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Governments need to implement 'draconian' travel curbs to stop a mystery coronavirus in China becoming a global epidemic, a team of experts mapping the outbreak said Monday.

The expanded travel warning comes as the number of Wuhan Coronavirus cases has expanded. The U.S. State Department also raised its alert level.

What started as a mystery virus last month in Wuhan, China, has now killed more than 50 people and infected hundreds more around the world.

The World Health Organization this week stopped short of calling the outbreak a global health emergency.

Disturbing new video shows dead bodies piling up in the hallways of a hospital in China, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spiral out of control. The images from inside Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the deadly viral outb

Startling footage has emerged from a hospital at the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in central China, apparently showing bodies covered by sheets.

Wang Guangfa, who contracted Coronavirus but since recovered, says protective eye wear as well as mouth masks are a must

Hospitals throughout Long Island are on alert for signs of the emerging coronavirus that has sickened hundreds of people in China, some fatally, and recently was detected in the United States. While n

NBC News will update this map of countries with confirmed coronavirus cases around the world when new data is available.

Health officials in Brazos County are investigating a suspected case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus, the county's health department announced Thursday.

Just one day after the first case of Wuhan coronavirus was confirmed in the US, a middle school canceled an on-campus cultural exchange program with a group of Chinese exchange students visiting the DC metro area, citing health concerns. Longfellow Middle

The flyer says if you feel sick with a fever or cough after visiting Wuhan, China, contact a doctor as soon as possible.

A coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed 17 people and infected more than 630. The virus has spread to at least seven other countries, including the US, were a 30-year-old man in Washington was confirmed to have the illness . A scientist

Aliyah Cardoza, who is from Azusa, was admitted to Children's Hospital Los Angeles with flu-like symptoms and diagnosed with the coronavirus, as well as microplasma, pneumonia, and acute respiratory syndrome.

China has decided to lock down three cities that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new coronavirus.

We will likely have more cases (hopefully uncomplicated) diagnosed here and awareness of the outbreak can help the response to any cases we do have and minimize overreaction, which can prompt poor decision-making by policymakers.

The Huanan Seafood Market in the central city of Wuhan in China was slammed on Wednesday after Chinese officials said the coronavirus may have originated in a wild animal sold at the food emporium.

The CDC anticipates more cases in the U.S., but officials believe the risk to the American public at large is low.

A new Chinese coronavirus, a cousin of the SARS virus, has infected more than 200 people since the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December. A Snohomish County, Washington resident who recently returned from a trip to central China is the first person

The first case of Wuhan coronavirus in the U.S. has been reported in Washington state, multiple news sources reported Tuesday afternoon.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was expected to announce the discovery Tuesday afternoon.This is a br