Psychology Of Fear Surrounding Coronavirus Outbreak
In less than two months the coronavirus has killed more than 2,000 people, spreading to almost 50 countries. As the number of cases goes up, so does the fear in the community.
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In less than two months the coronavirus has killed more than 2,000 people, spreading to almost 50 countries. As the number of cases goes up, so does the fear in the community.
The U.S. government announced Friday that it won't try to send dozens of cruise ship passengers quarantined amid coronavirus fears to a city in Southern California that argued the move would pose a potentially life-threatening local risk.
A team of public health investigators, also called disease control investigators, are tasked with a big job: finding out who could also be infected.
Since arriving back in the United States, he's been quarantined at Travis Air Force Base, spent time at a hospital in Fairfield, and arrived at Mercy Hospital in Folsom on Thursday night.
Another Solano County resident has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to county public health officials.
The Los Rios Community College District says four of its students were exposed to a person who later tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to have every state and local health department testing for the novel coronavirus by the end of next week.
A survey released this week shows that the Corona brand is suffering from negative buzz.
When it comes to novel coronavirus protection, face masks are futile. There isn't a vaccine yet. So the best way to prevent transmission is by washing your hands thoroughly with soap and water, according to the CDC.
Residents of a Northern California community are at the epicenter of what officials are calling a turning point in the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus, as investigators try to retrace the steps of a hospitalized patient they believe to be the first in the U.S. to be infected without traveling internationally or being in close contact with anyone who had it.
Schools across the United States are canceling trips abroad, preparing online lessons and even rethinking "perfect attendance" awards as they brace for the possibility that the new coronavirus could begin spreading in their communities.
Officials in Solano County have declared a local emergency over the coronavirus situation.
UC Davis Chancellor Gary May says, out an abundance of caution, three members of the campus community have been isolated over coronavirus concerns.
State and federal health officials are trying to locate everyone who came in contact with a Northern California woman believed to be the first in the U.S. to contract the coronavirus with no known connection to travel abroad or other known causes.
How could the possible spread of coronavirus change our daily lives? Schools, businesses, hospitals and first responders could all be impacted, according to the CDC.
A person has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Northern California, making this the first possible instance of "community spread" of the virus, according to the CDC.
Sacramento State University has suspended its study abroad programs in South Korea amid concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak.
As the CDC warns of a widespread coronavirus outbreak in the United States, one local school district is making a plan.
Facebook said Wednesday that it is banning ads that make false claims about products tied to the new coronavirus.
Human coronaviruses are not new, but the latest outbreak leaves many questions over whether traditional cleaning products are effective against it.
One of the top officials at the CDC warned Americans that health experts foresee the novel coronavirus that has killed thousands spreading in the US.
The Sacramento County Department of Health said it does not plan on declaring a state of emergency for the coronavirus because the risk remains extremely low.
Health officials say three cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed at hospitals in Contra Costa County.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a local emergency Tuesday to prepare the response to what health officials believe is the likely appearance of the coronavirus in the city.
A judge in Costa Mesa has blocked the transfer of coronavirus patients from Travis Air Force Base to Costa Mesa for another week.
