Posted on 04/28/2003 7:10:56 PM PDT by flutters
INFORMATION LINKS:
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World Health Organization (WHO)
International Society for Infectious Diseases (ProMed)
FREE REPUBLIC THREADS:
November 10, 2001
1. Colorado Governor Orders Post Office Shut Down After Employee Hospitalized for Pneumonia
November 21, 2001
2. Odd Pneumonia in Sverdlovsk
February 12, 2003
3. Fear spreads in China over mystery lung virus
March 10 – 16
4. Precognition (Mother Abigail)
5. First Known Case of Atypical Pneumonia in Europe Quarantined in Frankfurt (with 155 passengers)
6. UN Warns of Worldwide Threat from Killer Pneumonia
7. UN warns of worldwide threat from killer pneumonia
8. CDC Issues Health Alert About Atypical Pneumonia - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (New SARS site)
9. A third case of atypical pneumonia reported in Taiwan
March 17 – 23
10. Honk Kong Health Secretary calls for calm as SARS cases double, (83 up from 42 on Sunday)
11. Experts Urge Against Panic Over Illness (SARS, contains actual info)
12. LATEST SARS UPDATE - DETAILED MEDICAL INFORMATION
13. BREAKING BIG: POSSIBLE PATHOGEN DETECTED IN SARS CASE
14. Killer Virus (SARS) Identified
15. Seven victims of mystery pneumonia stayed on same floor of Hong Kong hotel
16. SARS UPDATE: New Info on SARS for Health Care Providers on Free Republic
17. Guangdong doctor linked to SARS outbreak
18. President of the American Society of Microbiology on SARS - "Everything says it is airborne."
19. SARS REACHES HONG KONG SCHOOLS - 32 NEW CASES (IS THE BUG OUT OF THE BOX?)
20. CDC increases SARS cases to 22 in U.S.
21. CHINA CONFIRMS CASES AND DEATHS (SARS) - HONG KONG SITUATION DETERIORATING - 22 CASES IN US
22. Causative agent of SARS virus isolated from lung tissue - test is reliably identifying cases
23. VIETNAM NEW SARS HOT ZONE, U.S. Warns Citizens in Vietnam To leave
24. SARS cases on the rise in Canada, may be spreading even further, 12 people showing symptoms
March 24 – 30
25. Singapore - 740 people quarantined, 14 new cases on Monday, Hospitals close, SARS spreads
26. 37 In United States May Have SARS
27. SARS epidemic spreads in Taiwan, three other CDC officials have become ill.
28. Official: Mystery Pneumonia in Southern China Killed 31 by End of February
29. Killer-flu a 'white terror': Expert, "It is the worst medical disaster I have ever seen."
30. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) multi-country outbreak - Update 10
