http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. 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 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 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 (AP)—A patient being treated for a mysterious SARS-like virus has died, a British hospital said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-uk-patient-dies-sars-like-coronavirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:27:46 EST news280481245 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 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 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 The SARS epidemic of 2002-2003 was short-lived, but a novel type of human coronavirus that is alarming public health authorities can infect cells from humans and bats alike, a fact that could make the animals a continuing source of infection, according to a study to be published in in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, on December 11. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-coronavirus-potential-hosts-animals-humans.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:06 EST news274382432 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 Rapid mutation has long been considered a key to viral adaptation to environmental change. But in the case of the coronavirus responsible for deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), collaborating researchers at the University of North Carolina and Vanderbilt University have found that accelerating the rate of mutations cripples the virus's ability to cause disease in animals. In addition, they say this finding may allow scientists to explore a new option for creating safer live vaccines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-vaccine-approach-sars-coronaviruses.html Medical research Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:06:26 EST news271940774 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 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 Five people have been isolated in a hospital in Denmark with symptoms of a new viral respiratory illness from the same family as the deadly SARS virus, the hospital said on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-isolated-danish-hospital-sars-like-symptoms.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:58:30 EST news267861502 A Qatari man suffering from a new respiratory virus from the same family as the deadly SARS remains in critical condition, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-qatari-mystery-virus-critical-condition.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:28:57 EST news267776929 Broad-spectrum antibiotics, which are active against a whole range of bacterial pathogens, have been on the market for a long time. Comparably versatile drugs to treat viral diseases, on the other hand, have remained elusive. Using a new approach, research teams led by Dr. Albrecht von Brunn of LMU Munich and Professor Christian Drosten from the University of Bonn have identified a compound that inhibits the replication of several different viruses, including the highly aggressive SARS virus that is responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-strategy-stymies-sars-versatile-inhibitor.html Medical research Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:03:28 EST news239025794