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Bird flu more difficult to detect this time around
China has suffered outbreaks of bird flu before, but the virus that has now infected more than 100 people across eastern China and Taiwan is different in several important ways, according to scientists and researchers. The new virus is H7N9, a different...
Tags: China, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu, Symptoms
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Bird flu outbreak is spreading fear in China
BEIJING — On a subway car in Shanghai, commotion breaks out when someone spots a live chicken poking its head out of a bag tucked under one of the seats. On a highway in Zhejiang province, a motorist is so panicked by bird droppings landing on her...
Tags: Nanjing (China), Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Symptoms, Health Organizations
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WHO confirms 2 new coronavirus deaths. What is coronavirus?
The deadly and mysterious coronavirus that first appeared in Saudi Arabia last year has claimed two more victims, bringing the official death toll to 11. The World Health Organization said a 73-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates who was taken to...
Tags: Pakistan, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health Organizations, Common Cold
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Sars Virus in the UK
KIAHThere`s a medical mystery in the air. No we`re not talking about West Nile. This one is across the pond. It`s a new type of coronavirus, which is from the same virus family of the common cold and very closely related to SARS? Remember SARS? It stands for...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Common Cold
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New SARS-like virus detected in Middle East
LONDON (AP) - Global health officials are closely following a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another person in critical condition in Britain. The germ is a...
Tags: Polio, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health Organizations, Common Cold
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'Smash' recap: Workshop through the pain
Show Tracker“Smash” is quickly dividing itself into two shows, splitting like a set of conjoined twins who once worshiped at the altar of the Great White Way into separate beings that pray to competing gods -- that of Broadway, and well, that of “... -
More airport hassles, but we still don't feel safe
A man attempted to detonate his shoe on a flight diverted to Boston in 2001; eight years later all airline passengers are still walking barefoot through airport security. In 2006 officials uncovered a plot to attack transcontinental flights with liquid...Tags: Transportation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Air Transportation, Swine Flu, Transportation Security Administration
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