31. German Scientist Sees No Global SARS Epidemic
32. CASES OF SARS HIT UC SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL CENTER AND KAISER
33. SARS STRIKES 2 MORE IN CITY
35. Airports stepping up screening for SARS
36. First SARS cases reported in New York
37. Quarantine is not slowing SARS
38. Second hospital ordered closed [ SARS -- Toronto ]
39. Virus may have crossed species barrier [ SARS ]
40. Screening for SARS at Pearson blasted -- Toronto Airport
41. SARS - Serious and Airborne No Matter What the Public is Told.
42. Virus hits hospital chief [ SARS ]
43. Pneumonia crisis grips Hong Kong
44. China Begins to Acknowledge Scope of SARS Infection
45. Lesson in circumspection [ SARS ]
47. Airport checks on Sars tightened
48. Sars claims 4th Canadian victim
49. SARS UPDATE: Pneumonia bug poses global threat
50. Discoverer Of SARS Dies From It
51. SARS survival rate higher than pneumonia
March 31 – April 6
52. Doctors use antibodies to treat SARS victims
53. Excerpt: U.S. Disease Center Puzzles over SARS Transmission
54. All You Need To Know About SARS
55. An enduring mystery (SARS -- intelligent discussion)
56. Canadian SARS Virus Outbreak Rises to 129 Cases
57. More SARS cases reported in Hong Kong
58. 30 new cases of SARS in Ontario - Five young children among latest stricken
59. Hong Kong opening quarantine camps for SARS patients
60. Plane quarantined at San Jose airport
61. China Stonewalls WHO on SARS Virus -- Identity of Guangdong Medical Professor Revealed
62. Online hoax on Sars prompts HK panic buying
63. How the illness spread (SARS)
64. Chinese Province Reports 9 SARS Deaths (Guangdong)
65. SARS Mystery Deepens (Virus details)
66. False SARS alarm aboard U.S.-bound jet
67. WHO: All Travelers Should Avoid Hong Kong and Guangdong (SARS)
68. Scientists publish study: Researchers say virus is probably not airborne
69. Shanghai reports first SARS case
71. Travellers Warned To Stay Away From Hong Kong (SARS)
72. SARS dashes hope for large Hong Kong Seder
73. 400 new SARS cases in China
74. Identity of killer pneumonia bug confirmed
75. SARS outbreak already causes business struggles
76. Singapore SARS death toll at 5
77. SARS Virus Sparks Fears in Tech Industry
78. Novel Coronavirus Detected in Chicken Intestinal Contents (SARS Relative in Sao Paulo)
79. Flight Attendants Demand Protection From SARS [Masks and Gloves]
80. 98 in Hong Kong recovering from SARS
81. WHO OFFICIAL SAYS SARS EPIDEMIC IN SINGAPORE 'ALMOST CERTAINLY OVER', NEXT 1-2 WEEKS CRUCIAL
82. Embassy staff flee SARS outbreak
83. SARS a combination of bacteria and virus
84. MSNBC- President Bush Signs Executive Order Allowing Quarantine For SARS Patients.
85. China apologizes for SARS response
86. CHINA: SARS, the Internet and Humiliated Communists
87. Experts Predict Spread of Mystery Illness (SARS)
88. Frequently Asked Questions About Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
89. Sars: School closures extended
90. Another Torontonian dies of SARS
91. MAINLAND CHINA: Chlamydia arrowed as culprit [SARS]
92. Hong Kong Man With SARS Surrenders
93. SARS toll mounts to 73 in China
95. Where does the virus come from? [SARS]
April 7 - 13
96. Toll 22 as two more die [SARS]
97. High-level Singaporean task force for Sars
98. Fear... anxiety... optimism [Exposure to SARS]
100. New Reports Of SARS Plague Hong Kong
101. Sars 'fears' at French airport
102. Top Hong Kong Medical Official Has SARS
103. Beijing loses big on SARS gamble
104. China Says Finn Died of SARS
105. Beijing loses big on SARS gamble
106. NEJM -- A Major Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong [study conducted]
107. Patient's wake spreads SARS
108. CHLAMYDIA FOUND IN SARS (STD pathogen in mystery global epidemic that killed 82, infected 2,500)
109. Update 23 - Status of the main SARS outbreaks in different countries
110. CDC: SARS 'the beginning of a problem'
111. New theory of SARS transmission is proposed by doctor (It's an STD says Taiwan doctor)
112. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for SARS
113. No SARS testing at U.S. airports
115. No Plans for SARS Quarantine in US, Experts Tell Senate Panel
116. Is Fear Spreading Faster Than SARS?
117. New SARS Outbreak Sparks 'Typhoid Mary' Fears
119. SARS: How Singapore outmanaged the others
120. Available tests to detect SARS not fully reliable, says WHO
121. SARS Is Here to Stay, Hong Kong and Singapore Tell Citizens
122. SARS may have other infection routes: officials
123. SARS effects Australian seafood industry -
124. Hong Kong's Healthcare System Overwhelmed by SARS
125. ROACHES EYED IN SARS
126. Singapore Woman Linked to 100 SARS Cases
127. Commentary: While China Stonewalled (SARS)
128. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Update 24 - (Started in Room 911)
129. U.S. Tests 2,000 Drugs for SARS Treatment
130. SARS Here to Stay, Health Experts Say
131. Florida case shows SARS may be workplace threat
133. Deadly SARS Likely in Asia for Keeps-U.S. Expert
134. SARS forces Ontarians to U.S. for medical help
135. ACADEMICIAN KOLESNIKOV: THE VIRUS OF ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA HAS BEEN CREATED ARTIFICIALLY (SARS ALERT)
