Health Jun 14 South Korea’s economy takes hit as MERS outbreak persists The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak currently playing South Korea is believed to be the largest outbreak of the virus that has ever occurred outside of Saudi Arabia, where MERS is thought to have originated. By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Hari Sreenivasan
Science Jun 05 Inside the $105 million lab that wants to wipe out MERS and Ebola How did one patient in South Korea instigate the largest MERS outbreak to-date outside of the Middle East?… By Nsikan Akpan
World Jun 03 More than 1,300 quarantined in South Korea’s MERS virus outbreak In South Korea, fears of a Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak – the largest outside of the Arabic Peninsula – have closed more than 230 schools and put more than 1300 people under mandatory quarantine, according to NPR. By Ariel Min
Nation May 12 Second U.S. case of deadly MERS virus identified in Florida U.S. health officials have confirmed that a second case of the deadly MERS virus has reached American shores – this time in Florida. By Jaywon Choe
May 02 Officials confirm first MERS case in the U.S. By Sam Lane U.S. health officials have identified the first American infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. Continue reading