Chinese citizen journalist sentenced for reporting early on COVID
Zhang Zhan is sentenced to 4 years in prison for reporting on the early stages of the outbreak in Wuhan.
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Zhang Zhan is sentenced to 4 years in prison for reporting on the early stages of the outbreak in Wuhan.
Fears are mounting over whether a new and more infectious strain of the coronavirus has reached the U.S. Mola Lenghi has the latest.
Former lawyer Zhang Zhan is on hunger strike and restrained 24-hours a day to prevent her from pulling out a feeding tube, her lawyer says.
A Chinese citizen-journalist reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak from Wuhan may not survive after being detained by authorities for the past half-year. Zhang Zhan, 37, has been on a hunger strike for most of that time, and her arms have been restrained to prevent her from pulling out a feeding tube, her lawyer said. CBS News Asia correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports from Beijing.
According to researchers at Brown University, the number of Afghan civilians killed in airstrikes carried out by the U.S. and its allies has risen by 330% since 2017. Also, a mystery illness is setting off alarm bells in India, and life in Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has largely returned to normal. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab joins CBSN AM with headlines from around the world.
One year ago in December 2019, the fist symptomatic cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan, China. As the pandemic swept across the globe, more than 65 million people have been infected, and more than 1.5 million killed. Ramy Inocencio returns to Wuhan to see how a year of living with the coronavirus has changed life.
A government-sanctioned exhibition on the coronavirus hails President Xi Jinping as "heroic."
It's been one year since coronavirus symptoms were first detected in Wuhan, China. Ramy Inocencio takes a look at a city now recovered, but where unanswered questions remain.
Less than a year since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China's Wuhan Province, something nearly unthinkable has happened in this nation of 1.4 billion: a return to normalcy, or at least what looks like a "post-COVID new normal." Correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports from Shanghai.
Residents in Australia's Victoria state have been told to ready for evacuation. In Peru, heavy rains and mudslides are wreaking havoc. And scientists in China have identified a new virus strain causing respiratory illness, sickening dozens in Wuhan. CBS News' Rylee Carlson rounds up world headlines from London.
Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Wuhan for the first time since the city became ground zero for the coronavirus outbreak. North Korea launched new short-range missiles. And an armored car robbery in Chile is being dubbed the "heist of the century." Cindy Pom rounds up the world headlines from London.
A plane carrying nearly 200 people is evacuating Americans from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reports from outside March Air Force Base in California.
Diplomatic relations between the United States and China are the frostiest they've been in decades. Beijing is retaliating against the U.S. closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston by shuttering the equivalent American mission in Chengdu. Recently, the U.S. also arrested fours Chinese scientists for hiding their army ties on visa applications. Isaac Stone Fish, a senior fellow at the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations and a CBSN contributor, joins CBSN's Laura Podesta with analysis on the deterioriating situation.
New rules in COVID-19 epicenter come as national authorities pledge to buy out exotic animal breeders to curb illegal wildlife trade.
Beijing says it "took an active part" in drafting a formal call at the World Health Organization for a global investigation into the source of the coronavirus.
Countries all over the world are shifting their focus to coronavirus testing and contact tracing. Authorities in Wuhan, China, are testing all citizens again -- and their strict lockdown appears to have stamped out new infections. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
The first case of China's new and deadly coronavirus has been reported in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the patient is in his 30s and traveled in November to Wuhan, China, the center of the outbreak. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans joined "CBSN AM" to discuss from Everett, Washington, where the patient is quarantined.
Health officials in Illinois have confirmed a second U.S. patient has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. The virus originated in China, where more than 30 million people in 13 Chinese cities are under lockdown. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports on the response from Beijing.
The CDC is strongly warning Americans to avoid all non-essential travel to China as the coronavirus continues to spread. At least 106 people have died and more than 4,500 have been infected. CBS News correspondent Ramy Inocencio joined CBSN with the latest on how the government is responding in Beijing.
Federal health officials are expanding screenings for the deadly coronavirus to 20 ports of entry into the U.S. Meanwhile, the entire city of Wuhan is on lockdown. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
The deadly coronavirus outbreak may have originated in a Wuhan, China food market. New York Times Beijing bureau chief Steven Lee Myers joins CBSN to talk about the potential link.
With concern rising about coronavirus, many people are wearing face masks in public areas. But do those masks do any good? CBS News' Kenneth Craig reports on what doctors advise to protect yourself.
As the coronavirus panic grows, international events are being canceled in China as villages outside of Beijing are building physical barricades to keep outsiders from entering. Ramy Inocencio is in Beijing to share the increasingly severe reactions in China and abroad.
In the U.S., 195 Americans who were evacuated from China because of the coronavirus outbreak remain under observation. Authorities are checking to see if any of the Americans have flu-like symptoms. CBS News' Laura Podesta joined "CBSN AM" with more.
Nearly 200 Americans who were evacuated from Wuhan, the epicenter of the deadly outbreak, landed in Southern California on Wednesday. The State Department says it will send more planes to fly out citizens next week. Carter Evans speaks to one man who was onboard the first U.S. flight out of Wuhan.