136. Scientists identify virus behind deadly SARS
138. SARS Fear Spreads in Hong Kong
139. Sars victim who infected 133 will remain in quarantine exile (Super-spreader)
140. Breaking: Man diagnosed with SARS took 6 international flights....
141. Globetrotting Traveler Infected With SARS
142. CDC chief says she is concerned about possible workplace spread of SARS virus
143. SARS - US cases rise to 166 from 148
144. S&P considers impact of SARS
145. HK reports 61 new cases of virus, 2 more dead
146. Academician Kolesnikov: The Virus of Atypical Pneumonia Has Been Created Artifically (SARS)
147. Sars 'is mutant cold virus'
148. Exclusive SARS Report: Six Degrees of SARS: Of Politics, Greed, and Plagues
149. Medical Experts Speak Out -- SARS Virus Could Be Man-Made and Possibly a Bio-Weapon
150. Scientists confident of SARS link {SARS spread by cockroaches!}
151. SARS virus was created in weapons lab: Russian scientist
152. Health officials see 6 more likely SARS cases
153. Airline cancels 716 flights [SARS]
154. Children may escape worst of SARS virus
156. Decisive action, not slogans [SARS]
157. Every breath you take [SARS]
158. HK reports 49 new SARS cases, 3 more deaths
159. SARS Spreads to China's Remote Inner Mongolia
160. Businessman Becomes First To Contract SARS In Britain
161. SARS: Major report from the World Health Organization
162. New Sars deaths in China, Hongkong, Vietnam and Canada
163. B.C. lab cracks suspected SARS code
164. Jump in SARS Deaths; Airline Fears for Future (HK reports sharp jump in SARS deaths yesterday)
165. SARS ( atypical pneumonia )- a partial archive
166. British Columbia lab first to unlock suspected SARS virus
167. SARS virus threatens to become 21st century's first major disease
168. WHO adds Beijing to SARS-hit list
169. Up close with the Czar of Sars
170. SARS claims eight more in Asia
171. SARS batters Asian economies
172. SARS Global Death Toll Hits 133
173. U.S. strain of SARS much milder, data show
April 14 - 20
174. Chinese Premier: SARS Situation'Grave'
175. Young people predominate in latest Sars deaths
176. Canadian breakthrough leads wave of SARS hopes
177. German Firm Distributes First SARS Test Worldwide
178. SARS could be biggest disease threat since AIDS, says WHO expert
179. The SARS Hoopla
180. Anti-Sars action 'crippling airlines'
181. Stopping SARS
182. 29 New Cases SARS - Religious Community
183. SARS Claims Young Victims In Hong Kong
184. SARS spreading rapidly in China
185. SARS takes economic toll on Asia
186. Hong Kong SARS Turns Deadlier.
187. One-Day Death Rate From New Virus Hits 9 in Hong Kong
188. Experiments on Monkeys Zero In on SARS Cause
189. CHINA 'HIDES' SARS VICTIMS
190. Scientists Confirm Cause Of SARS: Researchers Inject Monkeys With Suspected Virus
191. Proof SARS came from animals
192. SARS Chills Canada's Easter as Virus Spreads
193. Vietnam Nurse Survives Battle With SARS
195. Coast Guard Searching For SARS
196. SARS LIKELY SPREAD THROUGH HONG KONG APARTMENT'S SEWAGE PIPES
197. SARS: With Hong Kong Chart
198. Doctors save baby of pregnant SARS victim
199. SARS Mutating, Making Cure Unlikely
200. Island's SARS quarantine 'not a threat'
201. Doctors log on to fight SARS outbreak
202. WHO suspects hundreds more Beijing SARS deaths
203. SARS spread via plumbing: Outbreak traced at Hong Kong apartment complex
204. Fearing SARS, Ontario Urges Wider Quarantines
205. Possible confirmed US SARS case
206. In China's Capital, 'We're Panicking'
207. U.S. Reclassifies SARS Cases, Number Drops
208. China hid SARS patients - report
209. What does Dr Frist have to say about it?
210. Deadly SARS Spreads World-Wide: Death Rate Increases and Doctors Worry About Mutating Virus
211. Toronto officials trying to trace unlinked SARS case
