MERS News

AIR Worldwide Expands Global Pandemic Model to Include 6 Additional Diseases

Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced it has expanded its Global Pandemic Model to include outbreaks of six additional diseases. The model now explicitly accounts for nine pathogens, including bacterial and viral diseases, in addition to previously …

Florida Hospital Says Workers Test Negative for Middle East Virus

Two Florida hospital workers suspected of exposure to a potentially lethal Arabian virus have tested negative for the disease, a hospital spokesman said. A Saudi Arabian patient who was confirmed to be infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus and …

MERS Virus Suspected in Illnesses of 2 Florida Hospital Workers

Two workers at the Florida hospital where federal officials reported a case of a potentially lethal Arabian virus have fallen ill after coming into contact with the patient. One of the workers has been hospitalized and isolated, joining the first …

BofA CEO Moynihan, Ex-CEO Lewis Facing Mortgage Disclosures Suit

A federal judge has revived a securities fraud lawsuit accusing Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Brian Moynihan, his predecessor Kenneth Lewis, and others of misleading shareholders about the risk the bank might have to buy back large amounts of …