When you study something that is, in the strictest sense, invisible, answers to seemingly straightforward questions quickly become elusive. Like: What makes one virus replicate more efficiently than ...

A MERS outbreak in South Korea — the largest outside Saudi Arabia, where the disease first emerged in 2012 — is likely to grow, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. MERS, or Middle East ...

WASHINGTON (DoD News, Defense Media Activity, Feb. 18, 2016) -- Army scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research started vaccinations yesterday in the first clinical trial to test the ...

The illness commonly called MERS in casual conversation is caused by a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. MERS affects the respiratory system (lungs and breathing tubes) and can affect ...

Health authorities in the UK and other countries are warning World Cup fans to be aware of the symptom of MERS. MERS is a viral disease that can cause respiratory issues. The disease is endemic to ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. More than 2,800 people remain under quarantine in South Korea as an outbreak of the ...

Just as peak summer season was gearing up, Koreatown travel agent Chris Chang began receiving dozens of calls from travelers concerned about an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in South ...

A second South Korean clinic has been forced to close, with staff, patients and visitors sent into quarantine, as the country attempts to curb the spread of the MERS virus for a third week. Four new ...

South Korea reported eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and a seventh death on Tuesday. So, how worried should we be, not just about the country's already troubled economy but ...

An outbreak of the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome virus continues to pick up steam. On Monday, health officials in South Korea isolated nearly 700 people who were potentially exposed to the ...