Today in The New York Timescoverage of a report published yesterday on a Saudi hospital-borne outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome released by The New England Journal of Medicine, a potential ...

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012. The virus is zoonotic, meaning it can be ...

Outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in humans are driven by recurring zoonotic spillover from camels, leading to demand for camel vaccination. With two vaccine ...

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a zoonotic betacoronavirus first identified in 2012. The primary animal reservoir is the dromedary camel, with serological surveys indicating ...

South Korea's Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn declares a "de facto end" to the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Virus (Mers).

France has confirmed its first cases of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in more than a decade - triggering urgent fears of new infectious disease in a continent still scarred by the ...

In Kentucky, we are fortunate to have never seen a documented case of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome — or MERS. Regardless, MERS is a serious illness for which awareness is key. MERS is a illness ...