212. SARS: Officials wary of outbreak in Canada
213. SARS: Hong Kong/China 19 April
214. How world let virus spread A tale of mistakes, missed opportunities, near misses
215. SARS: With Hong Kong & WHO charts 4/19
216. HK SARS deaths reach new high
217. A passenger who flew in with cough tests positive for SARS
218. SARS pandemic a worry, but now it's wait and see
219. Canada's SARS fear prompts quarantine [SARS now in Montreal?]
220. China reports 48 new SARS cases
221. Oh Canada, Doubting Their Leaders Re: SARS
222. Sars Death Toll Hits New High In Hong Kong
223. Lethal Legacy: Bioweapons for Sale
224. China Sharply Raises Its SARS Infections, Deaths
225. Chinese SARS patients hidden
226. SARS: The Hong Kong Chart - 4/20/03
227. City Of Fear, Hope; Hong Kong keeps a brave face as SARS crisis grows
228. SARS infects 'protected' medical staff Gloves, gowns, masks didn't stop outbreak at Sunnybrook
229. China sacks minister over Sars (And May Day festivities cancelled)
230. SARS virus proves dangerously durable
231. China sacks health minister, 21 new SARS deaths worldwide (China's got their own "Baghdad Bob")
232. Updated Interim U.S. Case Definition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
233. China's secrecy over Sars
234. China, the Evil Empire (of SARS)
456. Public Health Fears Cause Officials to Detain Foreign Tourist
457. Asian SARS 28 April
458. WHO: Worst of SARS Over in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Canada
459. Use of salicylate in treatment of SARS - possible contraindication ( Aspirin makes SARS worse)
460. Outbreak of Disease Forces Steep Plunge in Chinese Economy
461. Unmasking A Crisis
462. Bad luck may explain outbreak's erratic spread
463. How bad is it?
464. Martial law possible in China over epidemic (SARS)
465. Martial law possible in China over epidemic
466. SARS can modernize China in long term
467. Billy, Elton Nix Toronto Concert Over SARS Fears (Clarkson, Lisa Marie cancel, too)
468. Vietnam's Quick Action Contained SARS, UN Agency Says (Update2)
469. SARS fears prompt Ohio school district to close its doors to 1,100 students
470. India reports two new SARS cases, total of nine
471. SARS, Red China, and the Future
472. U.S. virus experts slam SARS panic
473. NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS "APPARENT CASE" OF SARS!
474. SARS Still Spreading In China Despite Controls, Says WHO
475. Is SARS a novel chlamydia-like agent?
476. Flights canceled as Taiwan quarantines SARS area arrivals
477. Teachers may boycott classes over B.C. SARS scare
478. (KUNG FLU FIGHTING) Thousands Riot in Rural Chinese Town Over SARS
479. U.S. Virus Experts Slam SARS Panic
480. SARS Is the Spark for a Riot in China
481. The Mystery of SARS
Before April 21st, 2003, I only added threads that showed up when I title & keyword searched for “SARS” & “PNEUMONIA” and any threads that aristeides pinged me to after April 1st, 2003. If anyone would like to search for threads before April 21st, 2003, I will be happy to format them and add them to our list.
June 17, 2002 - Killer Flu Virus Changes Its Skin
August 21, 2002 - Officials Identify Fatal 'Mystery Illness'
February 12, 2003 - Southern China grapples with mystery illness
February 20, 2003 - Health officials seek answers in deaths of five local children
February 21, 2003 - Flu appears to have claimed the life of another Michigan child; 7th similar deaths in past month
February 24, 2003 - CDC Warns of Flu Related Deaths in Children
March 13, 2003- Alert over Hong Kong 'super-flu'
March 16, 2003 - Asian outbreak may be new strain of flu or exotic virus; some patients improving
March 16, 2003 - Another Canadian case of atypical pneumonia confirmed; 2 dead, 9 infected
