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France Confirms 1st Case of New SARS-related Virus

By AP / Angela Charlton

(PARIS) — A 65-year-old Frenchman is hospitalized after contracting France's first case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, and French health...

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The CDC says the current strain of bird flu cannot cause a pandemic, why is Chinese art underrepresented around the world and Germany has experienced its biggest...

Saudi Arabia Reports 7 Cases of SARS-like Virus

By Associated Press

(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says five people have died and two other patients are in critical condition with confirmed cases of a new...

WHO: New Flu Passes More Easily from Bird to Human

By AP / GILLIAN WONG

(BEIJING) -- A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the "most lethal" flu viruses so far, worrying health officials because...

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Don't Sneeze: The Top 10 Epidemic Movies

You might find yourself wanting to hole up at home away from others after watching Steven Soderbergh's Contagion. Here's a look at ten other pandemic-focused...

What You Need to Know About the H1N1 Vaccine

At 5 a.m. on Sept. 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will launch its largest vaccine giveaway in decades. It's not the usual way influenza...

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Health care workers sickened by new virus

CNN.com - Health

Two health care workers in Saudi Arabia were sickened while treating patients with a dangerous new virus, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. ...