What you need to know about coronavirus in the Bay Area
As coronavirus fears spread through the Bay Area and beyond, Californians have myriad questions about the outbreak.
The viral respiratory illness spreading rapidly in China is a new kind of coronavirus that scientists have never observed in humans before. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some of which cause the common cold. Others have evolved into more severe illnesses, such as SARS and MERS.