News & Perspective

Sep 27, 2013

Sep 27, 2013

Reports detail changing pattern of MERS-CoV cases

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Sep 27, 2013

Cases in recent months show steep declines in the percent of severe and fatal cases.

Sep 20, 2013

Sep 20, 2013

MERS-CoV puzzles persist a year after virus surfaced

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Sep 20, 2013

Much is unknown: the animal source, how the virus jumps to or among people, clinical variables, etc.

Sep 13, 2013

Sep 13, 2013

News Scan for Sep 13, 2013

Meningococcal vaccine in Africa
Deaths down in young kids
MERS risk in Europe
Ameba in water system

Sep 11, 2013

Sep 11, 2013

Eight new Saudi cases push global MERS total to 130

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Sep 11, 2013

The new cases all  involved contact with previously confirmed case-patients.

Aug 30, 2013

Aug 30, 2013

Questions raised about MERS-CoV bat report

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Aug 30, 2013

Several virologists have questioned the report of a MERS virus fragment found in a Saudi bat sample.

Aug 13, 2013

Aug 13, 2013

CDC tweaks MERS guidance; WHO notes fewer exported cases

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Aug 13, 2013

The CDC changed its criteria on whom should be tested, as the WHO and ECDC issued updates.

Jun 13, 2013

Jun 13, 2013

MERS-CoV vigilance rises in US

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Jun 13, 2013

The CDC said today that more than 30 US patients have been tested for MERS-CoV, as clinicians asked about criteria for emergency room testing.

May 17, 2013

May 17, 2013

WHO airs concern about coronavirus transmission

Robert Roos
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May 17, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) voiced increased concern today about the possibility of community transmission of the novel coronavirus, while sketching in a few more details about a hospital-centered case cluster in Saudi Arabia and the clinical spectrum of the infection.

May 07, 2013

May 07, 2013

News report says multiple Saudi hospitals treating nCoV cases

Robert Roos
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May 07, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – A media report late yesterday suggested that the 13 novel coronavirus (nCoV) cases reported in Saudi Arabia in the past few days are not confined to just one hospital, contrary to a May 5 statement from the Saudi health ministry.

Feb 13, 2013

Feb 13, 2013

Britain reports novel coronavirus family cluster

Lisa Schnirring
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Feb 13, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – A male family member of a British man hospitalized with a novel coronavirus (CoV) infection has also been hospitalized with the same virus, pointing to another instance of human-to-human spread, UK and international health authorities reported today.

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