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The NYT reports that COVID-19 is tearing through China's prison system — a hint that even in the epidemic's epicenter, we don't understand its toll.

The Deadly Coronavirus Is Tearing Through Chinese Prisons

By Jon Christian

Deadly Coronavirus May Be Spreading Through Poop

Deadly Coronavirus May Be Spreading Through Poop

By Victor Tangermann

The editors of the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) retracted a study that claims vaping increased the chance of heart attacks.

Scientists Retract Study Claiming Vapes Cause Heart Attacks

By Victor Tangermann

American doctors are worried that the COVID-19 epidemic could lead to a crisis as patients overwhelm emergency rules and exhaust stores of medical supplies.

American Doctors Are Bracing For a Global COVID-19 Pandemic

By Jon Christian

The 2019-nCoV pandemic that began as a viral outbreak in Wuhan, China has rapidly spread to new countries. Here's how it progressed over time.

Here’s a Timeline of How China’s Viral Outbreak Spread Worldwide

By Dan Robitzski

Liu Zhiming, director of the Wuhan Wuchang Hospital, died from a COVID-19 infection while trying to treat the massive number of patients in the city.

Hospital Director Dies in City Where the Coronavirus Originated

By Dan Robitzski

Orthopedic surgeons have begun offering leg lengthening — long offered as a corrective procedure for congenital defects — to insecure, short men.

Want to Be Taller? Radical Surgery Permanently Extends Your Legs.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese authorities arrested Xu Zhiyong, a legal scholar and activist who called on President Xi Jinping to resign for mishandling the COVID-19 outbreak.

China Locks Up Activist Who Criticized State’s COVID-19 Response

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have released a gallery of stunning images of what the Coronavirus looks like taken with scanning and transmission electron microscopes.

What Does the Coronavirus Look Like? This.

By Jon Christian

A research team's new technique has improved the development of transparent organs creating stunning images of 3D cellular maps.

Scientists Turn Entire Human Organs Fully Transparent

On Friday, Chinese authorities only reported 14 new fatalities linked to COVID-19. But the sudden drop isn't necessarily the good news it appears to be.

Here’s Why There Are So Few Reported COVID-19 Fatalities Today

By Dan Robitzski

Officials at The Health Commission of Hubei Province in China have announced a nearly tenfold increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday morning.

China Announces Spike in Deadly Virus Infections, Deaths

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported today that the deadly coronavirus COVID-19 is spreading in North Korea.

Deadly Outbreak COVID-19 Reportedly Spreads to North Korea

By Jon Christian

Lawsuit: Juul Targeted Kids with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network Ads

By Jon Christian

An executive order mobilized the entire U.S. military to prepare for a potential COVID-19 pandemic, should the outbreak ever progress to that point.

US Military Issues Executive Order to Prevent COVID-19 Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

Coronavirus COVID-19 test kits sent out in America are proving to be faulty, and in China where they're needed most, there simply aren't enough.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Test Kits are Broken in America, Scarce in China

By Foster Kamer

The number of people infected by the coronavirus — and dying from it — is quickly increasing, but has the outbreak reached the level of a pandemic?

Is the Coronavirus a Pandemic? Here’s What Experts Say.

By Kristin Houser

The coronavirus outbreak can cause extreme symptoms like coughing up blood or lung infections, but milder cases are more similar to the flu.

These Are the Symptoms of Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found traces of two microbial toxins in Juul's nicotine vaping liquids.

Harvard Researchers Find Microbial Toxin in JUUL Pods

By Victor Tangermann

The mysterious Chinese pneumonia-like coronavirus that originated from Wuhan, China, has officially reached the US, with one confirmed case in Washington.

Mysterious, Deadly Chinese Virus Officially Reaches the US

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese officials confirmed that the pneumonia-like virus that first emerged at a Wuhan seafood market can be transmitted from person-to-person.

Chinese Virus Is Spreading Between Humans, Prompting Outbreak Fears

By Dan Robitzski

China released an app over the weekend that lets residents know if they've come in "close contact" with the deadly coronavirus Covid-19.

