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Saudi Arabia says one more dead from MERS coronavirus
ReutersRIYADH (Reuters) - One more person has died and two more have fallen ill in Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus, MERS-CoV, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Friday. Saudi Arabia has been the country most affected by the respiratory-system...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Pneumonia, Saudi Arabia, Health Organizations
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Novel Middle East virus may take more than a week to sicken victims
The unfolding mysteries of the illness known as Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus already have the makings of an epidemiological thriller, and two newly published case reports offer grist for whoever writes the screenplay based on the latest...Tags: Fever, Viral Diseases and Infections, Chills, Heart Disease, Saudi Arabia
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Italy announces first case of SARS-like coronavirus
ReutersROME, May 31 (Reuters) - Italy reported its first case of the SARS-like coronavirus on Friday, a 45-year-old man who had been travelling in Jordan, the health ministry said. The patient was in good condition and was being monitored in isolation, the...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Pneumonia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Flu
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Three more coronavirus deaths in Saudi Arabia -WHO
ReutersGENEVA, May 31 (Reuters) - Three more people have died in Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus, bringing the worldwide death toll to 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Saudi health officials also told the WHO of a new case...Tags: International Organizations, United Nations, Politics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pneumonia
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Saudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus
ReutersDUBAI, May 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 17. A non-Saudi, whose nationality and age were not...Tags: International Organizations, Politics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pneumonia, Saudi Arabia
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Bird flu more difficult to detect this time around
China has suffered outbreaks of bird flu before, but the virus that has now infected more than 100 people across eastern China and Taiwan is different in several important ways, according to scientists and researchers. The new virus is H7N9, a different...
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WHO confirms 2 new coronavirus deaths. What is coronavirus?
The deadly and mysterious coronavirus that first appeared in Saudi Arabia last year has claimed two more victims, bringing the official death toll to 11. The World Health Organization said a 73-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates who was taken to...
Tags: United Nations, Viral Diseases and Infections, Common Cold, Pneumonia, Saudi Arabia
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Sars Virus in the UK
KIAHThere`s a medical mystery in the air. No we`re not talking about West Nile. This one is across the pond. It`s a new type of coronavirus, which is from the same virus family of the common cold and very closely related to SARS? Remember SARS? It stands for...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Common Cold
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New SARS-like virus detected in Middle East
LONDON (AP) - Global health officials are closely following a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another person in critical condition in Britain. The germ is a...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Common Cold, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Qatar
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'Smash' recap: Workshop through the pain
Show Tracker“Smash” is quickly dividing itself into two shows, splitting like a set of conjoined twins who once worshiped at the altar of the Great White Way into separate beings that pray to competing gods -- that of Broadway, and well, that of “... -
More airport hassles, but we still don't feel safe
A man attempted to detonate his shoe on a flight diverted to Boston in 2001; eight years later all airline passengers are still walking barefoot through airport security. In 2006 officials uncovered a plot to attack transcontinental flights with liquid...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Air Transportation Delays, Barack Obama, Holidays, Air Transportation
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