May 15 China Threatens Execution of Those Knowingly Spreading SARS As part of its effort to prevent the spread of SARS, the Chinese government announced on Thursday that anyone deliberately spreading the deadly respiratory illness would be punished by imprisonment or death. Continue reading
May 07 China’s Rural Areas Not Ready to Tackle SARS As Chinese officials voiced concern Wednesday over the possibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome spreading to rural areas, a WHO team prepared to visit one particularly vulnerable province. Continue reading
May 05 SARS Sparks Protest in China, Who to Help Taiwan Battle Disease As the number of severe acute respiratory syndrome cases in Taiwan and mainland China continued to rise, villagers in eastern China rioted Monday over their government's handling of the virus. Continue reading
Apr 29 SARS-Related Travel Advisory for Toronto Lifted The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that starting Wednesday it would lift its warning against unnecessary travel to Toronto imposed last week amid fears over the spread of the SARS virus. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch Coping with SARS in the U.S. Susan Dentzer reports on how the U.S. health care system treated the first person in the country to become ill with SARS and how through a combination of luck and vigilance that person recovered and did not spread the disease… Continue watching
Apr 28 SARS Cases Have Peaked in Some Areas, but Spreading in China Severe acute respiratory syndrome continues to spread in China, the WHO as it also reported that the outbreak of the infectious disease appears to have peaked in Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada and has been successfully contained in Vietnam. Continue reading
Apr 24 Beijing Hospital Sealed Off Due to SARS Threat China sealed off a major Beijing hospital Thursday in an attempt to control the city's outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Continue reading
Apr 23 WHO Warns Against Travel to Toronto, Beijing Due to SARS The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned against travel to Toronto, Beijing and China's Shanxi Province as the number of severe acute respiratory syndrome cases in those areas continues to rise. Continue reading
Apr 21 Beijing Mayor Fired Over Handling of SARS The mayor of Beijing was fired following the disclosure of a tenfold increase in SARS cases in China's capital and charges he mishandled the outbreak of the deadly illness, state-run media said Monday. Continue reading
Apr 16 SARS in Beijing Worse Than Chinese Officials Reported The cause of the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus was confirmed Wednesday as World Health Organization representatives reported that Beijing had up to five times more SARS cases than China has officially acknowledged. Continue reading