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Go straight to designated hospitals, says doctor
People who believe that they could have Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) should go directly to designated hospitals set up specifically to deal with the illness instead of private clinics or hospitals.
Experts announce breakthrough in decoding SARS virus
CHINESE scientists have announced a breakthrough in decoding the evolutionary pattern of the coronavirus, which caused the worldwide outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) last year.
Mad cow type diseases may spread in urine - study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The agent that causes mad cow disease, scrapie and chronic wasting disease in deer and elk may sometimes be spread through urine, Swiss researchers reported on Thursday.
Venison may carry mad cow-like agent, study finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The muscles of deer affected by a mad cow-like disease carry the infectious prions that spread the illness, meaning that venison could potentially spread the agent to humans, researchers reported on Thursday.
Mad-cow firewall has gaps, US consumer groups say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the main safeguards against mad cow disease, a ban on using cattle parts in cattle feed, is ineffective or is not enforced strictly, two U.S. consumer groups said on Monday in light of a new case of the fatal bovine ailment in Canada.
EXCLUSIVE - Hog farmers wary of reporting new flu-OIE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It will be difficult to boost surveillance of hogs for the new pandemic strain of H1N1 flu unless farmers are confident they won't be penalized if the disease is found in their barns, an official with the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday.
Swine flu mild for now, but could worsen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new pandemic of H1N1 swine flu is causing a strong second wave of disease in many Northern Hemisphere countries, according to the World Health Organization.
Instant View - Mad cow disease found in California
(Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday that it found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, the nation's fourth, in a dairy cow in California.
Instant View - Mad cow disease found in California
(Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday that it found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, the nation's fourth, in a dairy cow in California.
Fighting the dengue scourge
KUALA LUMPUR: An estimated 2.5 billion people are at risk of dengue globally and about 1.8 billion of the population reside in the Asia Pacific region.