App Checks Whether You’ve Come in Contact With Deadly Coronavirus

By Kristin Houser

Gabriel Leung, public health expert, told The Guardian that 60% of the world's population could get infected by the coronavirus, if left unchecked.

Expert: Deadly Viral Outbreak Could Infect 60% of World Population

By Victor Tangermann

The World Health Organization announced a new official name for the coronavirus that recently emerged from China: Covid-19.

The WHO Finally Gives the Coronavirus an Official Name

By Dan Robitzski

Multiple units within a Hong Kong apartment building have confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, and officials think that the coronavirus is spreading through pipes.

Hong Kong Officials Fear Deadly Virus Is Spreading Through Pipes

By Dan Robitzski

A San Diego hospital accidentally released a patient carrying the deadly coronavirus that's caused a global outbreak this month.

CA Hospital Accidentally Releases Patient With Deadly Virus

By Victor Tangermann

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the coronavirus outbreak could get worse if countries don't nip it in the bud.

WHO Leader Warns of Worldwide Coronavirus Outbreaks

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese state-owned newspaper the People's Daily uploaded a video of disinfection work in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

China Is Spraying Entire City Blocks to Contain Outbreak

By Victor Tangermann

After a mix of conflicitng reports, Li Wenliang, the Wuhan doctor who warned about the coronavirus outbreak in its earliest days, died early Friday morning.

Whistleblower Doctor Who Warned of Viral Outbreak Dies From It

By Dan Robitzski

The government of China has ordered officials in Wuhan to round up and quarantine any sick residents in makeshift shelter camps.

China to Round up Infected in “Mass Quarantine Camps”

By Dan Robitzski

The coronavirus rapidly spreading around the world almost certainly jumped to humans from animals. Zoonotic viruses like this can be more dangerous.

The Coronavirus Started in Animals. That Makes it More Dangerous.

By Dan Robitzski

The coronavirus outbreak is rocking the rideshare industry across the globe from China, with both drivers and passengers feeling the effects.

Coronavirus Outbreak Has Rideshare Industry in Turmoil

By Kristin Houser

In the parts of China where medical face masks are mandatory, some find that the facial recognition systems they use to unlock their phones don't work.

Medical Face Masks Thwart China’s Omniscient Facial Recognition

By Dan Robitzski

Americans who recently returned from China are putting themselves under a voluntary quarantine for coronavirus. Some are facing dangerous rumors.

Here’s What It’s Like to Live Under Coronavirus Quarantine

By Dan Robitzski

2,666 and 1,045 crew members have been quarantined on the luxury cruise ship Diamond Princess of the Japanese coast for two weeks.

Thousands Are Quarantined On a Virus-Stricken Luxury Cruise Ship

By Victor Tangermann

Health experts recently warned that the coronavirus 2019-nCoV is more contagious than they originally predicted, and they still don't know how much so.

Scientists: The Coronavirus May Be More Contagious Than Thought

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese authorities are using high-tech tools to track and limit the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak such as lasers that can spot people with fevers.

China Deploys Infrared Sensors to Detect Infected Citizens in Public

By Dan Robitzski

Li Wenliang, a doctor in Wuhan, China, was censored after he warned med school classmates about the coronavirus. Now he's sick in the hospital.

After China Censored This Wuhan Doctor, He Caught the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists believe they've identified a case where someone infected another person with the coronavirus 2019-nCoV before ever displaying symptoms.

New Research: People Without Symptoms Can Spread Coronavirus [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

In a grim milestone, the coronavirus has now taken more American lives than Al Qaeda did on the September 11 terror attack in 2001.

Scientists Warn: You Can Catch Coronavirus More Than Once

By Dan Robitzski

A team of French researchers have grown yarn from human skin cells that could be used by surgeons as simple sutures or assembled into skin grafts.

This Horrific “Yarn” Is Made From Human Flesh

By Victor Tangermann

As of Monday, the death toll for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus is now higher than that of the 2002 SARS outbreak, though its fatality rate is much smaller.

Coronavirus Has Now Killed More People in China Than SARS Did

By Dan Robitzski

The Wuhan coronavirus is now "basically...a pandemic," the director of the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group recently told CNBC.

