Wuhan Coronavirus Tag

CNN Condemns Trump Coronavirus Task Force For “Lack of Diversity”

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 01, 2020 52 Comments

You may have thought that the Coronavirus is serious because people are sick and dying from it, but CNN has found a much more problematic angle to the story. It seems the people who make up Trump's task force to fight the disease aren't very diverse.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: 7th U.S. Case Identified in San Francisco Bay Area

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 01, 2020 40 Comments

As of today, there are approximately 12,000 cases of Wuhan Coronavirus infections worldwide. The death toll stands at 259, with 26 nations or administrative areas reporting patients who are infected with the pathogen.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Global Panic Over Coronavirus is “Unproductive and Unwarranted”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 31, 2020 51 Comments

As of today, 9912 cases of the Wuhan Coronavirus have been reported, including new cases in Great Britain and Russia. *We will update this post as further information comes out.

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WHO Declares Wuhan Coronavirus Global Health Emergency After First Person-to-Person U.S. Case Reported

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 30, 2020 16 Comments

As of today, there are now over 8200 cases of those with the Wuhan Coronavirus officially reported worldwide, and 170 deaths attributed to the pathogen.  Finland is now reporting its first case, which brings the total of nations that have Wuhan Coronavirus cases to 18.

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Petition Launched at Arizona State to Cancel Classes Due to Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2020 2 Comments

"The students of ASU do not feel comfortable attending classes due to the outbreak"...

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As nations scramble to contain Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, CDC expands screening to 20 US airports

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 29, 2020 7 Comments

I had an opportunity to have lunch with the biosafety specialist and colleague this week, to do a preliminary risk assessment related to the Wuhan Coronavirus and its potential for the outbreak in China to blossom into a full-blown pandemic. One of the biggest challenges in this exercise is the reliability of any of the data coming from China. Presently, we will assume that the death toll stands now at 169, with 7169 cases officially reported (including the five in the US).

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Chair of Harvard Chemistry Department Charged With Lying About Work for China

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2020 3 Comments

"Harvard is cooperating with federal authorities"...

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Los Angeles County Reports First Case of Wuhan Coronavirus

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 27, 2020 23 Comments

The number of deaths and infections associated with the Wuhan Coronavirus has risen as the Los Angeles County reports its first case of the disease.

The patient had recently traveled from Wuhan City, China— the epicenter of the outbreak that has killed 56 people and sickened another 2,000.

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China’s President Xi Jinping warns rate of Wuhan Coronavirus infections are accelerating

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 26, 2020 28 Comments

How bad is the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak? So bad that the normally secretive president of China, Xi Jinping, formally announced the rate of infections of the potentially deadly coronavirus is 'accelerating' and that at least one doctor has died from the virus.

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Beijing Cancels Major Chinese New Year Celebrations in Bid to Prevent Coronavirus Epidemic

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 23, 2020 15 Comments

There have been some significant developments today related to the reported outbreaks for the Wuhan coronavirus, which can cause a life-threatening pneumonia-like illness.

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China Quarantines Wuhan in Response to Continuing Coronavirus Outbreaks

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 23, 2020 20 Comments

We have been following the reports related to the outbreak of a pneumonia-like illness caused by a coronavirus that reportedly comes from the markets of Wuhan, China.

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CDC expected to announce first US case of “Wuhan Virus” as outbreak spreads

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 21, 2020 8 Comments

Last week, I reported that Chinese public health officials were struggling to identify a mysterious strain of pneumonia that has infected dozens of people and had placed the rest of Asia on alert for outbreaks.

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China Struggles to Deal With New Pneumonia-Like Illness

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 10, 2020 17 Comments

Chinese public health officials are struggling to identify a mysterious strain of pneumonia that has infected dozens of people and put the rest of Asia on alert for outbreaks.

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