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Virus Hits 100,000 Cases as Its Economic Impact Snowballs

MATT SEDENSKY and ANGELA CHARLTON / The Associated Press Mar 6, 2020 The number of global infections is largely symbolic, but dwarfs other major outbreaks, such as SARS, MERS and Ebola. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chinese Health Report Says 80% of Virus Cases Have Been Mild

MARILYNN MARCHIONE / The Associated Press Feb 17, 2020 The coronavirus report also says that new cases seem to be falling, although it's too soon to tell whether the outbreak has peaked. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The Coronavirus Panic Exposes the Pathology of Nationalism

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Feb 6, 2020 Solidarity, not alienation born of ignorance, is the solution to the health crisis and the racist response to it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Hong Kong Reports Virus Death as Workers Strike at Hospitals

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Feb 4, 2020 Medical staff members demand the border with mainland China be shut completely. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health Experts: Human-to-Human Spread of New Virus Worrying

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 29, 2020 For a second day, the number of infections of the coronavirus grow dramatically. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Arizona, California Cases Push U.S. Tally of New Virus From China to 5

The Associated Press Jan 26, 2020 All American cases involve people who traveled to Wuhan, the city at the center of the outbreak. They are hospitalized in isolation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

China Locks Down 3 Cities With 18 Million to Stop Virus

KEN MORITSUGU and YANAN WANG / The Associated Press Jan 23, 2020 Seventeen people have died in the outbreak, all of them in and around Wuhan; close to 600 have been infected. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Cases of New Viral Respiratory Illness Rise Sharply in China

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 22, 2020 World health agency weighs global emergency declaration as coronavirus infects more than 400 people, killing at least 17 in Wuhan outbreak. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Harsh Methods Help China Keep Swine Flu at Bay

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2009 China's authoritarianism has apparently helped the country keep a lid on the global H1N1 pandemic. Similarly populated India has experienced nearly 17 times as many deaths from the disease. The United States, with less than a quarter of China's population, has recorded about 133 times as many deaths. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )