Thursday, April 24, 2003

Virus Proves Baffling, Turning Up in Only 40% of a Lab's Test Cases

From The New York Times: "The findings on severe acute respiratory syndrome by Canada's main virology laboratory have puzzled health officials."

Canadian researchers have found that the recently sequenced coronavirus is turning up in only 40% of the suspected SARS cases in Canada. Could it be that the coronavirus is not the sole cause of SARS?

Stay tuned.

-Tim
6:31:38 PM    


Get Lean, Reduce Your Cancer Risk

CNN:"Losing weight could prevent one of every six cancer deaths in the United States -- more than 90,000 each year, according to a sweeping study that experts say links fat and cancer more convincingly than ever before. "
10:15:47 AM