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Saudi Health Ministry reports another death from MERS, brings global total to 33

Saudi Health Ministry reports another death from MERS, brings global total to 33

June 14, 2013 2:14 pm by | 0 Comments

RIYADH (Reuters) - One more person has died and two more have fallen ill in Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus, MERS-CoV, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Friday.Saudi ... Read more

Meningitis cases hit ten-year low in Africa with cheap new vaccine

Meningitis cases hit ten-year low in Africa with cheap new vaccine

June 6, 2013 4:23 pm by | 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Case numbers in Africa's meningitis season this year were the lowest in 10 years thanks to a cheap new vaccine designed to treat a type of the ... Read more


Annual pilgramage to Mecca spurs deeper look at SARs-like virus

Annual pilgramage to Mecca spurs deeper look at SARs-like virus

May 24, 2013 11:46 am by | 0 Comments

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it would help Saudi Arabia dig deeper into deadly outbreaks of a new SARS-like virus to draw up ... Read more

Bird flu virus H7N9 may spread through airborne exposure

Bird flu virus H7N9 may spread through airborne exposure

May 24, 2013 6:33 am by | 0 Comments

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The H7N9 bird flu virus may be capable of spreading from human to human and can be transmitted not only through direct contact but also through ... Read more

Patent rights on coronavirus delay development of diagnostic tests

Patent rights on coronavirus delay development of diagnostic tests

May 23, 2013 2:04 pm by | 0 Comments

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries with possible cases of the SARS-like novel coronavirus on Thursday that they must share information and not allow commercial labs ... Read more

Saudi Arabia death tool rises to 17 from SARS-like virus

Saudi Arabia death tool rises to 17 from SARS-like virus

May 23, 2013 8:01 am by | 0 Comments

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to ... Read more

The perils of naming a deadly virus

The perils of naming a deadly virus

May 22, 2013 8:54 am by | 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - For a pathogen with such a short history, the mysterious new virus killing people in the Middle East and Europe has already had an amazing array of ... Read more


China reports one more bird flu death, toll rises to 32

China reports one more bird flu death, toll rises to 32

May 9, 2013 8:13 am by | 0 Comments

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported one more death from a new strain of bird flu on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 32, with the number of infections staying at ... Read more

WHO experts to visit Saudi hospital where coronavirus spread

WHO experts to visit Saudi hospital where coronavirus spread

May 8, 2013 11:04 am by | 0 Comments

GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) - World Health Organization (WHO) experts and local officials will visit a Saudi hospital where the SARS-like coronavirus has spread, killing seven people, the U.N. agency said on ... Read more

Two more die in Saudi Arabia from SARS-like virus: WHO

Two more die in Saudi Arabia from SARS-like virus: WHO

May 7, 2013 6:43 am by | 0 Comments

GENEVA (Reuters) - Two more people in Saudi Arabia have died from a new strain of coronavirus that has emerged in the Middle East, bringing the toll in the kingdom's ... Read more

Scientists confirm new H7N9 bird flu has come from chickens

Scientists confirm new H7N9 bird flu has come from chickens

April 25, 2013 9:43 am by | 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have confirmed for the first time that a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in China has been transmitted to humans ... Read more

China says new bird flu case found in northeastern China

China says new bird flu case found in northeastern China

April 22, 2013 7:13 am by | 0 Comments

BEIJING (Reuters) - A man in the northeastern Chinese province of Shandong has been infected by a new strain of bird flu, the first case found in the province, state ... Read more

WHO data on bird flu raises new questions about human transmission

WHO data on bird flu raises new questions about human transmission

April 19, 2013 3:27 am by | 0 Comments

BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 50 percent of patients infected with a new type of bird flu in China had no contact with poultry, the World Health Organization said on ... Read more

Death toll from new virus reaches 11: U.N. health body

Death toll from new virus reaches 11: U.N. health body

March 27, 2013 12:42 pm by | 0 Comments

GENEVA (Reuters) - A 73-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates has become the eleventh person to die from a virus that attacks the respiratory system and was only identified ... Read more

Scientists find how deadly new virus infects human cells

Scientists find how deadly new virus infects human cells

March 13, 2013 2:04 pm by | 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have worked out how a deadly new virus which was unknown in humans until last year is able to infect human cells and cause severe, potentially ... Read more