
WHO Declares the Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic
The virus will likely spread to all countries on the globe, but actions can still limit its impact
Helen Branswell is STAT's infectious diseases and public health reporter. She comes from the Canadian Press, where she was the medical reporter for the past 15 years. Helen cut her infectious diseases teeth during Toronto's SARS outbreak in 2003 and spent the summer of 2004 embedded at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010-11 she was a Nieman Global Health Fellow at Harvard, where she focused on polio eradication. Warning: Helen asks lots of questions. Follow Helen Branswell on Twitter @HelenBranswell Credit: Nick Higgins
The virus will likely spread to all countries on the globe, but actions can still limit its impact
A California woman may have been infected locally, but few Americans are being tested
The director-general said nations should aim to protect groups at highest risk, including health care workers and the elderly
The vaccine likely won’t be ready to test in people for at least a year
Although scientists have learned a lot so far, there is still much they do not know about the novel virus spreading in China and other countries
If the virus cannot be contained, it could start regularly circulating in the population like other common respiratory viruses
The patient had recently returned to Chicago from Wuhan
Evidence suggests at least one Chinese patient ignited a chain of human-to-human transmission
The new coronavirus has sickened people in several countries, and there has been at least one confirmed case of human-to-human transmission
The virus behind an outbreak that has sickened at least 59 people in Wuhan is thought to be a type of coronavirus, the family that includes SARS and MERS
The virus has sickened 59 people so far but does not appear to be transmitting among humans
The first to be approved in the United States, the vaccine protects against the virus responsible for the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
The “Ready, Set, PrEP” program will provide donated drugs that could protect up to 200,000 people a year for 11 years
Four health care workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed in two attacks last week, and six others were injured
While the number of deaths has gone down since 2013, new infections—such as the deadly Candida auris—have appeared
The approval of Merck’s vaccine comes after decades of research aimed at preventing the deadly disease
The strains chosen for the Southern Hemisphere vaccine suggest the Northern Hemisphere one may not provide optimal protection
Scientists ponder how the deadly fungus arose and became so resistant to treatment
The surge in cases has sent 66 children to the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The World Health Organization predicts the Democratic Republic of the Congo has enough of the experimental vaccine
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