Coronavirus Infections Update

Coronavirus Infections Update

Coronavirus Infections Update

MedlinePlus sent this bulletin at 05/20/2014 01:12 PM EDT

New on the MedlinePlus Coronavirus Infections page:

Existing Drugs May Work Against MERS, Studies Suggest

05/19/2014 04:00 PM EDT

Findings could speed access to treatment for patients who can't wait for new drugs to be developed

Source: HealthDay

Florida MERS Patient Released from Hospital

05/19/2014 02:00 PM EDT

He's a 44-year-old health care worker from Saudi Arabia, the epicenter of the MERS outbreak

Source: HealthDay

Third U.S. Man Tests Positive for MERS Virus, CDC Reports

05/18/2014 09:00 AM EDT

He was business associate of health care worker diagnosed with the first U.S. case, but shows no signs of illness

Source: HealthDay

MERS Not Yet a Public Health Emergency: WHO

05/14/2014 12:00 PM EDT

U.N. agency says the virus, concentrated in the Middle East, doesn't seem to spread easily among people

Source: HealthDay

CDC Announces Second Imported Case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the United States

05/13/2014 06:17 PM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2 Florida Hospital Workers Who Treated MERS Patient Fall Ill

05/13/2014 02:00 PM EDT

Testing for the potentially fatal respiratory infection is underway, officials say

Source: HealthDay