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Coverage of SARS in the general media.

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• Breakthrough in Fight Against Super-Pneumonia

  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3536
  A diagnostic test for the virus, with information and related stories and links. [New Scientist]

• China's SARS Problem, and Ours

  http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/3761
  How China's totalitarian government put the rest of the world at risk to the new virus. [The Daily Standard]

• Do Surgical Masks Stop SARS?

  http://slate.com/id/2081235/
  Analysis showing that common masks offer only limited protection, but that the perception of protection may be more important. [Slate]

• Doctor Alleges Beijing Cover-Up Over SARS Crisis

  http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/Doctor-alleges-Beijing-coverup-over.2417862.jp
  A senior Chinese physician accused his government yesterday of covering up details of the spread of the SARS virus in Beijing, raising fears that the crisis may be worse than previously thought. [The Scotsman]

• Fears Mount Over Deadly Bug

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2905391.stm
  Hong Kong establishes quarantine camps as a deadly pneumonia virus claims more victims. [BBC News]

• Fears Spread Over Deadly Virus

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2858439.stm
  Health officials struggle to contain the spread of a "mystery illness" reported across continents. [BBC News]

• Looking beyond SARS

  http://www.npr.org/news/specials/sars/
  Features audio clips of the radio program series, a fact sheet and timeline on SARS, commentary, and links to related coverage. By NPR National Public Radio.

• Mysterious Illness may be New Disease

  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/03/18/MN253862.DTL
  Reviews what is known so far about the disease. [San Francisco Chronicle]

• New England Journal of Medicine: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

  http://nejm.org/earlyrelease/sars.asp
  Early release of several articles dealing with the outbreak in Hong Kong and Canada.

• New germ may be cause of killer 'flumonia'

  http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/technology/new-germ-may-be-cause-of-killer-flumonia-1.103312
  Overview of what is known so far. [Independent Online]

• New suspect in super-pneumonia outbreak

  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3542
  Several labs have found a coronavirus in SARS patients. One possibility is that the disease might be caused by both that and the previously isolated paramyxovirus acting in tandem. [New Scientist]

• New York Times: Science Special - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

  http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2003/04/02/science/sciencespecial/index.html
  Archived news coverage. (Free registration required.)

• People's Daily: SARS in China and Abroad

  http://en.people.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti_335.shtml
  Archived news coverage, including interviews with cured patients, details of cooperation with the WHO, and discussion of the measures that have prevented the spread of the disease.

• SARS Affects the Health of Air Travel

  http://airtravel.about.com/cs/safetysecurity/a/SARS.htm
  Examines the effects that fear of the disease is having on international airlines. [About.com]

• SARS Reference

  http://www.sarsreference.com/
  Online textbook reviewing available medical information.

• Sydney Morning Herald: SARS

  http://www.smh.com.au/specials/sars/
  Special coverage of the outbreak, with emphasis on Australian cases and Asian travel issues.

• Topix: SARS News

  http://www.topix.com/health/sars
  News on SARS collected from various sources.

• Topix: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

  http://www.topix.com/rss/health/sars.xml
  News on the disease.

• Virus Causing Deadly Pneumonia Revealed

  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3517
  Indications that Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a member of the paramyxovirus family. [New Scientist]

• World Put on Alert for Severe Pneumonia

  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3496
  Announcement of the global alert issued by the World Health Organization. [New Scientist]

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