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As more cases continue to be confirmed, health officials and medical works in Wuhan, China, and throughout the country ramp up efforts to contain the spread.

Coronavirus Update: What's New In The Evolving Outbreak

7:38pm January 25, 2020

by Pien Huang

The number of infections continue to grow in an outbreak spreading throughout China. Cases have been confirmed in the U.S., Europe and Australia as well. Here are the latest updates on the illness.

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Coronavirus Outbreak In China Accelerates

5:32pm January 25, 2020

Residents in the Chinese city of Wuhan react to the coronavirus outbreak that is thought to have started there.

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People wear face masks as they wait at Hankou Railway Station earlier this week in Wuhan, China. Experts say there is little evidence that masks prevent infection.

Coronavirus FAQs: Do Masks Help? Is The Disease Really So Mysterious?

5:14pm January 25, 2020

by Elena Renken

We're answering a few questions that you may be asking about the new coronavirus outbreak. And we invite you to send us your questions.

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Peace Corps To End China Program

1:41pm January 25, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

The Peace Corps has decided to ax its China program. Critics of the decision call the program one of the diplomatic success stories in the history of China-U.S. relations.

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Demonstrators protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act near Jamia Millia Islamia on Dec. 15 in New Delhi.

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'Our Democracy Is In Danger': Muslims In India Say Police Target Them With Violence

10:00am January 25, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

Dozens of Indians, most of them Muslim, have been killed by police in weeks of nationwide protests against a new citizenship law. Their families believe they were singled out because of their faith.

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A man holding an umbrella walks past excavators at the construction site where a new quarantine and treatment center is being built to treat patients of a new coronavirus.

China Hurriedly Building Quarantine Center In Effort To Contain Wuhan Virus

7:35pm January 24, 2020

Hundreds of workers were told to get the center near the city of Wuhan built in under a week as authorities cope with the new viral pneumonia that has killed 41 people and infected over 1,000 others.

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Wuhan Coronavirus 101: What We Do — And Don't — Know About A Newly Identified Disease

6:47pm January 24, 2020

by Emily Vaughn

The virus was identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December, and the number of confirmed cases is rapidly increasing. Here's what we do — and don't — know about coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

A man in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the current coronavirus outbreak, walks by a local mural.

'Please Help Me.' What People In China Are Saying About The Outbreak On Social Media

5:39pm January 24, 2020

Residents in Wuhan and other Chinese cities affected by the Wuhan coronavirus are using platforms like Weibo to share their fears and frustrations.

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More Than 35 Million People In China Are On Travel Lockdown

10:24am January 24, 2020

by Emily Feng

The threat of the mysterious pneumonia-like ailment called coronavirus has Chinese authorities scrambling to prevent it from spreading. At least 26 people have died.

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A traveler walks past a display board showing a canceled flight from Wuhan at Beijing Capital International Airport on Thursday. China closed off the city of more than 11 million in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that

Chinese Authorities Begin Quarantine Of Wuhan City As Coronavirus Cases Multiply

9:53pm January 23, 2020

Transportation in and out of the city of 11 million is being shut down as cases of the coronavirus are being reported throughout China and abroad. Wuhan is believed to be the contagion's epicenter.

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