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The city of Wuhan was closed off Thursday by Chinese officials in an attempt to stem the spread of a coronavirus that has sickened more than 570 people and killed at least 17.

China Bans Travel in Wuhan, Four Nearby Cities

Buses, subways, and ferries within the city of more than 11 million people have been suspended
The leader of a Chinese government team of experts announced Monday that human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus has been confirmed

Human-to-Human Transmission of Chinese Coronavirus Confirmed

Two people in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong caught the virus from family members
The first U.S. case of a new coronavirus illness that originated in central China has been identified in a patient in Washington State

First U.S. Patient With Coronavirus ID’d in Washington State

Patient is being quarantined 'out of an abundance of precaution … not because there is severe illness'
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of acute flaccid myelitis cases differ in peak and nonpeak years

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Features Differ in Peak, Nonpeak Years

Patients with AFM onset in peak years are younger, more often positive for enterovirus, rhinovirus RNA
Chinese officials have reported a second death from a new coronavirus responsible for an outbreak of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan

Second Death From New Coronavirus Reported in China

CDC now screening travelers to the United States on direct or connecting flights from Wuhan
Japan has reported its first case of a new coronavirus that has caused an outbreak in China.

Japan Reports First Case of New Coronavirus

Patient returned to Japan on Jan. 6 after traveling to the central Chinese city of Wuhan
In an observational cohort study recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Enterovirus A71 Outbreak in Children ID’d in Colorado Hospital

Neurological findings of myoclonus, ataxia, weakness, and autonomic instability differentiate EV-A71
Human-to-human transmission of a virus causing an outbreak in central China may be possible

New Coronavirus in China Could Possibly Spread Between Humans

However, officials say that currently, there is no definitive evidence of human-to-human transmission
The first death in an outbreak of a new type of coronavirus was announced Saturday by officials in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

China Reports First Death in Coronavirus Outbreak

Patient was 61-year-old man hospitalized with shortness of breath and severe pneumonia
A new type of coronavirus may be responsible for dozens of viral pneumonia illnesses in China

New Coronavirus May Be Cause of Viral Pneumonia Outbreak in China

As of Sunday, 59 people in Wuhan were being treated for the respiratory illness