Mayo Clinic Doctor: Coronavirus Is “Basically at a Pandemic Now”

By Kristin Houser

Developing: Coronavirus Catches Influencers

Developing: Coronavirus Catches Influencers

By Foster Kamer

The CDC announced that it is quarantining 195 American citizens who recently returned from China to flee the coronavirus outbreak.

CDC Quarantines 195 US Citizens Who Fled China Outbreak

By Dan Robitzski

American, United, and Delta airlines announced they are suspending all flights to and from China due to concerns over the recent coronavirus outbreak.

Airlines Are Suspending Flights to China Amid Outbreak

By Victor Tangermann

A bizarre video shows how Chinese police have started using drones to scream at people who go outside without a safety mask about the coronavirus.

In China, Drones Are Yelling at People About Coronavirus [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

Massive loopholes in the Trump administration's recent flavored vape ban are already being exploited by teens, according to The New York Times.

Teens Are Exploiting a Stupid Loophole in Flavored Vape Ban

By Victor Tangermann

The World Health Organization reversed its previous decision and declared the coronavirus outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern."

WHO Declares The Coronavirus Outbreak a Public Health Emergency

By Dan Robitzski

China is threatening to send people to jail for spreading rumors about the coronavirus, but it seems more likely it's just trying to control the narrative.

China Is Arresting People for Writing About Coronavirus Online

By Kristin Houser

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus in the United States.

CDC Confirms First US Person-to-Person Coronavirus Transmission

By Victor Tangermann

A cruise ship was stranded off the coast of Italy as officials investigated — and eventually dismissed — a potential case of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

A Cruise Ship Was Stranded at Sea Due to Coronavirus Risk

By Dan Robitzski

A breakdown of who is getting sick and dying from the coronavirus outbreak shows that elderly people and those who were already sick are getting hit harder.

The Coronavirus Outbreak is Most Dangerous for the Elderly

By Dan Robitzski

Ndemic Creations saw a huge uptick in "Plague Inc." players recently, a situation the game studio attributes to the current coronavirus epidemic in China.

Makers of “Plague Inc.” Game: Get Your Coronavirus Info Elsewhere

By Kristin Houser

An October 2019 simulation exercise found that a coronavirus pandemic could cause 65 million deaths and trigger a global financial crisis.

In a Recent Simulation, a Coronavirus Killed 65 Million People

By Kristin Houser

Australia now has five confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, meaning the virus has officially spread from China to a fourth continent.

Reports of Coronavirus Outbreak Hit Every Inhabited Continent

By Dan Robitzski

As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread, a prominent virologist predicts that it will be at least ten times worse than the 2003 SARS outbreak.

Virologist: China Virus Will Be At Least 10x Worse Than SARS

By Dan Robitzski

2019-nCoV, the virus behind a looming pandemic, has officially reached Europe. French officials confirmed the country and continent's first two cases.

The Mysterious Chinese Outbreak Just Reached Europe

By Dan Robitzski

As China struggles to keep a lid on the 2019-nCoV pandemic, it has now quarantined 12 cities and cancelled their public transportation.

China Has Now Quarantined 35 Million People to Prevent Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

The CDC announced Friday that a second case of 2019-nCoV, also known as coronavirus, currently wreaking havoc in China was discovered in the US.

CDC Confirms Second Chinese Virus Case in the US

By Victor Tangermann

Last month in China, dozens of people in the city of Wuhan fell ill with a new disease, a strain of the pneumonia virus, and officials worry it may spread.

A Strange Disease Is Sweeping China

By Dan Robitzski

The mysterious pneumonia-like virus that hit China last month has now spread to Japan and Thailand. Experts still aren't sure how.

China’s Mysterious Virus Spreads to Japan and Thailand

By Dan Robitzski

In an attempt to limit the spread of the pneumonia-like virus 2019-nCoV, the government in China is screening passengers on departing flights.

In China, Hazmat Teams Are Searching Flights For Deadly Outbreak

By Dan Robitzski

In the face of a worsening public health crisis, the Chinese government is censoring social media and articles about the Wuhan virus.

China Censored Info About Growing Pandemic on Social Media

By Dan Robitzski