Researchers in the United States trying to develop a vaccine against the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus say they have had early signs of success in animal experiments. Using a two-step approach in mice and rhesus macaques, scientists at the vaccine research center ...
An Omani man who became Thailand's first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome has been declared free of the deadly virus, Thailand's health ministry said Monday. The 75-year-old man, who had traveled to Bangkok for treatment for a heart condition and was then diagnosed with ...
The heir apparent of South Korea's massive Samsung Group bowed in apology during a nationally televised address on Tuesday for failing to stop the spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome at a Seoul hospital run by a group foundation. About half of the 175 MERS ...
Thai authorities took nearly four days to confirm the country's first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), the health ministry said on Friday, a time lag likely to raise fears of a further spread of the deadly virus in Asia. Thailand confirmed its first ...
South Korea on Wednesday reported eight new cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), while another person infected with the virus died, health officials said, bringing to 20 the number of fatalities in the outbreak that began last month. A total of 162 people in ...
Two South Korean hospitals are conducting experimental treatment on Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) patients, injecting them with blood plasma from recovering patients, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, as four new cases were reported. The procedure has been conducted on two consenting MERS patients in ...
Thousands of South Korean schools that were shut by worries over Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) reopened Monday as the country sought to return to normal, nearly four weeks into an outbreak that showed signs of slowing. Five new cases were reported by the Health ...
A South Korean hospital suspended most services on Sunday after being identified as the epicenter of the spread of a deadly respiratory disease that has killed 14 people since being diagnosed in the country nearly four weeks ago. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called ...
The World Health Organization said Saturday that South Korea's outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is "large and complex" and more cases should be anticipated, but it saw no sign the disease is spreading in the community. There was also no indication that the ...
President Park Geun-hye is trying to show her government can contain the spread of a deadly virus as the outbreak forced her to postpone a U.S. trip to meet President Barack Obama next week. Park, facing pressure from lawmakers — including one from her own ...
South Korea believes its MERS virus outbreak may have peaked, and experts say the next several days will be critical to determining whether the government's belated efforts have successfully stymied a disease that has killed seven people and infected nearly 100 in the country. The ...
South Korean health officials on Sunday reported 14 more cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome, bringing the total in the country's outbreak to 64, and said a fifth person infected with the virus had died. South Korea's outbreak of the often-deadly MERS virus, first reported ...
