A team led by a University of Saskatchewan researcher said they found that stress can increase the spread of viruses from little brown bats. Continue reading →

A new report offers the strongest evidence yet that a mysterious Middle East virus spreads from camels to people. Continue reading →

WHO experts are looking for answers to explain how Saudi Arabia missed or failed to report a substantial number of MERS cases over the past year. Continue reading →

A respiratory virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East has spread for the first time from one person to another in the United States. Continue reading →

The Florida health officials say all health care workers who came into contact with the second confirmed MERS case have tested negative for the rare virus. Continue reading →

A doctor who travelled to Canada after having contact with Florida’s first MERS patient has tested negative for the virus, health officials say. Continue reading →

The spread of a puzzling respiratory virus in the Middle East and beyond is not a global health emergency, the WHO said Wednesday. Continue reading →

Has the mushrooming outbreak of the new MERS coronavirus reached the point where it is an international public health emergency? Continue reading →

Saudi Arabia’s health ministry says one more patient who contracted the potentially fatal Middle East virus related to SARS has died. Continue reading →

WHO scientists are travelling to Saudi Arabia to help investigate this month’s large increase in cases of MERS – Middle East respiratory syndrome. Continue reading →