Hong Kong opens first inquests into Sars deaths
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THE first inquests related to the Sars outbreak in Hong Kong last year opened in the territory yesterday, with a coroner probing the deaths of six medical workers, according to judicial sources.
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Chinese health officials said Sunday that the world&#39;s first vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) had proven safe and effective in a phase-one clinical trial.
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HONG KONG: Health authorities in Hong Kong are investigating the outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness in a hospital that has infected 28 children.
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Researchers have been studying SARS since it was first recognized in 2002. It sickened 8,096 and killed 774 people worldwide before being contained by quarantine, patient isolation and travel restrictions.
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Hong Kong's government has ordered schools to step up precautions against influenza as another child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
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Pakistani authorities and World Health Organisation experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan: Taiwanese health officials urged the public Monday to check their temperatures daily and wear surgical masks when visiting hospitals, as the island began a series of measures to guard against a new SARS outbreak.
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The World Health Organisation confirmed that it was examining a &quot;probable&quot; first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand, raising fears of a deadly global flu pandemic.
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The Chinese government announced in Beijing on December 5 that the world&#39;s first vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) emerged from the phase-one clinical test as both safe and effective.
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Scientists in Hong Kong say they may have found a series of chemicals that could counter the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and other viruses.
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Scientists in Hong Kong said on Tuesday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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Inquests into the deaths of four of the five prostitutes murdered by a feared serial killer in Ipswich were set to be opened as police continue questioning two suspects.
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BEIJING : China&#39;s government announced Sunday that a vaccine for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) had emerged from the first phase clinical test as both safe and effective, state press reported.
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Health authorities in Hong Kong are  investigating the outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness  in a hospital that has infected 28 children.
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Health experts have identified a mystery illness that has infected 34 children in a Hong Kong hospital as a common respiratory virus.
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The first U.S. vaccine against SARS,  which swept parts of Asia and around the world in 2003, is  ready to be tested in human volunteers, government researchers  said on Monday.
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The World Health Organisation last night confirmed that it was examining a probable first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand.