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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

NEW YORK (AP) — Rocker Ozzy Osbourne says that he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement.

The outbreak has sickened more than 300 people in China and killed 6.

The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, a development ...

Medical consensus has believed that unborn babies do not feel pain until the middle or end of the second trimester, 20 to 24 weeks. But newly published medical research indicates that unborn babies can feel pain much sooner. The new research indicates tha

Researchers at Cardiff University say the new tumour-killing cell may one day provide a 'one size fits all' cancer therapy because it targeted 10 different types without damaging healthy tissue.

A novel virus has infected over 200 people and caused three deaths. Here's everything we know about the mysterious new disease.

The true scale of the outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China is likely far bigger than officially reported, scientists have warned, as countries ramp up measures to prevent the disease from spreading.Fears that the virus will spread are growing

More than 100 staffers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being deployed to three US airports to check passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, for fever and other symptoms of a mysterious new virus that's killed two and infected

The World Health Organization has advised hospitals what to do in the event of the unidentified virus spreading. A total of 41 cases have been identified in China, and one in Thailand.

The mystery respiratory virus that has hit a city in central China could spark a wider outbreak, with the potential for "limited" transmission between humans, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

A quarantine situation is underway at Barbourville ARH Emergency Room.

Chinese healthcare authorities in Wuhan said an outbreak of viral pneumonia was not Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) or bird flu, and that they were still working to identify the cause and source.'

This flu season is shaping up to be one of the worst in decades, according to the United States' top infectious disease doctor.

HARTFORD -- On the heels of yet another death in Connecticut, state health officials are keeping a watchful eye on the spread of the flu. 2,900 people across the country have died from the flu this season. Five people have died in Connecticut.

Feeling feverish, achy? Got a cough? Or maybe your eyes are itchy and you're sneezing. Maybe it's just a cold but, could it be the flu or allergies? The difference could be serious if it is the flu.

A mysterious pneumonia outbreak thats sickened dozens of people in China has prompted airports in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan to introduce fever screening, as scientists search for the infectious source.