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Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry has confirmed three more cases of a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 10 the number of cases it reported this week, including five deadly ones. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-saudi-arabia-cases-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 03 May 2013 15:27:00 EST news286813611 (Medical Xpress)—Recent scientific papers from China suggest a vigilant watch should be kept on the development of bird flu viruses, as a new strain has been identified and previously known viruses have been shown capable of mutating to forms that could spread from human to human via respiratory droplets. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-surveillance-bird-flu-strains.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 03 May 2013 06:20:01 EST news286776701 Five Saudis have died of a new SARS-like virus during the past few days and two more are being treated in an intensive care unit, the health ministry said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-sars-like-virus-saudis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 02 May 2013 05:20:02 EST news286689977 A new virus that causes severe breathing distress and kidney failure elicits a distinctive airway cell response to allow it to multiply. Scientists studying the Human Coronavirus-Erasmus Medical Center, which first appeared April 2012 in the Middle East, have discovered helpful details about its stronghold tactics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-tactics-middle-east-virus-lung.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:10:01 EST news286480768 China's premier on Sunday urged authorities to be vigilant against a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people, while saying that efforts to tackle the virus have so far been effective. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-chinese-premier-urges-vigilance-bird.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:02:07 EST news286380117 A genetic analysis of the avian flu virus responsible for at least nine human deaths in China portrays a virus evolving to adapt to human cells, raising concern about its potential to spark a new global flu pandemic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-bird-flu-strain-mammals-humans.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:14:26 EST news285002047 (AP)—Chinese health authorities have reported another death and two new infections from a new strain of bird flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-bird-flu-death-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:45:53 EST news284989543 Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of a bird flu strain that has killed three people in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread among poultry without showing any signs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scientists-china-bird-virus-silent.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:44:34 EST news284193866 A man from the United Arab Emirates who was infected with a new SARS-related virus has died in Munich, German authorities said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-emirati-dies-sars-linked-virus-germany.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:50:01 EST news283516346 (Medical Xpress)—This year's unusually long and rocky flu season would be nothing compared to the pandemic that could occur if bird flu became highly contagious among humans, which is why UCLA researchers and their colleagues are creating new ways to predict where an outbreak could emerge. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-hotspots-future-flu-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:40:37 EST news282469229 A discovery that shows how a novel—and often fatal—virus infects cells may help fight a health threat that has recently emerged on the world stage, researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-scientists-key-entry-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:17:41 EST news282403055 A SARS-like virus that has struck in Britain and the Middle East has claimed a new victim in Saudi Arabia, bringing the global toll from the mystery illness to nine, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-saudi-death-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:40:38 EST news282328832 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 International scientists who last year halted controversial research with the deadly bird flu say they are resuming their work as countries adopt new rules to ensure safety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientists-resume-lab-bred-bird-flu.html Medical research Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:09:54 EST news278176188 The 2012-2013 influenza season in Norway is emerging and above the epidemic threshold. The activity at the moment is of medium intensity. The three different influenza viruses that are circulating are all covered by the seasonal influenza vaccine. People with risk factors are advised to take the seasonal influenza vaccine. There are no changes in the risk groups. The situation is being continuously monitored and recommendations may change if required. So far most confirmed cases are A (H1N1) (swine influenza) and influenza B viruses, with fewer A (H3N2), but the picture may change during the winter. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-influenza-norway.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:30:36 EST news276503427 Global travel and climate warming could be creating the right conditions for outbreaks of a new virus in this country, according to a new Cornell University computer model. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-chances-chikungunya-outbreaks-nyc-atlanta.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:07:25 EST news274982837 (Medical Xpress)—Varieties of HIV that replicate more quickly can cause infected individuals' immune systems to decline faster, new research demonstrates. The results were published by the journal PLOS Pathogens. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-mutations-hiv-infection-advantage.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:39:42 EST news273998375 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 (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 A Saudi man has been cured after he was diagnosed with a mystery illness from the same family as the deadly SARS virus and from which one person died, the kingdom's health ministry said on Sunday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-saudi-sars-family-virus-ministry.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:55:13 EST news271256091 (Medical Xpress)—Immunising people with vaccines that are quick and inexpensive to produce is the answer to preventing large-scale spread of infectious disease, Professor Anton Middelberg from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-viruses-cheap-vaccines-quickly.html Medical research Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:40:01 EST news271070630 (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 Saudi Arabia has taken measures to deal with any epidemic that may break out during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a minister said in remarks published Monday, stressing that the spread of a mystery illness from the same family as the deadly SARS virus was "limited." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-saudi-thwart-epidemic-hajj.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:29:40 EST news268295371 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 An isolated outbreak of a deadly disease known as acute hemorrhagic fever, which killed two people and left one gravely ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the summer of 2009, was probably caused by a novel virus scientists have never seen before. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-bas-congo-genetic-sleuthing-uncovers-deadly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:02:03 EST news267984105 A new respiratory illness, similar to SARS, has been identified in a man who is being treated in the UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-viewpoint-patient-illness-similar-sars.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:25:31 EST news267949521 (AP)—Global health officials have alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a virus related to SARS but said there were no signs the disease was behaving like the respiratory syndrome that killed hundreds in 2003. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-virus-sars.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:32:27 EST news267946339 Five people in isolation in a Danish hospital are suffering from a typical influenza strain and not a new SARS-like respiratory illness as feared, the Odense University Hospital said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-patients-denmark-virus-hospital.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:35:51 EST news267878145 The UN health agency said Wednesday it knew of no more cases in the Gulf of a mystery illness from the same virus family as the deadly SARS but was advising Saudi Arabia ahead of the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-saudis-virus-hajj.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:45:18 EST news267875113