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Public health in jeopardy
News, Published on 29/06/2013
» With the convenience and speed of modern air travel and the increasing number of people on the move, no country is safe from what once would have been a localised outbreak of infectious disease.
MERS virus deadlier than SARS
Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2013
» A mysterious new respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East spreads easily between people and appears more deadly than SARS, doctors reported Wednesday after investigating the biggest outbreak in Saudi Arabia.
WHO 'cannot predict' China flu course
AFP, Published on 21/05/2013
» GENEVA - It is impossible to predict the evolution of China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak as researchers are still trying to understand the source of human transmission, the head of the World Health Organisation said Monday.
First proof of patient-to-nurse infection of coronavirus: WHO
AFP, Published on 16/05/2013
» Two Saudi health workers have contracted the deadly coronavirus from patients, marking the first evidence of transmission in a hospital setting, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Coronavirus warning for flu sufferers
News, Published on 12/05/2013
» The Public Health Ministry has asked those suffering from the flu or colds, especially those who have just returned from the Middle East, to consult a doctor.
SARS-like virus seems to cause deep lung infection
AFP, Published on 04/04/2013
» A new and deadly virus that has killed 11 of the 17 patients treated for it in the Middle East and Britain appears to cause an infection deep in the lungs, researchers said.
Ten years on, the SARS outbreak that changed Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 15/03/2013
» With its bustling streets, shops and busy restaurants, little suggests that ten years ago Amoy Gardens was on the front line of Hong Kong's battle with a virus that caused a global health crisis.
New SARS-like mystery illness emerges in Mideast: WHO
AFP, Published on 24/09/2012
» The World Health Organisation issued a global alert on Monday for a new SARS-like respiratory virus which left a man from Qatar critically ill in a London hospital and killed at least one more in Saudi Arabia.
Blue-ear pig disease strikes again
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/08/2011
» A 30% fall in pig production is likely this year from PRRSV virus. In China this disease reached epidemic proportions in 2006.