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CDC Health Expert Has Symptoms of SARS Thu May 22, 1:59 PM ET Add Health - AP to My Yahoo! TAIPEI, Taiwan - A disease expert from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) who was investigating SARS (news - web sites) in Taiwan is returning to the United States after developing symptoms of the virus, a Taiwan health official said Thursday. AP Photo The official said the illness was not confirmed. But if the epidemiologist does have the respiratory virus, it would be the first time a disease investigator has become ill from SARS...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A disease expert from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was investigating SARS in Taiwan is returning to the United States after developing symptoms of the virus, a Taiwan health official said Thursday. The official said the illness was not confirmed. But if the epidemiologist does have the respiratory virus, it would be the first time a disease investigator has become ill from SARS since Dr. Carlo Urbani died from SARS in the early days of the epidemic, according to the World Health Organization. The CDC employee, who was not identified, reported fever...

Taipei, Taiwan-AP -- An American health expert investigating the SARS outbreak in Taiwan has himself come down with symptoms associated with the disease. The man arrived in Taiwan one week ago and spent time in two hospitals dealing with SARS outbreaks. Once he started feeling SARS-like symptoms, the man quarantined himself in his hotel room. He's to be flown back to the U-S on a chartered flight. The Sheraton hotel where he stayed is closing for three days for disinfection. Meanwhile, Taiwanese health officials say the man hasn't yet tested positive for the virus associated with SARS, but officials say...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - People are likely to die from the SARS disease in Europe and the United States later this year, U.S. Health Secretary Tommy Thompson said Tuesday. Severe acute respiratory syndrome has so far killed more than 600 of the almost 8,000 people known to have been infected. The vast majority of deaths have so far been in China and Hong Kong, with none reported in the United States or Europe. Asked by reporters in Brussels how confident he was there would be no deaths in his country or Europe, Thompson said: "I am not confident at all. I...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Officials from the University of California at Berkeley said Saturday they have lifted a ban on students from SARS-affected areas of Asia who have enrolled in summer school. The policy reversal came amid criticism that the school overreacted to a potential threat from the flu-like illness when earlier this month it banned all summer school students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China. Berkeley Vice Chancellor Donald McQuade made the announcement while meeting with health officials in Hong Kong. He said the policy change was made because the school has had time to prepare should students...

<p>ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Having too little hospital space to deal with an emergency SARS outbreak is a "weak link" in the U.S. health system, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week.</p> <p>Dr. Julie Gerberding said the country's sophisticated infection control network has been successful in stopping severe acute respiratory syndrome from spreading here. But tools, such as enough specially designed infection control rooms, are needed, she and other health officials said.</p>

County health department cites possible local SARS case By www.gomemphis.com May 15, 2003 The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department said Thursday it is investigating a possible case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the atypical pneumonia known as SARS. One Mississippi resident is also under observation. The Health Department said in a press release that both individuals, who were not identified to maintain patient confidentiality, recently traveled to SARS-affected areas. The press release emphasized that there is no risk to the general public from the individuals, and that they are not confirmed to have SARS. They are under observation because...

A controversial decision by U.C. Berkeley to bar students from certain SARS-afflicted areas from attending summer classes risks racializing a public health issue and inciting further hysteria, writes PNS contributor L. Ling-chi Wang. BERKELEY, Calif.--The decision by the University of California, Berkeley, to bar hundreds of admitted students from SARS-afflicted Asian nations from attending summer sessions on campus risks racializing a public health issue and intensifying hysteria. On the surface, Chancellor Robert Berdahl's decision appears precautionary and judicious. The univerisity will bar students from Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China from attending five summer sessions starting in May, June...

One probable, six suspected SARS cases in state According to Georgia health officials ATLANTA - Georgia has one probable and six suspected SARS cases, state health officials said Tuesday.   Georgia Division of Public Health officials said the state's probable case involves a man from north Georgia who was ill during a visit to China.   Chinese health officials told the man he had an unusual chest X-ray, which would match the definition of a probable case of SARS. Georgia health officials ''haven't seen any evidence of an unusual chest X-ray,'' but the man is still listed as a probable case, said spokesman Richard...

WASHINGTON, May 6 — As part of the government's efforts to prevent an epidemic of SARS in the United States, the Bush administration has authorized immigration and customs agents at the nation's international airports to use force to detain arriving passengers who appear to have symptoms of the disease, senior administration officials said. The Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for immigration and customs inspections at airports and other border crossings, has provided masks and gloves to thousands of its airport inspectors in the last month as part of the agency's effort to stem transmission of SARS, or severe...

