Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials have ordered a cruise ship to hold off the California coast to await testing of those aboard, after a passenger on an earlier voyage died and at least one other became infected.
Kansas health officials have created an online resource center to disseminate information about the coronavirus as county-level officials also prepare to respond.
Capitol Hill negotiators have reached agreement on an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. The House will vote on the deal later Wednesday and Senate leaders are pressing for a vote in that chamber by the end of the week.
Restaurants and bars gather large groups of people to eat, drink and talk in close quarters. That kind of mingling might repel customers and workers as the coronavirus continues to spread. Businesses looking to control the situation need to tread carefully.
Washington state has reported a 10th death from the new coronavirus and California announced its first.
The death toll from the novel coronavirus in the U.S. has climbed to nine, with tensions rising over how to contain the outbreak. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are expressing doubts about the government's ability to ramp up testing fast enough to deal with the crisis.
The spread of novel coronavirus has travelers around the world on edge. Much is still unknown about the outbreak, and health officials are urging caution.
Across Africa, steps are being taken to prepare for — and to reduce the effects of — the spread of the new coronavirus.
The death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. climbed to six Monday and the disease spread to ever more countries and world capitals, even as new cases in China dropped to their lowest level in six weeks.
An increase in testing for the coronavirus is shedding light on its spread in the United States, including among nursing home residents in one Washington state facility. U.S. health officials on Monday updated the nation’s count of coronavirus cases to 91 people in 10 states.
As fears of the novel coronavirus spread, surrounding pharmacies are struggling to keep certain supplies, like medical masks, in stock.
Since December, firework production has been at a standstill due to shutdowns by the Chinese government because of an explosion at a factory, the Chinese new year, and now because of the coronavirus.
More than 300 Americans quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship for almost two weeks finally headed home Sunday night. But their journey back to the US felt like trading one ordeal for another.
"What's the chances of it happening here? It's kind of like saying, 'What's the chances of a tornado hitting Bourbon County?' It's there," said Bourbon County's emergency manager. Bourbon County Emergency Manager William Wallis…
Missouri health officials join others in monitor the coronavirus. The DHSS says as of Feb. 10, 2020, there have been no confirmed cases in the state.
A Joplin woman and her family are attempting to get back home from Wuxi China, hoping they're not bringing the coronavirus with them.
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of new virus from China a global emergency after the number of infected people spiked more than tenfold in a week. The United Nations health agency made the determination on Thursday as more cases of human-to-human transmission were being reported worldwide.
The husband of an Illinois woman with Wuhan coronavirus is now infected with the illness, and is the first confirmed case of person-to-person transmission of the virus in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday. The husband, a Chicago resident in his 60s, is the second confirmed case of the virus in the state.
The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief says China is taking “extraordinary measures in the face of an extraordinary challenge" because of the virus outbreak
The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is actively monitoring the outbreak of a 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which originated in Wuhan, China.
Kansas health officials are investigating a Person Under Investigation for potential exposure to the 2019 novel coronavirus in a Douglas County, Kansas resident. Test results are expected later this week. The patient recently traveled to Wuhan, where the virus was first detected.
The death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus now stands at 80, with almost 2,800 cases confirmed across China, as the country initiates emergency procedures to try and rein in the pathogen's global spread.
The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak's epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.
