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2 New Diseases Could Spark Global Outbreaks

CP | Maria Cheng, The Associated Press | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada Living
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LONDON - Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the...

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SARS-Like Virus In France

CP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada
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PARIS - French health officials are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, while a man confirmed to ha...

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China's History of Exotic Meat and Deadly Diseases

Sangita Iyer | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada
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Sangita Iyer

China does have a tradition of compassion for nonhumans. So the daunting question is: what went so awry that in the name of economic development, both farm and wild animals are now being treated ruthlessly, even as they're being driven to the brink of extinction? What is the root cause of the animal welfare crisis, especially in mainland China?

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Ten Years Later, SARS-Style Pandemic Still Looms

CBC | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada Living
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Ten years after Ontario declared a provincial emergency over the SARS outbreak, which infected 8,000 people around the world, killing nearly 800, incl...

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It's Been 10 Years: Where Did SARS Go?

CP | Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.11.2013 | Canada Living
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TORONTO - For a little over four months in 2003, the world was gripped in the clutches of an alarming new disease, one that spread at jet speed to at ...

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New SARS-Like Virus Outbreak Hits

CP | Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.23.2012 | Canada
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The World Health Organization is keeping a close eye on a disease outbreak in Saudi Arabia caused by a virus in the same family as the one that caused...

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