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Airlines 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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SARS News - Topix.net
News on SARS collected from diverse sources on the web.
http://www.topix.net/health/sars
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SARS Reference
Online textbook reviewing available medical information.
http://www.sarsreference.com/
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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
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