An outbreak of a highly contagious virus in China has health officials on alert. Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, which can lead to respiratory disease, are reportedly spiking in northern ...

In the six weeks since the outbreak began in the central city of Wuhan, 26 people have died and 830 people have fallen ill in mainland China from the virus ... the poster could just call them ...

Nearly a thousand Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem prayed for a cure to combat the coronavirus outbreak that has killed 1,770 people. “Millions and millions of people are going through ...

Editor’s note: CNN is launching the Meanwhile in China newsletter on June 21 ... a strength of the Chinese system that helped curb the virus – and has again been deployed to accelerate ...

Another deadly global pandemic may be brewing in China as a rampaging virus is seriously sickening vulnerable youngsters and seniors and packing hospitals across the communist country – sparking ...

Two months ago, Dr. Liang Wannian, the architect of zero-COVID policy, said China "cannot tolerate" a wave of mass infections. This month, he said, "The virus is much more mild now." If Liang was ...

Scientists discovered a new virus in eastern China that may be able to jump from animals to humans. But health experts say it isn't cause for panic. Researchers identified the new pathogen they ...

The virus, named Langya henipavirus or LayV, was found thanks to an early detection system for feverish people with a recent history of exposure to animals in eastern China.

Dozens of people in eastern China are known to have been infected by a novel virus, named Langya henipavirus (LayV), that appears to be transmitted from animals to people. In the latest ...

In December 2018, a 53-year-old woman showed up at a hospital in China with flu-like symptoms. She was infected with a henipavirus, a class that includes some dangerous pathogens like Nipah virus ...