While details of the case and the potential for spread are still emerging, here are five things you need to know about MERS. quicklist: 1category: What You Need to Know About MERStitle: It’s ...

The deadly virus spread at a business meeting, health officials say. May 19, 2014— -- A simple handshake has raised questions about MERS, the deadly infection now known to have spread on U.S ...

MERS is a serious viral respiratory illness. The virus is caused by the MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Coronaviruses are a common group of viruses grouped into four types: alpha, beta, gamma and delta.

Check out CNN’s MERS Fast Facts to learn more about Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, a viral respiratory illness first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.

MERS took 903 days or 2.5 years SARS took 130 days and the new coronavirus took 48 days In emerging infectious disease outbreaks, the most serious cases are identified first.

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, better known as MERS, may be an airborne virus. Learn more about how MERS may be transmitted.

MERS has wreaked havoc in the Eastern hemisphere. It stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and it's caused by a virus. We're not exactly sure how it started, but it was first reported in ...

MERS and Ebola share an important similarity: a lack of treatments or vaccinations. There’s currently no vaccine. “If there were a vaccine, it’s the kind of thing that might be useful in the ...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Questions Legal Claims of MERS By Nick Timiraos Feb. 14, 2011 6:34 pm ET Resize ...

It’s in a health care worker who traveled to Indiana from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month. Here are five things you need to know about MERS: It’s new. MERS was first seen in Saudi Arabia in 2012.

The claim: MERS is the same as COVID-19 Most pandemics in the 20th and 21st centuries have been caused by either influenza – such as the 1918 Spanish flu or the 2009 swine outbreak – or a ...