Hong Kong Reports Its 1st Coronavirus Death A 39-year-old man is only the second person to have died from the infection outside of China. Hong Kong health workers are striking to demand the border with mainland China be sealed. Emily Feng
Why The World Cares More About The New Coronavirus Than The Flu Every year, viruses like influenza kill hundreds of thousands worldwide — yet countries don't respond with lockdowns or airport screenings. Here's why they're doing so over the coronavirus outbreak. Nurith Aizenman
1st U.S. person-to-person spread of coronavirus has occurred in Chicago, CDC says A woman who had recently traveled to China passed the respiratory virus on to her husband when she returned to Chicago, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said. Bill Chappell
Coronavirus Has Now Spread To All Regions Of Mainland China "I think it's quite likely that you will see human to human transmission in U.S. cities within the next two or three weeks," a coronavirus expert tells NPR. Bill Chappell
Interior Department Grounds All Of Its Drones, Citing Cybersecurity, Other Concerns The move is a turnabout for Chinese firms such as drone giant DJI — which made special "government edition" drones that the Interior Department approved last summer. Bill Chappell
Coronavirus concerns rattle local Chinese community The Year of the Rat is off to a rocky start. John Ryan
Coronavirus: Americans Cheer As Evacuation Flight From Wuhan Reaches U.S. "The whole plane erupted in cheers when the crew said, 'Welcome home to the United States,' " according to Alaska's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink. Bill Chappell
Wuhan Coronavirus 101: What We Do — And Don't — Know About A Newly Identified Disease 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. Emily Vaughn
China Halts Transportation Out Of Wuhan To Contain Coronavirus. Could It Backfire? Experts say China's move is unprecedented. Here's why they're opposed. Nurith Aizenman
Washington man has first coronavirus case in the U.S. Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that a patient in Washington state is the first in the U.S. to contract the new strain of coronavirus. There's an outbreak of the virus in China. Paige Browning
