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Two new diseases could both spark global outbreaks
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.
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May 13, 2013 |
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Tactics of new Middle East virus suggest treating by altering lung cells' response to infection
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 ...
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Apr 30, 2013 |
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New coronavirus has many potential hosts, could pass from animals to humans repeatedly
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 ...
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Dec 11, 2012 |
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WHO: Two more cases of new virus in Jordan (Update)
International health officials have confirmed two more fatal cases of a mysterious respiratory virus in the Middle East.
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Nov 30, 2012 |
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US and Australia chefs tackle global obesity at Italy fair
As the world struggles with a growing obesity epidemic, Slow Food gurus from the US and Australia are urging international campaigners gathered in Italy to join a revolution in the way children eat.
Overweight and Obesity
Oct 28, 2012 |
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New SARS-like virus detected in Middle East (Update 3)
Global health officials are closely monitoring a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left a Qatari citizen in critical condition in London.
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Sep 24, 2012 |
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Turkish womb transplant promises hope for women
Lying on a hospital bed in her laced violet nightgown, Derya Sert is the first woman in the world to receive a womb from a deceased donor, raising hopes for millions of women to bear a child.
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Oct 01, 2011 |
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New case of SARS-like virus in Saudi: ministry
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.
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Saudi detects six new SARS-like cases
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.
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May 14, 2013 |
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Turkish womb transplant woman's pregnancy terminated
Doctors have terminated the pregnancy of a 23-year-old Turkish woman who was the first ever to receive a uterus transplant from a dead donor, a hospital in southern Turkey said on Tuesday.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
May 14, 2013 |
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WHO revises up death toll from SARS-like virus
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.
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May 14, 2013 |
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Saudi detects four new SARS-like cases
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.
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May 14, 2013 |
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SARS-like virus in Saudi has killed 15
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.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 12, 2013 |
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French victim of SARS-like virus in intensive care
A man who contracted a deadly new SARS-like virus after sharing a hospital ward with France's first victim was moved to intensive care on Sunday following a deterioration in his condition, hospital officials said.
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May 12, 2013 |
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Second case of deadly SARS-like virus in France
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.
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May 12, 2013 |
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