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Looking beyond SARS - http://www.npr.org/news/specials/sars/
Features audio clips of the radio program series, a fact sheet and timeline on SARS, commentary, and links to related coverage. By NPR National Public Radio. |
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SARS News - Topix - http://www.topix.com/health/sars
News on SARS collected from diverse sources on the web. |
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Pneumonia Causes Panic in Guangdong Province - http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7386/416
In the absence of official information, rumors magnified the epidemic out of proportion. [bmj.com, formerly British Medical Journal] |
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Fears Spread Over Deadly Virus - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2858439.stm
Health officials struggle to contain the spread of a "mystery illness" reported across continents. [BBC News] |
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SARS Affects the Health of Air Travel - http://airtravel.about.com/cs/safetysecurity/a/SARS.htm
Examines the affects that fear of the disease is having on international airlines. [About.com] |
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New suspect in super-pneumonia outbreak - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3542
Several labs have found a coronavirus in SARS patients. One possibility is that the disease might be caused by both that and the previously isolated paramyxovirus acting in tandem. [New Scientist] |
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Washingtonpost.com: SARS - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/sars/
News coverage from the Associated Press and staff reporters, including local stories from the Washington, DC, US metropolitan area. |
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Virus Causing Deadly Pneumonia Revealed - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3517
Indications that Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a member of the paramyxovirus family. [New Scientist] |
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The SARS Farce - http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DD25.htm
Opinion that the small number of cases in Hong Kong's massive population does not justify the widespread panic and disruption that fear of the virus is causing. [spiked] |
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China's SARS Problem, and Ours - http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/504jlpnl.asp
How China's totalitarian government put the rest of the world at risk to the new virus. [The Daily Standard] |
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Mysterious Illness may be New Disease - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/03/18/MN253862.DTL
Reviews what is known so far about the disease. [San Francisco Chronicle] |
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Breakthrough in Fight Against Super-Pneumonia - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3536
A diagnostic test for the virus, with information and related stories and links. [New Scientist] |
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World Put on Alert for Severe Pneumonia - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3496
Announcement of the global alert issued by the World Health Organization. [New Scientist] |
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The Deadly Effects of Suppressed Info - http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2003/nf20030321_3515_db065.htm
The new, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like disease got a head start in China because the country lacks a free press to dig out the truth. [BusinessWeek Online] |
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Hong Kong Schools Remain Closed as Deadly Pneumonia Spreads - http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2003-04/a-2003-04-03-53-Hong.cfm
"Hong Kong schools will remain closed for a few more weeks in hope of stemming the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The city, which is at the center of a global battle against SARS, is struggling to determine why the disease continues to spread, despite efforts to contain it. " - Voice of America |
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World Gears up for 'Killer Flu' - http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1334750,00.html
Disease information and containment efforts. [News24] |
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Officials Say Fatal Asia Malady Could be a Flu or a New Virus - http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1047885174259500.xml
"A deadly, mysterious respiratory illness spread largely among health care workers in Asia could be a new strain of flu or even an exotic virus passed from animals to people, a health official said yesterday." [The Star-Ledger] |
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New York Times: Science Special - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2003/04/02/science/sciencespecial/index.html
Archived news coverage. (Free registration required.) |
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Airlines Go On Alert Over Mystery Pneumonia - http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=qw1047902040396B224
Flight crews are told to screen out sick passengers. [Independent Online] |
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Status of the SARS outbreak - http://www.who.int/csr/sarsarchive/2003_04_11/en/print.html
Overview of events since recognition of this outbreak as major global concern. Explains why this is more serious than outbreaks of other new infectious diseases in the last years. [WHO] |