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French health authorities said early Sunday that a second person had contracted a deadly new SARS-like virus, after sharing a hospital ward with the first victim identified in the country. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-case-deadly-sars-like-virus-france.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 12 May 2013 05:15:42 EST news287554535 French health authorities said one person was suspected of contracting a deadly new SARS-like virus after coming into contact with a man confirmed to be infected, following tests that cleared another three patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-case-sars-like-virus-france.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 11 May 2013 05:20:01 EST news287468393 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 The World Health Organisation on Tuesday said there was no need for travel restrictions in Saudi Arabia as the death toll from a SARS-like virus there rose to 11, but urged international vigilance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-saudi-sars-like-virus-toll.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 07 May 2013 07:09:54 EST news287129384 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 Five Saudis who died after contracting a new SARS-like virus last week had not travelled abroad, a health ministry doctor said on Saturday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-saudi-victims-sars-like-virus-didnt.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 05 May 2013 05:44:40 EST news286951474 Three new cases of a new SARS-like virus have been detected in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organisation reported Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-cases-sars-like-virus-saudi-arabia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 03 May 2013 17:39:27 EST news286821559 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 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 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 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 It's ten years since SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) upset our complacency about infectious diseases and now we are faced by another "new" disease. H7N9 bird flu is currently spreading through China and so far there have been more than 108 cases and the virus has caused at least 22 deaths. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-evidence-h7n9-humansbut.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:48:55 EST news286440527 Cities in eastern China where an H7N9 bird flu outbreak has killed six people moved Saturday to prevent the virus from spreading by banning live poultry trade and culling fowl. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-response-bird-flu-cases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:50:57 EST news284442644 Health officials say they still don't understand how a lesser-known bird flu virus was able to kill two men and seriously sicken a woman in China, but that it's unlikely that it can spread easily among humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-h7n9-flu-strain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:00:01 EST news284096969 With its bustling streets, shops and busy restaurants, little suggests that ten years ago Amoy Gardens was on the front line of Hong Kong's battle with a virus that caused a global health crisis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-ten-years-sars-outbreak-hong.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:16:26 EST news282539778 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 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 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 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 A British resident has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal SARS-like virus, British health authorities said on Monday, in the 10th confirmed case worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-briton-10th-case-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:27:33 EST news279800837 Infection control experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital have found that a combination of robot-like devices that disperse a bleaching agent into the air and then detoxify the disinfecting chemical are highly effective at killing and preventing the spread of multiple-drug-resistant bacteria, or so-called hospital superbugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-hydrogen-peroxide-vapor-hospital-disinfection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:41:37 EST news276248484 Reporting disease using mobiles and online systems is the next weapon against emerging infectious diseases, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-unwell-mobile-defence-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:30:01 EST news274094787 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 (Medical Xpress)—Groundbreaking efforts by PREDICT, a project led by the One Health Institute at the University of California, Davis, are highlighted today in the medical journal The Lancet as a model for a new, globally coordinated pandemic prevention strategy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-global-pandemic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:33:59 EST news273486828 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 (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 (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