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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

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

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

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

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

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

Doctors in Bangkok have been treating coronavirus patients with a mix of HIV and flu drugs, potentially giving health officials a new tool for the outbreak.

Doctors Are Treating Coronavirus With Cocktail of HIV, Flu Drugs

By Dan Robitzski

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