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Second case of Sars-like virus in Britain indicates human-to-human infection

14 Feb 2013

The latest case brings the worldwide number of confirmed infections with the new virus - known as the novel coronavirus - to 11, of whom five have died. Most of those had recently travelled in the...

Sars-linked virus may have spread between people

13 Feb 2013

British officials say a mysterious virus related to Sars may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new coronavirus in a patient who they say probably caught...

New Sars-like virus infects British patient in 10th case globally

12 Feb 2013

A new virus from the same family as Sars that sparked a global alert in September has been found in another patient in Britain, health officials said on Monday.

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29 Jan 2013

Radio show that staged royal hoax scrapped

Formula milk producers' association defends adverts

6 Dec 2012

I am writing on behalf of the Hong Kong Infant and Young Child Nutrition Association in response to letters by Caroline Carson ("Code aims to curb formula producers' outrageous claims", November...

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Global pact adopted to curb illicit tobacco trade

More than 170 countries on Monday adopted what World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Margaret Chan called a “game-changing” global pact to combat the illegal tobacco trade.

TB fight making progress, but more funds needed, WHO says

The war on tuberculosis is getting new weapons for the first time in decades, offering hope for controlling the deadly disease but major funding shortfalls threaten progress, the World Health...

Fine pollutants inside buses twice WHO limit, study finds

People on Hong Kong buses are breathing air containing twice the level of fine pollutants as that deemed safe by the World Health Organisation, an environmental group said yesterday.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Only severely ill should be tested for new virus, WHO says

Doctors should test people for a new virus only if they are very ill in hospital with a respiratory infection, have been in Qatar or Saudi Arabia and test negative for common forms of pneumonia...

HEALTH

WHO issues guidance on new virus

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday urged health workers around the world to report any patient with acute respiratory infection who may have travelled to Saudi Arabia or Qatar and been...

PUBLIC HEALTH

New Sars-like virus detected in Middle East

British health authorities have alerted the UN of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar.