Apr 02 Travel Warning Issued Due to Flu-Like Illness The World Health Organization urged travelers Wednesday to avoid Hong Kong and China's southern Guangdong province, where a mysterious flu-like disease has been spreading rapidly. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch SARS: Mystery Illness A mysterious flu-like disease has rapidly spread across parts of Asia and elsewhere. Senior correspondent Margaret Warner discusses the threat posed by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) with Dr. David Heymann, Director for Communicable Diseases at the World Health Organization. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Combat Medicine Advances in civilian medicine and lessons learned from earlier conflicts are fueling a transformation in how medics treat U.S. soldiers injured in Iraq. On the battlefield, medics have sophisticated new tools to save lives, such as a bandage that fuses… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Combat Medicine Advances in civilian medicine and lessons learned from earlier conflicts are fueling a transformation in how medics treat U.S. soldiers injured in Iraq. On the battlefield, medics have sophisticated new tools to save lives, such as a bandage that fuses… Continue watching
Mar 28 Third Person Dies of Heart Attack After Smallpox Vaccine A 55-year-old National Guardsman is the third person to die from a heart attack after receiving the smallpox vaccine, the Pentagon said Friday. Continue reading
Mar 26 Mystery Illness Continues Spread, Jump in Cases in China China on Wednesday dramatically increased the number of people diagnosed with a mystery virus that the World Health Organization says could be the same illness that has killed almost 50 people worldwide and has infected more than 1,300. Continue reading
Mar 25 As Mystery Illness Spreads, New Clues to Its Cause With the total number of reported cases of a mysterious flu-like illness reported reaching 487, many researchers are pinning their hopes on the finding that the ailment may be caused by a virus that comes from the same family as… Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch Chemicals on the Battlefield Betty Ann Bowser looks at how military doctors and nurses are preparing to treat soldiers if they are exposed to deadly chemical weapons. Continue watching
Mar 19 Possible Clue to Cause of Mystery Illness Identified Medical researchers reported Wednesday they may have discovered a key clue in their race to identify and develop treatments for the mysterious flu-like illness that they suspect originated in China. Continue reading
Mar 17 Mysterious Flu-Like Illness Continues to Spread The World Health Organization estimated Wednesday that since Feb. 26, four people have died and 167 have become ill after contracting a mysterious flu-like illness. Continue reading