Virus from Africa Kills Horses in Thailand, Showing Dangers of Biosecurity Gaps May 29, 2020 By Margo Towie and Jason Gale When horses suddenly started dying in Thailand as the nation locked down to stem the spread of COVID-19, researchers feared...
New Coronavirus Outbreak: Marsh Recommends Immediate Steps for Multinationals January 24, 2020 The effects on multinational businesses from a potentially worsening Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could be severe, which is why they need...
China’s New Coronavirus Doesn’t Always Cause a Fever so Detection May Be Difficult January 24, 2020 By Bloomberg News China’s new deadly virus is more difficult to contain than other pandemics because those infected may not get a fever,...
Pandemic Fears Grow as China Steps Up Efforts to Control New Flu-Like Coronavirus January 22, 2020 By Cate Cadell and David Stanway Deaths from China’s new flu-like virus rose to nine on Wednesday with more than 470 confirmed cases, heightening global fears...
China’s Mysterious Respiratory Virus Spreads to Health Workers, Different Countries January 21, 2020 By Sybilla Gross and Dong Lyu China’s mysterious respiratory virus has caused six deaths and infected a number of medical workers, a sign the outbreak has...
AIR Worldwide Expands Global Pandemic Model to Include 6 Additional Diseases July 26, 2016 Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced it has expanded its Global Pandemic Model to include outbreaks of...
Rio Olympics Will Proceed – Despite Zika Epidemic: Munich Re Underwriter May 23, 2016 By John Tozzi and Ira Boudway Should the Olympics proceed in Rio de Janeiro in August as planned? With the lighting of the torch set to...
Zika Exclusion Now Commonplace in Cancellation Cover for Latin America Events March 21, 2016 By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain Organizers of rock concerts and conferences in Latin America or fringe events at the Rio Olympics beware: if you still...
New SARS-like Virus Detected in Middle East September 25, 2012 By Maria Cheng British health authorities have alerted the U.N. of a new respiratory virus that resembles SARS in a severely ill patient...