China, disease & medicine

Despite high-profile political tensions between the two countries, researchers in the US and China are working together now more than ever, according to our bibliometric study.

A study of 34 children hospitalized with a coronavirus infection in China reveals that fever and coughing were common, but the type of lesions typically seen in the lungs of adults with COVID-19 were rare.

The abrupt termination comes after the research drew President Trump’s attention for its ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

An inflatable biosafety laboratory may help meet the global need for testing infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There is no evidence backing the idea that SARS-CoV-2 originated from US servicemembers visiting Wuhan.

China and Japan have also closed their schools, prompting universities worldwide to assess the threat this virus poses to their local and international communities.

Liu Zhiming is the eighth frontline health-care worker to die from COVID-19, and hundreds more have been infected.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases releases a series of images that offer a close up look at the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Researchers find 380 amino acid substitutions between 2019-nCoV and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-related coronaviruses.

Authorities had silenced Li Wenliang after he spoke out about the virus, now known as 2019-nCoV, in the early days of the epidemic.

Claims that a woman spread the virus to a colleague in Germany before she had symptoms conflict with health officials’ interview with the patient herself.

Combining the medications improved conditions in patients with severe 2019-nCoV infections, say doctors in Thailand.

Recent announcements from Chinese officials and German doctors suggest that some patients may spread 2019-nCoV during its incubation period, which may last up to 14 days before symptoms emerge.

With more than 6,000 cases of the 2019-nCoV virus confirmed, researchers are hoping that studying the pathogen in the lab will help stop the outbreak.

EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak speaks with The Scientist about how pathogens like 2019-nCoV jump species, and how to head off the next pandemic.

Researchers are trying to figure out where it came from, whether it’s evolving, and just how big a threat it will be.

The number of cases spikes as the World Health Organization plans an emergency meeting on containing the epidemic.

Scientists release a draft genome of the virus that has been identified in 41 patients.

The virus, which has sickened at least 59 people, does not appear to transmit easily between humans.