CDC confirms second case of MERS in U.S.

A second case of MERS, the Middle East respiratory virus circulating on the Arabian peninsula, has been found in the United States, federal and state health officials said Monday. The latest case is not an American — he is a resident of Saudi Arabia, visiting Florida, who is now in an Orlando hospital. He was diagnosed with MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Sunday night. It is a respiratory illness that begins with flulike fever and cough but can lead to shortness of breath, pneumonia and death.