http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/ The latest news and commentary concerning the SARS outbreak. en-us 2004-01-30T09:54:31-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/002115.html Yahoo! News: China, home to a vast poultry industry, said on Friday the deadly bird flu virus which has killed eight Asians had struck in three provinces, possibly two more and perhaps the sprawling financial capital of Shanghai. It said... Other Outbreaks Timothy Fredel 2004-01-30T09:54:31-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000915.html The Independent (UK): A medical researcher in Singapore was confirmed to be suffering from Sars yesterday in what appeared to be the world's first case since a global outbreak was declared over in July. ... The announcement caused alarm throughout... Singapore Timothy Fredel 2003-09-10T14:03:36-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000905.html News Story - canada.com network Health officials said Tuesday that additional tests on a laboratory technician have also come back positive for SARS, making it possibly the first new case of the deadly disease since it was contained two months... Singapore Timothy Fredel 2003-09-09T15:26:49-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000893.html Reuters: Genetic testing of animals sold as delicacies in a southern Chinese market confirms suspicions that the deadly SARS virus jumped from animals to people, Chinese researchers said on Thursday. The researchers found clear differences between the animal and human... Timothy Fredel 2003-09-08T15:45:18-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000892.html Wired News: Singapore reported a possible return of SARS on Monday, hours after the World Health Organization had warned the deadly virus could reappear. The Ministry of Health said initial tests showed one man had tested positive for the pneumonia-like... Timothy Fredel 2003-09-08T15:33:04-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000861.html Voice of America The United Nations health agency has warned that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome could re-emerge in the coming months, as winter takes hold in the northern hemisphere. A statement from the Geneva-based World Health Organization Tuesday said that... Timothy Fredel 2003-09-02T17:21:56-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000783.html New York Times: A relatively mild upper respiratory ailment that seems to be caused by a SARS-like virus has appeared in a second nursing home in the Vancouver area, Canadian health officials said yesterday. The second outbreak appeared just as... Timothy Fredel 2003-08-20T18:38:06-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000560.html BBC News: The WHO is to announce whether it will lift its SARS travel warning for Beijing, a day after Hong Kong was declared free of the disease.... Timothy Fredel 2003-06-24T02:06:06-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000559.html The WHO is to announce whether it will lift its SARS travel warning for Beijing, a day after Hong Kong was declared free of the disease. [BBC News]... Timothy Fredel 2003-06-24T02:04:04-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000551.html New York Times: Three months ago, SARS appeared poised to sweep the world, a mysterious new disease racing out of southern China for which there was no vaccine, cure or diagnostic test. Today, SARS is disappearing almost as fast, and... Timothy Fredel 2003-06-21T13:29:49-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000542.html Atlanta Journal Constitution: The existing World Health Organization guidelines for diagnosing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) may not be adequate. While current WHO guidelines emphasize respiratory symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing, and difficulty breathing, a team of researchers... Timothy Fredel 2003-06-19T22:26:07-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000532.html CNN.com: The World Health Organization says the worst is over in the fight against SARS less than three months after a global alert triggered an unprecedented worldwide response. The pneumonia-like disease that spanned China to Canada has killed about 800... Timothy Fredel 2003-06-17T22:39:50-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000527.html The Star (Malaysia): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has strongly advised countries to strengthen their surveillance efforts even though the SARS situation worldwide appears to be improving, as there is still a lack of information on the deadly virus. WHO... Timothy Fredel 2003-06-16T21:18:10-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000523.html CTV Newsnet: Researchers from Alberta's Suffield military base are celebrating a major breakthrough in the struggle to crack the SARS virus -- they have become the first ever to snag fragments of the deadly disease from the air. While the... Timothy Fredel 2003-06-16T14:20:30-08:00 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/sars/a/000517.html MSNBC: It happens again and again. Strange and frightening new infections seem to appear out of nowhere, such as Lyme disease, Ebola and, of course, AIDS. With monkeypox coming on the heels of SARS, which emerged not long after West... Timothy Fredel 2003-06-15T22:30:59-08:00