- Sydney Morning Herald: SARS - http://www.smh.com.au/specials/sars/
Special coverage of the outbreak, with emphasis on Australian cases and Asian travel issues.
- washingtonpost.com: SARS - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/sars/
News coverage from the Associated Press and staff reporters, including local stories from the Washington, DC, US metropolitan area.
- Fears Mount Over Deadly Bug - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2905391.stm
Hong Kong establishes quarantine camps as a deadly pneumonia virus claims more victims. [BBC News]
- Deadly Pneumonia Hurts Tourism in Hong Kong - http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=A0292C81-12A6-4D52-8423812501002016
Slower business at hotels and restaurants is a bad sign for a city already struggling to climb out of a recession. [Voice of America (VOA)]
- School closed after three students fall ill - http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035779893373&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154
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]
- New suspect in super-pneumonia outbreak - http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993542
Several labs have found a coronavirus in SARS patients. One possibility is that the disease might be caused by both that and the previously isolated paramyxovirus acting in tandem. [New Scientist]
- The Deadly Effects of Suppressed Info - http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2003/nf20030321_3515_db065.htm
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]
- Virus Causing Deadly Pneumonia Revealed - http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993517
Indications that Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a member of the paramyxovirus family. [New Scientist]
- Deadly Pneumonia Spreads - http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035779423194&call_pageid=968867505381&col=969048872038
"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]
- Mysterious Illness may be New Disease - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/03/18/MN253862.DTL
Reviews what is known so far about the disease. [San Francisco Chronicle]
- World Gears up for 'Killer Flu' - http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1334750,00.html
Disease information and containment efforts. [News24]
- Fears Spread Over Deadly Virus - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2858439.stm
Health officials struggle to contain the spread of a "mystery illness" reported across continents. [BBC News]
- Killer Bug Looks Like a Virus - http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,58083,00.html
Overview of the severe acute respiratory syndrome. [Wired News]
- Officials Say Fatal Asia Malady Could be a Flu or a New Virus - http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1047885174259500.xml
"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]
- SARS Toll Rises to 78 Worldwide - http://english.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper1/862/class000100022/hwz125669.htm
The epidemic has been brought under control in China, and good hygiene will prevent further spread in Hong Kong. [Shanghai Daily]
- The SARS Farce - http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DD25.htm
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]
- Do Surgical Masks Stop SARS? - http://slate.msn.com/id/2081235/
Analysis showing that common masks offer only limited protection, but that the perception of protection may be more important. [Slate]
- People's Daily: SARS in China and Abroad - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti_335.shtml
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.
- Yahoo! News Full Coverage: SARS - http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=Health&cat=Severe_Acute_Respiratory_Syndrome
Hub for hundreds of news articles and stories.
- Status of the SARS outbreak - http://www.who.int/csr/sarsarchive/2003_04_11/en/print.html
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]
- Sars Victim Who Infected 133 Will Remain in Quarantine - http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=396027
Authorities consider what to do with one of the disease's earliest victims. [The Independent Newspaper] [Fee required to read full article.]
- Doctor Alleges Beijing Cover-Up Over SARS Crisis - http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/international.cfm?id=417512003
A senior Chinese physician accused his government yesterday of covering up details of the spread of the SARS virus in Beijing, raising fears that the crisis may be worse than previously thought. [The Scotsman]
- China's SARS Problem, and Ours - http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/504jlpnl.asp
How China's totalitarian government put the rest of the world at risk to the new virus. [The Daily Standard]
- CBC News: Disclosure - Dead Silence - http://www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/031118_sars/main.html
The Chinese government was accused of failing to disclose the outbreak of SARS, but where was the World Health Organization in all of this?
- Looking beyond SARS - http://www.npr.org/news/specials/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.
- SARS Reference - http://www.sarsreference.com/
Online textbook reviewing available medical information.
- Executive Order on Quarantinable Diseases - http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030404a.html
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.
- SARS Affects the Health of Air Travel - http://airtravel.about.com/cs/safetysecurity/a/SARS.htm
Examines the affects that fear of the disease is having on international airlines. [About.com]
- Pneumonia Causes Panic in Guangdong Province - http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7386/416
In the absence of official information, rumors magnified the epidemic out of proportion. [bmj.com, formerly British Medical Journal]
- SARS News - Topix.net - http://www.topix.net/health/sars
News on SARS collected from diverse sources on the web.
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