MERS stands for "Middle East respiratory syndrome"—causes severe respiratory diseases with a high mortality rate. To date, ...

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Keeping wild animals inhumanely in cages and raising them for their fur and/or for medicinal products needs to be prohibited. Not only is it cruel, but these animals ...

Today the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced it has awarded $3.2 million to the Center of ...

Pakistan has reported and successfully treated its first case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, ...

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said "crucial issues" remained unresolved months after 194 countries were supposed to agree on ...

Getty Swabs taken during the man's hospital stay revealed that his symptoms were caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - a rare but severe respiratory illness.

(CBS News) A human case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was reported in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The CDC warned of potential public health ...

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