Several members of Congress suspect Chinese officials are hiding details of the disease spreading in their country. Representatives raised suspicions during an oversight panel held Wednesday on the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, despite assurances from global health officials, raising the prospect of exacerbated tensions between the two countries. The new coronavirus has infected at least… Read More »
Media playback is unsupported on your device Wuhan, a Chinese city of nearly nine million people, is to temporarily shut public transport as it tries to halt the outbreak of a new strain of virus. Those living in the city have been advised not to leave, in a week when millions of Chinese are travelling… Read More »
WUHAN, China — Nervous residents are buying up face masks and flooding hospitals to report fevers and coughs. The authorities are banning group tours out of the city and checking vehicles for live animals. Some schools are canceling classes and even Buddhist temples are turning away the faithful. A sense of urgency is growing in… Read More »
In January 2019, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) warned the Caribbean region of an expected spike in dengue fever and called on communities to exercise caution and support the elimination of mosquito breeding sites to help combat the virus. A full year later, the number of individuals in the Americas having contracted the mosquito-borne… Read More »