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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome — an atypical form of pneumonia — first appeared in November 2002 in Guangdong Province, China, spreading across the world before being contained in 2003.

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Opinions and Analysis

Journalists discuss bioethics at the workshop in Beijing Bioethics reporting in China: a case for bold action

Journalists in China — as elsewhere — have an important function to play in reporting on how science and technology affects people's lives.

5 October 2006 | EN | 中文

Food dropped by fruit bats like this flying fox could be spreading viruses to people Conservation medicine's time has come

Andrew Dobson says the discovery that bats carry the SARS virus is inspiring a new, multidisciplinary method for preventing outbreaks of viral disease.

28 October 2005 | EN
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News and Features

yak South Asia News in brief: 1–15 March 2008

A round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.

20 March 2008 | EN

Emerging infectious diseases 'on the rise'

Emerging infectious diseases are on the increase, but there is insufficient monitoring and surveillance in high-risk areas.

21 February 2008 | EN

Scientists shed light on SARS virus cell entry

30 January 2008 | EN | 中文

SARS antibodies offer new treatment hope

4 July 2007 | EN | 中文

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Information Services

Where is science in the developing world?

A series of articles, written by TWAS members and published by Nature, discusses the status of science in the South

Raising the alarm for chronic diseases

Why chronic diseases in the developing world need to become a bigger global health priority