March 17, 2003 - Mystery flu alert as woman dies
March 18, 2003 - Three tested for deadly flu virus
March 19, 2003 - Three killer flu cases in Japan
495. First probable SARS death in Africa
496. Mayor warns SARS 'severe'
497. SARS patients suffer relapses
498. Hong Kong tourist group goes home on charter flight
499. SARS Forces 24-hour Quarantine on Chinese Banknotes
500. UPDATE: SARS Hits New York high school...
501. Chinese set fire to Sars quarantine centre
502. The legal challenges SARS poses
503. Infectious Pests
504. Impact of SARS on China may be profound
505. Shanghainese wary of hidden epidemic
506. Vietnam shows how to beat SARS
507. WHO scraps Toronto SARS advisory
508. China erects new SARS hospital in one week
509. WHO Lifts Travel Advisory Against Visiting Toronto
510. Epidemic curves - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
511. WHO to lift Toronto SARS travel advisory
512. Global View: The real economic news (The real story is not SARS)
513. SARS Could Be Endemic Says WHO
514. China Quarantines Banknotes In SARS Scare
515. Canada to take temperatures at airport in new anti-SARS measure
516. Doctors: SARS Less Severe in Children Than Adults
517. Is SARS the new bubonic plague?
518. Report: Beijing Running Out of Drugs
521. Viruses and people on the move
522. Virologists watch for SARS mutation
523. Hong Kong Announce SARS Relapse
524. Mounting SARS death toll triggers speculation of bio-weapon link
525. China's top apparatchiks feeling SARS squeeze
526. Hong Kong relapse cases spark fears
527. U.S. braces for SARS outbreak
528. Outbreak -- In epidemics, is fear a good thing?
529. Suspected SARS Case Reported In Tri-State (northern Kentucky)
530. 'Welcome to Sars central'
531. State reports first 'probable' case of SARS (Wisconsin)
532. SARS Overwhelming Beijing Hospitals
533. India Banks On Indian Immunity To Fight SARS
534. Coronavirus testing shows troubling results,
535. DRUDGE] REINFECTED, RELAPSED? (SARS)
536. SARS Reaches Near Top of Chinese Communist Hierarchy
537. SARS shows China's true colors
538. WHO warns Asian leaders that SARS could be here to stay
539. Zhengzhou: Heads in the sand about SARS
540. Baffling Resistance to SARS [AIDS patients may be resistant]
541. Beijing's credibility test over Sars - Bao Tong, Zhao Ziyang
May 1, 2003
545. Pune doctor charges govt of SARS fraud
546. SARS genome maps seen aiding tests, treatments
547. History's pandemics should prepare us
548. Authorities rule out SARS in death of Bulgarian seaman off Brazilian coast (2nd mysterious death)
549. Doctor blames health ministry for SARS (India is not ready)
550. Steroids linked with SARS relapse?
551. SARS Case Suspected in N.Korea
552. Chinese villagers set up barricades to keep out Sars
553. Heard the one about beer? DPM dispels Sars myths
554. Hong Kong:SARS virus Found in the Waste of Discharged Patients
555. SHORT CHINA [SARS]
556. Is China Bound to Explode?
557. SARS cases continue to mount worldwide
558. With SARS, Initial Recovery May Presage Worst Phase
559. Comment On Breaking News in Hong Kong: SARS Patients May Suffer Relapses
560. SARS Virus Found in Recovered HK Patients
561. Chinese Government's Reading List for SARS
562. Officials Say SARS Fears May Be Overblown
564. CORONAVIRUSES, ANIMAL: INAPPARENT INFECTION
567. How SARS scarred Asia's biggest tiger
568. Beijing Sees SARS Peaking, Rural China a Worry
569. REPORT FROM SARS STRIKEN CHINA
570. Hong Kong researchers warn SARS virus mutating, hard to fight
571. SARS: Chinese Biowar Accident?
572. Hong Kong researchers warn SARS virus mutating, hard to fight
573. SARS vs. Tech, S&P 500 Castoffs and More...
574. Severe immune response kills SARS victims
575. Genome Sequences of Two SARS Virus Strains Confirmed
576. SHOOTING SARS
577. Mutating SARS Virus Hampering Diagnosis
578. U.S. Officials Brace for Possible SARS Spread
579. N.O. Researchers Make SARS Breakthrough
580. SARS Spreading Fast in Taiwan, Which Fights to Contain It
581. SARS Virus Mutates; WHO Says China Lacks Weapons
582. China Blocks Borders Over SARS
583. SARS virus mutating
584. The right 'Sars hospitals'
585. GUANGZHOU NURSE YE XIN: 'THIS IS DANGEROUS. LET ME DO
586. Singapore quarantines 160 air passengers
587. SARS PUZZLERS
588. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Multi-country outbreak - Update 44
589. SARS Virus Mutating Quickly Into 2 Forms
590. China Reports 181 New SARS Cases, Nine More Deaths
591. SARS cases pass 6,000; more than 400 dead
592. How the SARS war was won in Toronto
593. Do your part, stop selfish behaviour [SARS]
594. No hugging and kissing, please [SARS]
595. INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Hungry for Details, Scientists Zoom In on SARS Genomes
596. Quarantine violator charged after defying Sars order
597. India free of SARS, but not the SARS virus: Officials
598. Sick tanker crew headed for SARS-hit Hong Kong
599. Cost-cutting measures fueled SARS spread
600. Beijing Never Could Do the Math
601. Letter from Beijing: SARS, unraveling
602. Army testing finds drugs that may stop the SARS virus
603. Researchers fear SARS is here to stay
604. Hong Kong doctor warns 'Sars will be worse this winter'
605. SARS Can Live on Common Surfaces Key to Its Spread Lies in Quantity
606. SARS : Propaganda, sport and the web fill days for Chinese students in quarantine
607. School warns parents of SARS
608. World sees an explosion in new infectious diseases (And it's all our fault!)
609. University Battles Unknown Illness - 54 (out of 1000 students) with severe flu-like symptoms
610. New findings indicate feces may be important method of spreading SARS
611. New Facts Show SARS a Long-Lived Virus
612. Touching a door is enough to catch Sars virus
613. SARS: More questions than answers/a>
614. Doctors Advance Effective SARS Treatment
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