WHO has been quick to praise China for its coronavirus containment efforts, but experts question whether information coming out of the country can be trusted.
Iranian vice president Masoumeh Ebtekar is now among the 254 cases reported in the country, which has seen a spike in illnesses over the last several days.
The district's superintendent said the state's health officials believe risk to students remains low, but that they chose to close school out of an abundance of caution.
Some patients in China’s Guangdong Province who were treated for the coronavirus and were discharged later tested positive again for the novel virus, which has sickened some 82,000 people globally and claimed more than 2,800 lives as of Thursday.
A woman in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for the second time on Wednesday, as the country grips with 190 cases separate from the 704 reported from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, according to reports.
Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it will block foreigners from traveling to Mecca and the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure at the center of the annual hajj pilgrimage, out of concern over the spread of the coronavirus.
The stock of respiratory masks at Bellevue Hospital, which examined New York City’s first suspected case, substantially dwindled when news broke that the coronavirus had landed in the US, a report said.
Days after the Centers and Disease Control and Prevention warned about a potential coronavirus pandemic and spread of the virus through communities in the United States, prices for protective face masks have skyrocketed.
The coronavirus is believed to be the theoretical "Disease X" that officials have warned could spark a pandemic, according to a health expert at the World Health Organization, so what is Disease X?
A 2017 advisory put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for men with facial hair who wear tight-fitting respirators is making the rounds again.
Officials said the individuals being monitored weren't necessarily exhibiting symptoms of coronavirus, but had recently traveled to areas with confirmed cases.
A young boy in Hubei province in China — the epicenter of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak — was found at home, where his grandfather died, unable to leave due to virus-related restrictions in the city, according to reports.
In 25 patients who had CT scans between six and 12 days after reporting symptoms, the team noted that the images displayed “fully involved lung disease.”
The Brazilian man spent two weeks in northern Italy's Lombardy region on a work trip, where he contracted the contagious virus, the health ministry said.
A Korean Air cabin crew worker who the airline said tested positive for the coronavirus may have worked last week on flights between Seoul and Los Angeles, according to a report Wednesday.
The mayor of San Francisco declared a state of emergency over coronavirus fears on Tuesday shortly after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning that the U.S. will likely see more cases.