May 21, 2013

SARS

May 10, 2013

Novel Coronavirus Arrives in France

By Lauren Edmundson

France’s Pasteur Institute has confirmed the first case of novel coronavirus (NCoV) in France. The 65 year-old man, who remains unnamed, was first hospitalized in Valenciennes in April, and has...

France, novel coronavirus, nCOV, SARS, Saudi Arabia

Apr 10, 2013

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Coronavirus Steals Media Spotlight with Promising New Research

By David Scales

Amidst all the articles on H7N9 in China, the novel coronavirus (nCoV) is making headlines again. While the number of cases continues to trickle upward, there has been rapid progress in developing...

coronavirus, nCOV, SARS, animal models, research

Mar 13, 2013

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Is This Scary New Virus The Next SARS?

By Anna Tomasulo

There’s been a four-letter word circulating through the media in recent weeks, one we haven’t heard for years: SARS, which stands for "severe acute respiratory syndrome," appears to be making a...

SARS, coronavirus, HPA, WHO

Feb 13, 2013

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Novel Coronavirus: New Cases and Potential for Person to Person Spread

By Anna Tomasulo

The U.K. Health Protection Agency has confirmed two cases of the novel coronavirus this week. First, the facts. The first case, confirmed in a press release on Feb. 11, had recently traveled to...

coronavirus, novel coronavirus, SARS, UK, HPA

Oct 2, 2012

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Spotlight: SARS

By Jason Hayes

Few media-hyped events pose such a lurking, pit-of-your-stomach discomfort as the rapid, global emergence of a new disease. The sound of ambulance sirens, the sight of surgical masks in public...

SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, China, hong kong

Sep 24, 2012

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Novel Coronavirus in UK and Saudi Arabia

By Anna Tomasulo

The WHO is reporting a single case of an acute respiratory syndrome with renal failure in the United Kingdom. Laboratory testing confirmed a novel coronavirus, the same family of virus that causes...

coronavirus, SARS, Hajj