5 Years Ago Today, WHO Picked Up on Illness in Wuhan (Daily Rundown by Newser)

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December 31, 2024     The Big Rundown 5 Years Ago Today, WHO Picked Up on Illness in Wuhan Five years ago today, WHO's Country Office in China picked up a media statement that appeared on the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission's website regarding cases of "viral pneumonia" in Wuhan. Keep reading     More Big News Report: UnitedHealth Chief Has Been Boasting of a Record Year Earlier this month, Andrew Witty, chief executive for UnitedHealth Group, penned an op-ed in the New York Times condemning the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Keep reading   Also Making Headlines >  Puerto Rico Plunges Into Darkness on NYE  (Read It) >  NYPD Identifies Woman Burned in Subway Attack  (Read It) >  2 Female Actors Get Behind Blake Lively  (Read It) >  Report: Musk Has Hunkered Down in a Mar-a-Lago Cottage  (Read It)   Today's Jaw-Dropper Texas Girl Arrested After Rival's Goat Drops Dead A Texas teen has been hit with animal cruelty charges after being accused of poisoning a rival's show goat. Keep reading     Don't Overlook Jimmy Carter's Long War: Guinea Worm Disease Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world's poorest people. Keep reading   On the Lighter Side Stephen King's Radio Station No Longer Going Silent Horror author Stephen King's rock 'n' roll radio station is going to continue rocking around the clock and into the new year, the AP reports. Keep reading   Science Buzz Snails 'on the Edge of Extinction' Get a Second Shot A group of endangered snails are getting a second lease on life in a remote Portuguese archipelago. Keep reading   Wild Card His First CNN Appearance Was on 9/11 Veteran ABC News reporter Aaron Brown joined CNN in 2001—and his very first appearance was on the morning of Sept. 11. Keep reading   Comment of the Day "Looks like that 'how do you clear search history' query didn't turn up very good results." jccrow33 Read the story Quote of the Day "Early detection saves lives. I can wholeheartedly agree with this." Read the story Read This Elsewhere How Will We Eat in 2025? 9 Predictions to Chew On Read the story   Today's 6 Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved