War on MERS: Deadly virus prompts global battle plans
Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 00:30
in Mathematics & Economics
The deadly MERS virus from the Middle East hasn't reached the U.S., but health officials take it seriously and are making plans.ATLANTA — In a war room of sorts in a neatly appointed government building, U.S. officers dressed in crisp uniforms arranged themselves around a U-shaped table and kept their eyes trained on a giant screen. PowerPoint slides ticked through the latest movements of an enemy that recently emerged in Saudi Arabia — a mysterious virus that has killed more than half of the people known to have been infected.