CHILD PNEUMONIA OUTBREAK IN CHINA RAISES ALARM IN US
A rising number of Chinese children have been infected with a mysterious pneumonia illness, and Republican lawmakers said there are reasons the United States should be concerned.
The pneumonia is causing a large number of Chinese children to become ill, overwhelming China’s healthcare system. Chinese authorities have attributed the surge in patients to a respiratory disease called mycoplasma pneumonia, among several other common pathogens such as flu virus spreading in the season.
The most common symptoms that patients have shown so far include fever, a runny nose, and coughs; in some cases, people vomit and have diarrhea. Some children’s lungs would show up as white in X-rays in what’s been dubbed “white lung syndrome,” indicating an excessive fluid accumulation.
