AP Health

China's new virus is striking at a bad time for the world economy

U.S. health officials have offered a reality check about the scary new virus from China: They're expanding screenings of international travelers and taking other precautions but, for now, they insist the risk to Americans is very low

German authorities say a man confirmed as the country's first case of the new virus that emerged in China is believed to have been infected by a Chinese colleague who visited his workplace last week

The British government is warning against “all but essential travel” to mainland China amid the outbreak of a new virus

Japanese media say a Japanese plane has arrived in the Chinese city that is the epicenter of a new virus and will bring back 200 citizens

A three-day strike by thousands of nurses, staff members and other caregivers has closed two hospital emergency departments in the Seattle area

Canada is confirming a third case of the new virus from China that has sickened thousands of people and killed more than 100, British Columbia Health Officer Bonnie Henry said Tuesday the man in his 40s visited Wuhan, China recently and arrived in Vancouver last week

France has confirmed a fourth case of a new virus spreading in China, an elderly Chinese tourist who is in intensive care in a Paris hospital

The European Union is dispatching two flights to evacuate at least 350 healthy European citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan as a deadly new flu spreads in the region

While richer countries prepare to evacuate some citizens from China's locked-down city of Wuhan, a grassroots effort has begun among hundreds of African students who see little chance of a similar escape