MATT SEDENSKY and ANGELA CHARLTON / The Associated PressMar 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 )
MARILYNN MARCHIONE / The Associated PressFeb 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 )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigFeb 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 )
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KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated PressFeb 4, 2020
Medical staff members demand the border with mainland China be shut completely. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated PressJan 29, 2020
For a second day, the number of infections of the coronavirus grow dramatically. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
The Associated PressJan 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 )
KEN MORITSUGU and YANAN WANG / The Associated PressJan 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 )
KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated PressJan 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 )
Staff / TruthdigNov 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 )
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