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New research suggests MERS epidemic unlikely
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New research suggests MERS epidemic unlikely

Researchers recently concluded new studies on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and determined that it is unlikely that MERS will become an epidemic. The team analyzed clinical-outcome reports from...

17 December, 2014
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MERS of concern before haj – WHO
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MERS of concern before haj – WHO

The deadly MERS virus remains a serious public health problem, especially with the approach of haj pilgrimages, but a recent surge in Saudi cases of the respiratory disease appears to be abating, the World Health...

27 June, 2014
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Killer virus demands open accounting
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Killer virus demands open accounting

For many months in 2012 and 2013, Saudi Arabia reassured the world that it was paying close attention to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in the kingdom, known as Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. But events...

16 June, 2014
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Mers vaccine helps mice fight off deadly virus
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Mers vaccine helps mice fight off deadly virus

Today, there is no real treatment or vaccine that can tackle Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), a virus that was first detected in 2012 and has already affected 339 people in Saudi Arabia, killing 102. It’s...

2 May, 2014
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