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International data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control indicates a similar pattern in reported coronavirus cases during the first 10 days after the case count passes 500.

Stephen Schwartz, known for his work on the vascular system, is the first person associated with the university to succumb to infection with SARS-CoV-2.

The World Health Organization warns that a lack of data on how many people have the disease could undermine containment and mitigation efforts in many countries.

Manufacturing sites are ramping up production of reagents needed to isolate SARS-CoV-2’s genetic material—a key step in testing for the virus.

The creativity of citizen scientists could help researchers design proteins that may be able to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Our maps and charts, updated regularly, offer a striking view of the global move of the novel coronavirus.

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

More cases emerge across the country as the global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 3,000.

An increase in confirmed infections, particularly in Italy, Iran, and South Korea, has led to heightened measures to prevent the spread of the virus SARS-CoV-2.

Emerging data as well as knowledge from the SARS and MERS coronavirus outbreaks yield some clues as to why SARS-CoV-2 affects some people worse than others.

Scientists’ latest understanding of the facts, the suspicions, and the discounted rumors of SARS-CoV-2’s transmission from person to person

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

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.

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

A devastating outbreak of the virus across East Asia has made the long-neglected pathogen a top research priority, but many challenges lie ahead.

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

Health authorities have ruled out the usual suspects, leading to fears that a novel virus is causing the infections in Hubei Province.