Medicine - Health
The risk of disease with humans in the 21st century
Not only new diseases such as influenza epidemic, acute respiratory syndrome - SARS, the world health experts are also concerned about the return of many old diseases su…
SARS
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Medicine - Health
New findings on SARS
The international team of scientists has just made a breakthrough in the study of medicines to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome (SARS) when identified.
Medicine - Health
Why do people with SARS not get sick?
In 2003, the SARS outbreak broke out and killed about 800 people. Translation center is Hong Kong and China. Hong Kong scientists have discovered a genetic defect that h…
Flu epidemic
Camels cause Middle East respiratory distress syndrome
MERS virus causing Middle East respiratory distress syndrome (similar to dangerous SARS virus) has just been found in camels, after a 44-year-old man from Saudi Arabia d…
Flu epidemic
Egypt recorded the first case of death due to MERS virus
On February 28, Egyptian health officials confirmed a patient died after a viral infection in the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV).
Flu epidemic
ADB helps Vietnam control infectious diseases
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced to spend $ 49 million on an infectious disease control project in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Flu epidemic
South Korea detected suspected cases of bird flu
About 6,000 chickens died on a farm in Iksan City, southern Korea, raising concerns about the country's first bird flu outbreak in three years. Authorities said it would…
New technology
The 'wand' detects the virus that transmits diseases to humans and animals
Microbiologist William Wilson, the Center for Agricultural Research and Animal Health in Manhattan, used the technology to identify West Nile fever virus and Rift Valley…