERS-CoV.
July 5, 2013
A case of the sometimes fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, has been reported in Indiana, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
May 2, 2014
The virus known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, or MERS -- which has so far killed 38 of the 64 people known to have been infected with it -- has been especially aggressive in Saudi Arabia, where, as of Wednesday, health officials had reported 49 cases and 32 deaths.
WHO announces emergency committee to plan MERS virus response
WHO raises concern about possible spread of MERS among hajj pilgrims
Sept. 25, 2013