Channel News Asia: "Taiwan reported its first death from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) on Sunday. A 56-year-old man, only identified by his surname Tseng, died at a hospital in the central city of Taichung late on Saturday night, the Department of Health said."
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New York Times. Robert A. Kapp, president of the U.S.-China Business Council in Washington, spoke about short-term and potential long-term effects of SARS on business with China.
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New York Times Sports: "In Toronto, SARS has killed 19 people over the last two months and has also become an issue for major league baseball teams that are scheduled to play there. "
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New York Times Book Review: Marilyn Chase , in her new book entitled The Barbary Plague tells the dramatic story of how public health officials and citizens responded to two outbreaks of plague in San Francisco in the early 20th century.

The story of how local, state and federal public health officials and the city's citizens responded is dramatic. It has been told and analyzed by medical historians and historians of the West; now Marilyn Chase, a medical reporter for The Wall Street Journal who lives in San Francisco, vividly brings it to a wider audience. Although these events are almost 100 years old, they have much to teach us about today especially as the world does battle with SARS.

-Tim
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