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Coverage dated November 22, 2023 to November 26, 2023

Countries prepare for China's pneumonia outbreak to spread

Headline from Newsweek, on the newest of 2 developments

Many parts of China have been hit by the surprising surge in the illness that has particularly impacted children.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. China says no 'novel pathogens' in severe juvenile respiratory outbreak

    Headline from UPI ·

  2. Newest

    Countries prepare for China's pneumonia outbreak to spread

    Headline from Newsweek ·

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21 articles, oldest first.

  1. Al Jazeera

    What do we know about China’s new ‘mystery’ illness outbreak? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The WHO is asking China to provide information on an unexplained outbreak of respiratory illnesses and pneumonia.

  2. Al Jazeera

    WHO asks China for more details on unexplained pneumonia outbreak (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Reports that children’s hospitals in Beijing, Liaoning and other cities are ‘overwhelmed with sick children’.

  3. Newsweek

    China's child pneumonia outbreak sparks global fears: "Eerily familiar" (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The WHO intimated that officials were not sharing information on the outbreak, which some saw as reminiscent of the early days of the pandemic.

  4. Legitgov

    Mysterious pneumonia tears through schools in China with ‘many, many hospitalized’ – in eerie echo of early days of Covid – CLG News (opens Legitgov)

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  5. New York Post

    WHO demands answers from China about pneumonia outbreak: report (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The WHO issued the official information request — which is seeking “additional epidemiologic and clinical information, as well as laboratory results” — after reports surfaced Tuesday about undiagno…

  6. Fortune

    The World Health Organization is investigating mysterious cases of pneumonia among Chinese children. Here's what you need to know (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    Northern China has reported an increase in flu-like illness over the past month, when compared to levels seen during the past three years, according to the WHO.

  7. Newsweek

    Mystery pneumonia spreading in China as children fill hospitals (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The WHO has asked China for clinical data and lab results from patients from the rapidly growing infection clusters in northern China.

  8. Newsweek

    China's raging pneumonia outbreak – Is it COVID all over again? (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Chinese hospitals are overloaded with patients, many of them children, reporting respiratory illnesses, prompting comparisons with the start of COVID-19.

  9. Deutsche Welle

    China says 'no unusual pathogens' behind pneumonia cases – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The rise in respiratory illnesses comes as China braces for its first full winter season since it had lifted strict COVID-19 restrictions at the end of last year.

  10. Fortune

    China tells the WHO that known germs—not a new novel virus like COVID-19—are behind surge in kids’ pneumonia (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The Chinese CDC and Beijing Children’s Hospital told the WHO that the surge is due to the spread of mycoplasma pneumoniae, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus and influenza.

  11. Legal Insurrection

    Alert Issued for Child Pneumonia Outbreak Overwhelming Hospitals in China (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    Chinese authorities assert the disease that is spreading is walking pneumonia.

  12. UPI

    China says no 'novel pathogens' in severe juvenile respiratory outbreak (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    China said there are no "unusual or novel pathogens" responsible for an uptick in child pneumonia cases, the World Health Organization reported. Local media reports say Beijing hospitals have been overwhelmed with cases.

  13. Forbes

    China Faces New Mysterious Pneumonia Outbreak. WHO Requests More Info (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Northern China has had increases in influenza-like illnesses since mid-October that have topped the numbers from the prior three years.

  14. Time

    Everything You Need to Know About China’s Child Pneumonia Outbreak (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    For those outside China, the reports of respiratory-illness outbreaks have brought back memories of the early days of the COVID pandemic. But unlike COVID, mycoplasma is a well-known and common germ that tends to cause fresh outbreaks every few years.

  15. The Conversation US

    How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China? (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    There are a number of pathogens which are reported to be causing the outbreak of respiratory illness in China.

  16. Newsweek

    How China's pneumonia outbreak compares to COVID pandemic origins (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    "This is not an indication of a novel pathogen," the World Health Organization's Maria Van Kerkhove said of a recent spike in respiratory illnesses in China.

  17. Newsweek

    Countries prepare for China's pneumonia outbreak to spread (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Many parts of China have been hit by the surprising surge in the illness that has particularly impacted children.

  18. The Week

    China's pneumonia cases: should we be worried? (opens The Week)

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    The Week's feed description

    Experts warn against pushing 'pandemic panic button' following outbreak of respiratory illness

  19. Gizmodo

    Strange Spike of Child Pneumonia Cases in China Likely Not a Novel Pathogen, Officials Say (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    Local officials told the World Health Organization that the outbreaks are most likely a rebound of common germs.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.