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A new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Saudi Arabia where 15 people have already died after contracting it, the health ministry announced on Saturday on its Internet website. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-case-sars-like-virus-saudi-ministry.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 18 May 2013 13:10:01 EST news288100975 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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-proof-patient-to-nurse-infection-coronavirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 15 May 2013 16:20:36 EST news287853630 Saudi Arabia has detected six new cases of the deadly coronavirus, the health ministry said, raising the number of people infected from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 30, half of them fatalities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-saudi-sars-like-cases_1.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 14 May 2013 15:15:49 EST news287763341 The World Health Organization on Tuesday revised up the death toll from the SARS-like coronavirus from 18 to 20 worldwide, but said the two additional fatalities in Saudi Arabia were old cases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-death-toll-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 14 May 2013 06:20:11 EST news287731203 The World Health Organisation on Monday called on people in France, where two confirmed cases of the new SARS-like virus were recorded at the weekend, to stay calm and not overburden hospitals for fear of the deadly virus to allow for proper treatment of those actually infected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-france-calm-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 14 May 2013 04:40:30 EST news287725215 Four more cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said, raising the number of people infected from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 28, including 15 fatalities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-saudi-sars-like-cases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 14 May 2013 03:38:17 EST news287721486 Panic has gripped Saudis in the country's east, where most cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, witnesses said, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hits 15. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-panic-saudis-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 13 May 2013 10:19:19 EST news287659153 Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials—a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-diseases-global-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 13 May 2013 09:41:41 EST news287656884 Fifteen people in Saudi Arabia have died from a SARS-like virus out of 24 people who contracted it since last August, Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabia said on Sunday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-sars-like-virus-saudi_1.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 12 May 2013 14:53:24 EST news287589198 French health officials said Friday they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, in people who had close contact in the hospital with France's only confirmed case. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-cases-sars-related-virus-france.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 10 May 2013 06:15:38 EST news287385328 French health authorities said on Thursday they feared the country's first case of a new SARS-like virus that has killed 18 people, mostly in Saudi Arabia, may have infected two other people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-france-cases-deadly-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 09 May 2013 18:49:22 EST news287344144 A 65-year-old Frenchman is hospitalized after contracting France's first case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, and French health authorities said Wednesday they are trying to find anyone who might have been in contact with him to prevent it from spreading. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-france-1st-case-sars-related-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 08 May 2013 08:38:42 EST news287221113 A new SARS-like virus has killed two more people in Saudi Arabia, taking the number of deaths from the coronavirus that the kingdom has announced to seven in one week, the health ministry said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-sars-like-virus-saudi.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 06 May 2013 05:20:02 EST news287035760 NIH-supported scientists used lab-grown human lung cells to study the cells' response to infection by a novel human coronavirus (called nCoV) and compiled information about which genes are significantly disrupted in early and late stages of infection. The information about host response to nCoV allowed the researchers to predict drugs that might be used to inhibit either the virus itself or the deleterious responses that host cells make in reaction to infection. Since nCoV was recognized in 2012, 17 confirmed cases and 11 deaths have been reported—a high fatality rate that is spurring urgent research efforts to better understand the virus and its effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cell-response-coronavirus-unveils-paths.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:33:04 EST news286547577 National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists studying an emerging coronavirus have found that a combination of two licensed antiviral drugs, ribavirin and interferon-alpha 2b, can stop the virus from replicating in laboratory-grown cells. These results suggest that the drug combination could be used to treat patients infected with the new coronavirus, but more research is needed to confirm this preliminary finding. The study appears in the April 18, 2013, issue of Scientific Reports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-treatment-coronavirus-early-lab.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:00:02 EST news285437011 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 Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scientists-monkey-coronavirus-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:00:10 EST news284226711 A decade ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools closed and sales of surgical masks spiked. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-learnt-sars.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:40:02 EST news282025507 (Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Reading could be crucial in the fight to stop the spread of killer viruses such as HIV and avian flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-key-killer-diseases.html Medical research Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:20:03 EST news281605293 Another person suffering from a SARS-like virus has died in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization said Thursday, bringing the worldwide number of fatalities from the mystery illness to seven. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-death-sars-like-virus-saudi.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:15:41 EST news280685655 The new coronavirus that has emerged in the Middle East is well-adapted to infecting humans but could potentially be treated with immunotherapy, according to a study to be published on February 19 in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The study indicates that the virus HCoV-EMC can penetrate the lining of the passageways in the lung and evade the innate immune system as easily as a cold virus can, signs that HCoV-EMC is well-equipped for infecting human cells. The study also reveals that the virus is susceptible to treatment with interferons, components of the immune system that have been used successfully to treat other viral diseases, opening a possible mode of treatment in the event of a large-scale outbreak. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-coronavirus-well-adapted-humans-susceptible-immunotherapy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:20:01 EST news280468360 The World Health Organisation on Saturday urged countries to be vigilant over the spread of a potentially fatal SARS-like virus after a new case in Britain brought the global number to 12. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-urges-vigilance-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:50:02 EST news280311475 A third member of a family has been diagnosed in Britain with a potentially fatal SARS-like virus, officials said Friday, bringing the number of confirmed cases worldwide to 12. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-fourth-case-sars-like-virus-britain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:10:03 EST news280159476 (AP)—British officials say a mysterious virus related to SARS may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new coronavirus in a patient who they say probably caught it from a family member. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-sars-linked-virus-people.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:40:01 EST news279972824 The head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday that infectious diseases will spread more easily in the future due to globalisation, changing lifestyles and rising population densities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-diseases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:54:23 EST news275208855 Jordan's health minister has said that two deaths in the kingdom from a SARS-like virus earlier this year which were confirmed by the World Health Organisation last week were isolated cases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-jordan-sars-like-virus-deaths-isolated.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:35:22 EST news273692112 Another person has died of a mysterious respiratory virus and three more cases have been discovered in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the World Health Organisation said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dead-sick-mystery-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:30:45 EST news272910639 A patient from Qatar has been confirmed with a new virus related to SARS, while health officials are investigating whether it may have spread between humans after close contact in Saudi Arabia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-german-lab-qatar-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:12:42 EST news272884350 (AP)—Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry has confirmed that a second person in the kingdom has contracted a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to three the number of those sickened by it in the Gulf region in recent weeks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-saudi-arabia-2nd-case-sars-like.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:45:56 EST news271334749 (AP)—Saudi Arabia's health minister says a new respiratory virus related to SARS that has infected two people does not pose a threat to the more than 1 million Muslims set to embark on the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the kingdom. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-saudis-virus-pose-threat-pilgrims.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:23:26 EST news268327397 A new mysterious respiratory virus that has killed at least one person and left another in critical condition does not appear very contagious, the World Health Organisation said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-mystery-virus-easily-transmitted.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:10:01 EST news268037781