<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - SARS</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/sars?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><description>SARS</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Is Called a Threat to Humans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46424-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46424-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The bird flu outbreak in Asia poses the "gravest possible danger" of becoming a global human threat, U.N. officials warned Wednesday. But experts said there was time to stem the impact of the disease if quick actions were taken to control the virus in animals.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poorest In S. Asia Face New Hardship]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4970-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4970-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An estimated 2 million people in Asia are at risk of sinking deeper into poverty as a result of the Dec. 26 tsunami and its aftermath, with the harshest long-term economic damage expected in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, according to a study by the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank.]]></description><author> Anthony Faiola</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[An About-Face on AIDS Prevention]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45193-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45193-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An attack on AIDS in China through foreign and domestic programs, has departed markedly from an earlier reluctance to face the danger to the country's 1.3 billion people.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Says Bird Flu Could Kill Millions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20996-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20996-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  HONG KONG, Nov. 29 -- The bird flu virus is far more lethal than the SARS virus that struck Asia last year and could unleash a pandemic that could kill as many as 50 million people, a World Health Organization official said Monday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SARS Cases in Asia Show Labs' Risks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64645-2004May28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64645-2004May28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The most threatening source of SARS virus may be places scientists know intimately -- their laboratories.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Moves Against SARS as Millions Head for Vacation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57664-2004Apr30.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57664-2004Apr30.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BEIJING, April 30 -- Responding quickly to prevent a new outbreak of the SARS virus, the government set up monitoring sites and provided information on the disease for millions of Chinese to start the week-long May Day vacation on Friday. The steps were taken after five confirmed cases and one death were reported, stemming from an infection at a medical laboratory.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45072-2004Apr26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45072-2004Apr26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    China Isolates 500  To Help Contain SARS <br>   BEIJING     --  The World Health Organization said Monday that it would seek to determine how workers at a SARS research lab contracted the deadly virus, and Chinese officials quarantined nearly 500 people in an attempt to contain it.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Reports SARS Cases, 1 Death]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37961-2004Apr23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37961-2004Apr23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[China confirmed Friday two cases and the first apparent fatality since an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome last year killed hundreds worldwide.]]></description><author> Philip P. Pan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35235-2004Apr22.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35235-2004Apr22.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  China Reports Possible Cases Of SARS; Vigilance Is Ordered <br>   BEIJING --  China reported two new suspected SARS cases Thursday -- one in Beijing and one in an eastern province -- and ordered authorities to prepare for another battle against the highly contagious disease.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Says SARS Virus Can Spread Via Air]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32285-2004Apr21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32285-2004Apr21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The find provides a plausibile explanation for outbreaks of the deadly lung infection in a Hong Kong hotel, a Toronto hospital and on at least one airplane.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[City Hires Interim Medical Officer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49573-2004Feb17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49573-2004Feb17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The District has hired an infectious disease expert to become the D.C. Health Department's interim chief medical officer, a change that comes as City Administrator Robert C. Bobb is reviewing all programs in the agency, which has a $1.5 billion annual budget and 1,468 employees.]]></description><author> Avram Goldstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Suspects More Outbreaks of Bird Flu]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3169-2004Feb1.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3169-2004Feb1.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Five more suspected outbreaks of the deadly avian influenza virus were reported Sunday, indicating that the disease was spreading across the country faster than expected.]]></description><author> Philip P. Pan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Tackles Health Threats]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28031-2004Jan18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28031-2004Jan18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[China boosted precautions against the twin health threats of SARS and bird flu Sunday as it entered its peak travel period ahead of the Lunar New Year, the country's biggest holiday.]]></description><author> Stephanie Hoo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vietnamese Child Latest Bird Flu Fatality]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26151-2004Jan17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26151-2004Jan17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[HANOI, Jan. 17 -- Vietnam reported five more suspected human bird flu cases Saturday, as the World Health Organization confirmed that a fourth death was caused by the disease.]]></description><author> Tini Tran</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Health Officials, Flu Shot Is a Gamble]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8533-2004Jan11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8533-2004Jan11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This winter marks only the second time in 15 years that the flu vaccine given to tens of millions of Americans does not specifically protect against the strain of flu circulating in the population.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Hunts Source of SARS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8318-2004Jan11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8318-2004Jan11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As investigators scoured an apartment complex  in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Sunday, looking for clues to the cause of the infection of a resident, a third possible case was reported.]]></description><author> Ted Anthony</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restaurant Searched For Link to SARS Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6916-2004Jan10.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6916-2004Jan10.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[World Health Organization experts on Saturday searched a restaurant in southern China where a suspected SARS patient worked serving dishes of exotic wildlife.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airlines Recovering Slowly, Official Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1636-2004Jan8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1636-2004Jan8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The airline industry is expected to report a sharply lower loss in the past year compared with a year earlier as the nation's carriers struggle to emerge from their toughest period in history, James C. May, chief executive of the Air Transport Association of America Inc., said yesterday.]]></description><author> Keith L. Alexander</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Says Second Case Of SARS Suspected]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63798-2004Jan7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63798-2004Jan7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BEIJING, Jan. 8 -- China reported a second suspected case of SARS on Thursday, as the first confirmed victim of the latest outbreak of the disease was released from the hospital.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Begins Slaughter  Of Civet Cats]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60343-2004Jan6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60343-2004Jan6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/sars</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Local authorities in southern China began exterminating the first of thousands of civet cats on Tuesday in an emergency slaughter triggered by an unpublished study suggesting the weasel-like animal may be the source of the SARS virus.]]></description><author> Philip P. 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