MERS

• How the new coronavirus compares to SARS, MERS, Ebola and other diseases

  Most human coronaviruses, such as the common cold, typically cause mild-to-moderate illness, but some can cause severe disease and even death.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2020
  
• Amid coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan-born woman raising funds to send medical supplies home

  The Prince George, B.C., woman says she's raised $1,000 so far to send supplies to the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2020
  
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• Here’s how SARS spread and the lessons learned for the new coronavirus outbreak

  Here's a look at how the new coronavirus compares to the spread of SARS in 2002-03.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2020
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• China’s coronavirus death toll rises to 9 with 440 confirmed cases: health officials

  Another 2,197 cases of close contact with patients had been confirmed and there was evidence of "respiratory transmission" of the virus, National Health Commission vice-minister Li Bin told reporters.

  Health

  Jan 21, 2020
• New virus in same family as SARS might be causing China pneumonia outbreak: WHO

  While the United Nations health agency said it needed more comprehensive information to confirm precisely the type of pathogen causing the infections, it said a new coronavirus was a possibility.

  Health

  Jan 9, 2020
• Here’s what fees can do to your retirement if you don’t pay attention

  Contrary to what many Canadians assume, those fees are a percentage of the total investment balance — not of annual investment gains.

  Money

  Jan 12, 2019
• Saudi records 15 MERS virus deaths in a week

  Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says 15 more people have died after contracting the Middle East respiratory syndrome, known as MERS, in the last seven days amid a surge in contractions in the capital, Riyadh.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2015
• Saudi hospital closes emergency ward after 46 people contract MERS virus

  A Saudi medical official says authorities have temporarily closed an emergency ward in one of the kingdom's largest hospitals after at least 46 people, including hospital staff, contracted the potentially fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome.

  Health

  Aug 19, 2015
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• South Korea sees end of MERS threat after outbreak killed 36

  South Korea said Tuesday it is now virtually free of the deadly MERS virus that killed 36 people and sickened nearly 200 since an outbreak was declared in May.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2015
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• Thailand’s only known MERS patient declared virus-free

  A 75-year-old Omani man who became Thailand's only known case of the often-deadly MERS virus was declared free of the illness by the Health Ministry on Friday.

  World

  Jul 3, 2015