'Atypical pneumonia' kills two in China
A husband and wife have died in a Beijing hospital, but it is unknown whether these cases are related to the South China SARS outbreak. [Radio Australia News]
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_810968.htmAirlines Go On Alert Over Mystery Pneumonia
Flight crews are told to screen out sick passengers. [Independent Online]
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=qw1047902040396B224
Breakthrough in Fight Against Super-Pneumonia
A diagnostic test for the virus, with information and related stories and links. [New Scientist]
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993536
Canadian Content - Toronto and the aftermath of SARS
Looks at the aftermath of the Canadian SARS epidemic in 2003.
http://www.canadiancontent.net/commtr/itemid164.html
Canadian scientists identify specific virus in samples from six SARS patients
The finding of human metapneumovirus (a paramyxovirus) only adds to the mystery.
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=CD717565-9871-40E4-884E-7CA70E6A6243
CBC News: Disclosure - Dead Silence
The Chinese government was accused of failing to disclose the outbreak of SARS, but where was the World Health Organization in all of this?
http://www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/031118_sars/main.html
CBC News: SARS - The Mystery Illness
Background information, worldwide and Canadian disease statistics, and archived news stories from this public network.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/sars.html
China's SARS Problem, and Ours
How China's totalitarian government put the rest of the world at risk to the new virus. [The Daily Standard]
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/504jlpnl.asp
CNN Special Report: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Latest news reports, with symptoms list, media, and links.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/sars/index.html
Deadly Pneumonia Hurts Tourism in Hong Kong
Slower business at hotels and restaurants is a bad sign for a city already struggling to climb out of a recession. [Voice of America (VOA)]
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=A0292C81-12A6-4D52-8423812501002016
Deadly Pneumonia Spreads
"A deadly form of pneumonia is moving rapidly around the world as travellers from parts of Asia spread the disease, creating new suspected cases in Britain, Germany, Australia and the United States." [The Toronto Star]
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035779423194&call_pageid=968867505381&col=969048872038
Deadly Virus Infects Five People Who Toured Beijing
Members of a tour group have fallen ill after returning to Hong Kong. [Reuters]
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=2440996
Do Surgical Masks Stop SARS?
Analysis showing that common masks offer only limited protection, but that the perception of protection may be more important. [Slate]
http://slate.msn.com/id/2081235/
Doctor Alleges Beijing Cover-Up Over SARS Crisis
A senior Chinese physician accused his government yesterday of covering up details of the spread of the SARS virus in Beijing, raising fears that the crisis may be worse than previously thought. [The Scotsman]
http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/international.cfm?id=417512003
Executive Order on Quarantinable Diseases
Statement from US HHS director that the Public Health Service has added SARS to the list of quarantinable communicable diseases, in order to keep all options open.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030404a.html
Fears Mount Over Deadly Bug
Hong Kong establishes quarantine camps as a deadly pneumonia virus claims more victims. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2905391.stm
Fears Spread Over Deadly Virus
Health officials struggle to contain the spread of a "mystery illness" reported across continents. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2858439.stm
Health - canada.com network
How China's totalitarian government put the rest of the world at risk to the new virus. [The Daily Standard]
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=%7B7A851514-4B76-4E39-9BA7-D99869C0730C%7D
Killer Bug Looks Like a Virus
Overview of the severe acute respiratory syndrome. [Wired News]
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,58083,00.html
Looking beyond 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.
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/sars/
Mysterious Illness may be New Disease
Reviews what is known so far about the disease. [San Francisco Chronicle]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/03/18/MN253862.DTL
Mystery Illness Continues to Spread
Review of SARS cases and possible causes. [MSNBC]
http://www.msnbc.com/news/885653.asp
Mystery Outbreak's Global Reach Grows
Update on the spreading disease. [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/news/0303/18pneumonia.html
New England Journal of Medicine: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Early release of several articles dealing with the outbreak in Hong Kong and Canada.
http://nejm.org/earlyrelease/sars.asp
New germ may be cause of killer 'flumonia'
Overview of what is known so far. [Independent Online]
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=117&art_id=vn20030319052850628C796631&set_id=1
New suspect in super-pneumonia outbreak
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]
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993542
New York Times: Science Special - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Archived news coverage. (Free registration required.)
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2003/04/02/science/sciencespecial/index.html
Officials Say Fatal Asia Malady Could be a Flu or a New Virus
"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]
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1047885174259500.xml
People's Daily: SARS in China and Abroad
Archived news coverage, including interviews with cured patients, details of cooperation with the WHO, and discussion of the measures that have prevented the spread of the disease.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti_335.shtml
Pneumonia Causes Panic in Guangdong Province
In the absence of official information, rumors magnified the epidemic out of proportion. [bmj.com, formerly British Medical Journal]
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7386/416
Researchers May Have Pinpointed Virus Behind Mystery Ailment
Update on the viral research into the etiology of SARS. [Canadian Press]
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=B0B6FDDB-959B-472B-A8F0-51285FCD47FC
SARS Affects the Health of Air Travel
Examines the affects that fear of the disease is having on international airlines. [About.com]
http://airtravel.about.com/cs/safetysecurity/a/SARS.htm
SARS News - Topix.net
News on SARS collected from diverse sources on the web.
http://www.topix.net/health/sars
SARS Reference
Online textbook reviewing available medical information.
http://www.sarsreference.com/
SARS Toll Rises to 78 Worldwide
The epidemic has been brought under control in China, and good hygiene will prevent further spread in Hong Kong. [Shanghai Daily]
http://english.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper1/862/class000100022/hwz125669.htm
Sars Victim Who Infected 133 Will Remain in Quarantine
Authorities consider what to do with one of the disease's earliest victims. [The Independent Newspaper] [Fee required to read full article.]
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=396027
School closed after three students fall ill
A Scarborough elementary school has been closed for the rest of the week after three kindergarten students came down with fevers. Officials stress that the fevers are not known to be SARS. [The Toronto Star]
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035779893373&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Topix.net
News on the disease.
http://rss.topix.net/rss/health/sars.xml
Status of the SARS outbreak
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]
http://www.who.int/csr/sarsarchive/2003_04_11/en/print.html
Sydney Morning Herald: SARS
Special coverage of the outbreak, with emphasis on Australian cases and Asian travel issues.
http://www.smh.com.au/specials/sars/
Taiwan demands separate representation in WHO pneumonia outbreak
Because China blocks international agencies from recognizing Taiwan, the World Health Organization has never been able to help the island cope with epidemics. [China Post]
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/detail.asp?ID=35992&GRP=B
The Deadly Effects of Suppressed Info
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]
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2003/nf20030321_3515_db065.htm
The SARS Farce
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]
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DD25.htm
TIME Asia: Living in a Hot Zone
Jim Erickson looks at the outbreak's medical and economic repercussions.
http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501030407/
Virus Causing Deadly Pneumonia Revealed
Indications that Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a member of the paramyxovirus family. [New Scientist]
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993517
washingtonpost.com: SARS
News coverage from the Associated Press and staff reporters, including local stories from the Washington, DC, US metropolitan area.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/sars/
World Gears up for 'Killer Flu'
Disease information and containment efforts. [News24]
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1334750,00.html
World Put on Alert for Severe Pneumonia
Announcement of the global alert issued by the World Health Organization. [New Scientist]
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993496
Yahoo! News Full Coverage: SARS
Hub for hundreds of news articles and stories.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=Health&cat=Severe_Acute_Respiratory_Syndrome
©2004 ChaBook