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Los Angeles Times: Editorial: Misinformation has become a secondary infection in the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak Editorial Board “Scattered in with the legitimate news headlines circulating on social media regarding the deadly coronavirus outbreak are a worrisome number of fake news items and outright hoaxes. … Though rumors and misinformation have…

U.S. Department of State: Evacuation of Americans from Wuhan, China “[Wednesday] morning, a flight from Wuhan carrying U.S. government personnel and some private Americans safely landed in California. As we have previously noted, these travelers will be carefully screened and monitored by the health experts at the U.S. Centers for…

Associated Press: Warren offers infectious-disease plan amid China outbreak “Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has announced a plan to prevent, contain, and treat infectious diseases as a new viral illness spreads in China. The Massachusetts senator on Tuesday unveiled a plan that includes fully funding the federal Centers for Disease…

Devex: Lab-grown novel coronavirus to speed up detection and response “The growth of novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV, in a Melbourne-based laboratory has been described by the scientists behind this development as ‘a piece in the puzzle’ to developing tests and vaccines to combat its rapid spread. … The grown virus…

New York Times: Coronavirus Crisis Exposes Cracks in China’s Facade of Unity “From the outside, China’s Communist Party appears powerful and effective. It has tightened its control over Chinese politics and culture, the economy and everyday life, projecting the image of a gradually unifying society. The coronavirus outbreak has blown…

Washington Post: New coronavirus cases in China surpass SARS epidemic as infections grow abroad “As the total number of people in mainland China infected by the new coronavirus surpasses those stricken by the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, Beijing has shut down schools indefinitely. … The death toll has risen to 132…

New York Times: China Will Admit International Experts to Help Contain Coronavirus Outbreak “After repeatedly declining assistance from international health officials, Chinese authorities agreed on Tuesday to permit teams of experts coordinated by the World Health Organization to visit China to help contain the growing coronavirus outbreak…” (Rabin, 1/28). Reuters:…

PBS NewsHour: WATCH: Health officials unveil strategy to combat novel coronavirus in the U.S. “Top U.S. health officials laid out plans Tuesday to develop better screening tests, medications, and a potential vaccine to combat novel coronavirus, a flu-like illness that spread from China to more than a dozen countries around…

BMJ Opinion: Coronavirus — knowledge is the antidote to fear Julian Sheather, ethics manager at BMA, discusses the importance of knowledge and research as a first-line response to disease outbreaks, writing, “The outbreak of a serious infectious disease is not just a biomedical event. It affects people and their communities.…

Bloomberg: China’s Economy Is Different With This Virus Outbreak Tim Culpan, Bloomberg opinion columnist (1/27). The Conversation: Steps Nigeria is taking to prepare for cases of coronavirus Chikwe Ihekweazu, senior honorary lecturer on infectious diseases at UCL (1/28). Foreign Policy: Don’t Blame Bat Soup for the Wuhan Virus James Palmer,…