Global Health

Flowers and a portrait of Dr. Li Wenliang is left at his hospital in Wuhan, China. Li, regarded a whistleblower in the coronavirus outbreak, died of the infectious disease on Friday.

Health & Safety

Critics Say China Has Suppressed And Censored Information In Coronavirus Outbreak

6:08pm February 08, 2020

They charge that news of a new pneumonialike illlness was kept from the public for weeks — and that social media accounts are being shut down if certain types of comments are made.

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Despite Coronavirus Concern, Lunar New Year Festival Goes On In San Francisco

5:40pm February 08, 2020

by Chloe Veltman

Despite concerns about the coronavirus spreading in the U.S., San Francisco is going ahead with its major festival wrapping up the Lunar New Year celebration this weekend.

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Medical staffs sterilize the main building of Jinyintan Hospital on Jan. 22 in Wuhan, China. A 60-year-old who died at the hospital on Thursday is the first American known to have died after being infected by the coronavirus.

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American With Coronavirus Dies At Hospital Near Center Of Epidemic

1:21pm February 08, 2020

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

The U.S. Embassy confirmed the 60-year-old's death in Wuhan, China. The death on Thursday was the first of an American from the virus.

Millions Demand Answers In China After Doctor's Death From Coronavirus

8:03am February 08, 2020

by Emily Feng

Dr. Li Wenliang had sought to raise alarms about the virus but was effectively silenced by the government. Now Chinese social media is swamped with tributes to him.

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Coronavirus Presents First Test Of New Rules For Naming A Disease

8:03am February 08, 2020

by Brett Dahlberg

To avoid giving offense or creating stigma, the WHO guidelines recommend against naming new pathogens — the emerging coronavirus, for instance — after people, places, ethnic groups, animals or foods.

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Officers wear protective gear as they work to remove people who tested positive for coronavirus from the cruise ship Diamond Princess. The ship is sitting at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on a 14-day quarantine.

On Cruise Ship Quarantined In Japan, Any New Cases Would Reset The Isolation Clock

7:33pm February 07, 2020

by Bill Chappell

If the cruise ship were a country, it would now have the second-highest number of coronavirus cases outside of mainland China.

A photo of the late ophthalmologist Li Wenliang at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on Friday. Li, who is being hailed for his efforts to alert the medical profession to the new virus, died Friday after becoming infected.

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China To Investigate After Whistleblower Doctor Dies From Coronavirus

4:38pm February 07, 2020

Dr. Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist working in Wuhan, died Friday, weeks after he sought to warn his colleagues of the outbreak and then became infected himself.

What It's Like To Be Quarantined On A Cruise Ship For Coronavirus

4:34pm February 07, 2020

by Rebecca Davis

Passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship are under coronavirus quarantine. They're confined to their cabins and passengers are getting restless — and anxious about rising cases of illness.

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What It's Like To Be A Reporter In Wuhan Amid Coronavirus Epidemic

4:34pm February 07, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York Times reporter Chris Buckley who is in Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

News Brief: N.H. Democratic Debate, Coronavirus, Whistleblower Lawsuit

6:06am February 07, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates to debate in New Hampshire. Coronavirus whistleblower dies from the disease. And, an ex-U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee official files a whistleblower lawsuit.

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