Emerging Pathogens
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) a public health emergency and ordered all U.S. citizens returning from the Wuhan, China, region to be quarantined for two weeks.
American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack outlines the steps that leaders of hospitals and health systems should take to prepare for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
The husband of a Chicago woman infected by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is the first individual in the U.S. to contract the illness via person-to-person contact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
The Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that they assisted the Department of State in relocating approximately 195 U.S. citizens out of Wuhan, China.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State Department announced coronavirus (2019-nCoV) screenings at 20 U.S. airports, up from five. CDC also raised their travel guidance to Level 3 — avoid all nonessential travel to China.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed five travel-related U.S. patients tested positive for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) with 110 patients across 26 states under investigation.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a second person in the U.S. tested positive for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
The World Health Organization said it will not declare a public health emergency of international concern at this time in regards to the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which has infected hundreds and killed at least 17 people.
World Health Organization officials met in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss the coronavirus – originally found in Wuhan, China – which has killed 17 people.
In response to an outbreak in China caused by a new coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Homeland Security announced screenings to detect ill travelers going through San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles airports.