ALERT: New SARS-Like Coronavirus Suspected at New York Hospital

AvianFluTalk.com, an online discussion forum created in 2005 to track the potential threat of an avian flu pandemic, has been the venue for a serious discussion regarding the new SARS-like coronavirus infecting patients… Read More →

Tunisian man traveling to Saudi Arabia dies of coronavirus: scientists worried Hajj may touch off global pandemic

TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s Health Ministry says a 66-year-old man has died after being infected by the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia. The ministry’s statement reported that his son and daughter… Read More →

‘Worse than AIDS’ – sex ‘superbug’ called disaster waiting to happen

  Doctors are warning that a drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea could be more deadly than AIDS, and are urging members of US Congress to spend $54 million for the development of a drug… Read More →

China reports 27th death from H7N9 – 40 die in meningitis outbreak in Guinea

CHINA – The death toll from theH7N9 bird flu virus has risen to 27, state media said Thursday after a man died in central China’s Hunan Province. The 55-year-old whose surname was given as Jiao died… Read More →

New case of bird flu in China, as death toll rises to 14: total cases 63

CHINA – A new case of bird flu in China’s capital, a 4-year-old boy who displayed no symptoms, is adding to the unknowns about the latest outbreak that has caused 63 confirmed cases and 14… Read More →

China H7N9 flu region spreads: cases rise to 60, including 13 deaths

 CHINA – Eleven new cases of the deadly bird flu H7N9 were found in China today, bringing the total in the country to 60, including 13 deaths, the state-runXinhua news agency reported. Two of today’s new… Read More →

Fear Factor: H7N9 claims 11th victim, as first confirmed case of virus found in Beijing

BEIJING - A 7-year-old girl has become Beijing’s first confirmed case of a new strain of the bird flu virus that has killed 11 people and sickened 37 others in eastern China, officials said Saturday. The… Read More →

Another death in China bird flu crisis as Hong Kong goes on alert

Eleven of the 43 people infected with bird flu in China have died, the World Health Organization said Friday. The latest to succumb was a patient from Shanghai. Of the five latest cases to be… Read More →

US races to make vaccine against new bird flu – just in case

Less than two weeks after Chinese officials released the genetic sequence of a new type of bird flu, U.S. vaccine experts are well on the way to making a vaccine to protect people… Read More →

4-Year-Old Boy Recovers From New Bird Flu in China

A 4-year-old boy has recovered from a new strain of bird flu that has killed nine people in China, a doctor said Wednesday, as the country’s premier said the outbreak was under control. The… Read More →