News tagged with severe acute respiratory syndrome

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Hydrogen peroxide vapor enhances hospital disinfection of superbugs

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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Secrets of new SARS-like virus uncovered (Update)

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study discovers a new live vaccine approach for SARS and novel coronaviruses

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 ...

Medical research created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

WHO urges vigilance over SARS-like virus

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Saudi downplays impact of mystery virus on Hajj

Saudi health authorities downplayed Tuesday the impact of a possible outbreak of a virus from the family of deadly SARS on its forthcoming Hajj pilgrimage, stressing that the cases remain rare.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Qatari with SARS-like virus on artificial lung: UK hospital

A Qatari man suffering from a mystery respiratory virus from the same family as the deadly disease SARS is on an artificial lung to keep him alive, a British hospital said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Feeling unwell? Your mobile could be your best defence against infection

Reporting disease using mobiles and online systems is the next weapon against emerging infectious diseases, a new study suggests.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Briton is 10th case of SARS-like virus

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New death from SARS-like virus in Saudi, WHO reports

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ten years on, the SARS outbreak that changed Hong Kong

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China steps up response to bird flu cases (Update)

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell response to new coronavirus unveils possible paths to treatments

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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0