Amy Cheng

A traveler walks past a display board showing a canceled flight from Wuhan at Beijing Capital International Airport on Thursday. China closed off the city of more than 11 million in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that has sickened hundreds and spread to other cities and countries during the Lunar New Year travel rush.

Chinese Authorities Begin Quarantine Of Wuhan City As Coronavirus Cases Multiply

Emily Feng

Transportation in and out of the city of 11 million is being shut down as cases of the coronavirus are being reported throughout China and abroad. Wuhan is believed to be the contagion's epicenter.

Hospital staff wash the emergency entrance of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where patients infected with a new virus are being treated, in Wuhan, China, on Wednesday.

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Newly Identified Coronavirus Has Killed 17 People, Chinese Health Officials Say

Scott Neuman

The virus, known as 2019-nCoV, was discovered last month in the central city of Wuhan. It has since spread to other parts of China, and isolated cases are reported in Japan, the U.S. and elsewhere.

Fleas transmit plague — but the pneumonic plague, the type reported from China this week, can spread from person to person as well.

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China Reports 3 Cases Of The Most Dangerous Type Of Plague

Emily Feng

Authorities censored Chinese-language news of the hospitalization of a couple who traveled from Mongolia to Beijing for treatment, perhaps to tamp down fears.

Unwed pregnant women in China face a legal gray zone where they are unable to access public services for themselves and their children.

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In China, Kids Of Unwed Mothers May Be Barred From Public Health Care, Education

Emily Feng

Being a mom without a husband leaves many women in a legal gray zone where they are unable to access medical and other public services for themselves and their children. Some women are even fined.

Until recently, the Chinese public has been slow to embrace the #MeToo movement. One social media celebrity hopes to change that.

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China Has Been Slow To Embrace #MeToo. Pop-Up Sexual Consent Workshops Might Help

Amy Cheng

After her own sexual assault, a social media celebrity in China is challenging the country's taboo against frank discussions about sex by hosting consent workshops for students at a Beijing bar.