On November 21, global disease tracking organization ProMED posted about hospitals in Northeast China that are overwhelmed due to an surge of “undiagnosed pneumonia” among children, particularly in China’s capital, Beijing, and nearby Liaoning. Some parents there are expressing concern that authorities may have concealed a broader epidemic. ProMED reportedread more
A worldwide outbreak of liver disease of unknown origin is affecting young children around the globe, and has sent medical experts scrambling to uncover the cause. These cases of hepatitis, an inflammation of the tissue in the liver, are primarily afflicting children between 2 and 5 years old, withread more
Five million people globally have been confirmed to have died from COVID-19 since the first known patient was diagnosed with the SARS-like disease just 23 months ago in China. Infections from the fast-spreading coronavirus have now become the world’s third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. Althoughread more