Pandemic

Newly-appointed French Health and Solidarity Minister Olivier Veran attends the opening debate on the French government's pensions reform bill at the National Assembly in Paris, France, February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit TessierPARIS (Reuters) - New French health minister Olivier Veran said on Tuesday there is a “credible risk” China’s coronavirus outbreak…

AP Images / Kin CheungInvestors holding the World Bank's pandemic bonds stand to either reap massive profits or lose hundreds of millions of dollars, depending on the coronavirus outbreak's lethality. The instruments offer higher-than-average returns, but bondholders will lose their principal in the event of a qualifying pandemic. If certain…

Travelers pass a checkpoint at the China-Russia border.PHOTO: SVETLANA MAYOROVA/TASS/SIPA USA/NEWSCOMThe repatriation of 565 Japanese citizens from Wuhan, China, in late January offered scientists an unexpected opportunity to learn a bit more about the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) raging in that city. To avoid domestic spread of the virus, Japanese officials…

The national plan to try to stop the new coronavirus from spreading any further might fracture international trade, violate peoples rights, and make untenable the workloads of local and state public health departments. It almost certainly wont slow the virus.…

In recent days, some public health experts and scientists have begun uttering the P-word in reference to a surging outbreak of the new coronavirus thats already infected at least 24,000 people and killed over 400: pandemic. But when will we know if the Wuhan …

(CNN)The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak is not a pandemic, World Health Organization officials said Tuesday, adding that they're hopeful transmission of the virus can be contained. The agency acknowledges that it is challenging to contain the virus because of g…

Scientists and disease experts say the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could soon be declared a pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) designated the coronavirus — whose scientific name is 2019-nCoV — a "public-health emergency of international concern" la…

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The novel coronavirus that’s sickening thousands globally — and at least five people in the US — is inspiring countries to close their borders and Americans to buy up surgical masks quicker than major retailers can restock them. There’s another virus that has infected 15 million Americans across the country…

Much of the organizational thinking about disease outbreaks, and about crisis management in general, has focused on preparation. With the sudden emergence of a deadly new coronavirus, organizational preparedness is key. In recent years, many companies, for ex…