Mystery illness is parainfluenza virus, Hong Kong
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A mystery illness which has affected 32 people at Caritas Medical Centre, Hong Kong, has been identified as being cause by a parainfluenza virus.
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TOKYO, Dec. 22 -- Japan reported its first case of bird flu in a human on Wednesday -- a man who got the disease from birds.
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PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio  -- More than 300 people appear to be linked to a mysterious illness including nausea, fever, and vomiting in recent weeks on Lake Erie&#39;s South Bass Island, health officials said Thursday.
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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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HONG KONGBird flu is back, returning with a vengeance to Vietnam, and raising alarm bells in neighbouring Asian countries.
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HONG KONG : Health experts have identified a mystery illness which has infected 32 children in a Hong Kong hospital as a common respiratory virus, the government said on Friday.
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Health officials say the stomach illness that struck about 60 people last week is likely the same virus that sickened about 100 students at the University of Maryland earlier this month.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asia must unite to combat the spread of a deadly bird flu virus, which has the potential
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Dec 10, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Southeast Asian nations are mounting a two-tiered attack on the avian influenza virus that has devastated poultry flocks and raised the specter of a potential human flu pandemic.
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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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Authorities in Thailand have confirmed the country&#39;s second known human case of bird flu since July. The woman, identified as Pranom, was found to have the H5N1 virus of avian influenza.
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KUALA LUMPUR : Two people have been hospitalised in Malaysia&#39;s northeastern Kelantan state after a suspected new outbreak of the deadly strain of bird flu that has killed 27 people across Asia, officials said on Tuesday.
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SEREMBAN: A veterinarian and three of her children, who have been warded for observation at the Kota Baru Hospital, do not have a persistent fever or sore throat - the common symptoms of avian influenza.
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The unexpected discovery of a deadly bird flu strain in Malaysia after summer cases elsewhere in Southeast Asia indicated a major winter outbreak was likely, international health experts said on Friday.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong legislators on Wednesday criticized a Hong Kong hospital for failing to immediately report an outbreak of a mysterious illness in its pediatric ward earlier this month.
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24/08/2004 - Authorities in China are trying to calm fears over the spread of the deadly avian influenza strain H5N1 to pigs by stating that recent tests carried out on pig farms in the country have shown that the animals are now clear of the disease.
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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.