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Overview of what is known so far. [Independent Online]
Hong Kong establishes quarantine camps as a deadly pneumonia virus claims more victims. [BBC News]
Reviews what is known so far about the disease. [San Francisco Chronicle]
Health officials struggle to contain the spread of a "mystery illness" reported across continents. [BBC News]
Archived news coverage. (Free registration required.)
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.
Early release of several articles dealing with the outbreak in Hong Kong and Canada.
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]
Announcement of the global alert issued by the World Health Organization. [New Scientist]
Indications that Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a member of the paramyxovirus family. [New Scientist]
A diagnostic test for the virus, with information and related stories and links. [New Scientist]
In the absence of official information, rumors magnified the epidemic out of proportion. [bmj.com, formerly British Medical Journal]
Overview of the severe acute respiratory syndrome. [Wired News]
Disease information and containment efforts.
The new, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like disease got a head start in China because the country lacks a free press to dig out the truth. [BusinessWeek Online]