ASHINGTON, May 6 — As part of the government's efforts to prevent an epidemic of SARS in the United States, the Bush administration has authorized immigration and customs agents at the nation's international airports to use force to detain arriving passengers who appear to have symptoms of the disease, senior administration officials said.The Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for immigration and customs inspections at airports and other border crossings, has provided masks and gloves to thousands of its airport inspectors in the last month as part of the agency's effort to stem transmission of SARS, or severe acute...

Fearing the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the University of California-Berkeley is closing its doors to students from China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong who had planned to enroll in summer programs. ''We have essentially canceled programs for those students,'' at least until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifts the ban for those areas, Chancellor Robert Berdahl said in a statement posted online Monday. The action may be unprecedented. ''We've never faced anything like this. . . . The world hasn't faced anything like this,'' UC-Berkeley's Marie Felde said. The school has a large enrollment from...

Students From Regions Affected by SARS Denied Summer Enrollment By KIM-MAI CUTLER Contributing Writer Tuesday, May 6, 2003 UC Berkeley banned foreign students from SARS-affected regions from enrolling this summer, in a move that could cost the university nearly $2 million, Chancellor Robert Berdahl announced yesterday. The ban will turn away about 600 students in the English Language Program from four SARS-affected areas including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. Already reeling from millions in proposed cuts from the state, the university will have to absorb this additional loss. The new policy is based on recommendations from the Center...

UC Berkeley Bars Students From SARS Areas Mon May 5, 7:36 PM ET By MICHELLE LOCKE, Associated Press Writer BERKELEY, Calif. - The University of California at Berkeley will turn away new students from SARS (news - web sites)-infected China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong this summer in what is believed to be the first such move by a major U.S. university to prevent the spread of the virus. The decision, announced on the campus Web site Friday, affects several hundred students who were planning to attend Berkeley for the summer term that begins May 27. Instead, those students will...

This summer, U.C. Berkeley will not admit students from SARS (news - web sites)-infected countries. • Two New Suspected Bay Area SARS Cases • Health Officials May Have Upper Hand on SARS • Business Travelers Forced to Stay Home for SARS Safety • Stanford Preps for Possible SARS Quarantine Cal is the first major U.S. university to ban enrollment of new students from China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The decision affects about 500 students who were planning to attend summer school sessions starting May 27. "There's not a lot of information out about SARS," said Peter Dietrich, the university...

BERKELEY, Calif. - The University of California at Berkeley will turn away new students from SARS-infected China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong this summer in what is believed to be the first such move by a major U.S. university to prevent the spread of the virus. The decision, announced on the campus Web site Friday, affects several hundred students who were planning to attend Berkeley for summer school, which begins May 27. Instead, those students will get their money back. There have been no cases of SARS at Berkeley, which has a very large enrollment from the Asian regions hit...

NEW ORLEANS -- A medical breakthrough in the study of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, is taking place in New Orleans. Researchers at the Louisiana State University and Tulane health science centers have developed a model of the protein suspected to be responsible for the spread of the disease. The information is being rushed to other scientists who are working on a SARS cure. It may show that certain drugs might be able to help. It's the type of discovery that doctors normally wait to present at a medical conference or publish in a medical journal. But both health...

<p>WASHINGTON — Federal scientists are preparing the first studies of U.S. SARS (search) patients to figure out how long they're contagious and to see if experimental treatments might help.</p> <p>The National Institutes of Health (search) will soon offer some of the 52 people in the United States considered probably infected the option of coming to its acclaimed Bethesda, Md., hospital for the research.</p>

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials are stockpiling ventilators, training health workers and encouraging hospitals to create isolation wards in case the SARS virus spreads in the United States the way it has in China, Canada and elsewhere. Some of these efforts were underway as part of the government's attempt to prepare for a possible bioterrorism attack, while others are a reaction to the spread of the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome. The National Institutes of Health is preparing to study some U.S. patients to try to figure out how long they are contagious and to see if experimental treatments might...

<p>Suspected SARS Case Reported In Tri-State Victim's Name, Hometown Not Released A suspected case of SARS has been reported in the Tri-State.</p> <p>The person suffering from severe acute respiratory syndrome lives in Northern Kentucky, according to the Kentucky Department of Public Health.</p>