Latest news reports, with symptoms list, media, and links.
Special coverage of the outbreak, with emphasis on Australian cases and Asian travel issues.
News coverage from the Associated Press and staff reporters, including local stories from the Washington, DC, US metropolitan area.
Hong Kong establishes quarantine camps as a deadly pneumonia virus claims more victims. [BBC News]
Slower business at hotels and restaurants is a bad sign for a city already struggling to climb out of a recession. [Voice of America (VOA)]
A Scarborough elementary school has been closed for the rest of the week after three kindergarten students came down with fevers. Officials stress that the fevers are not known to be SARS. [The Toronto Star]
Several labs have found a coronavirus in SARS patients. One possibility is that the disease might be caused by both that and the previously isolated paramyxovirus acting in tandem. [New Scientist]
A diagnostic test for the virus, with information and related stories and links. [New Scientist]
The finding of human metapneumovirus (a paramyxovirus) only adds to the mystery.
The new, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like disease got a head start in China because the country lacks a free press to dig out the truth. [BusinessWeek Online]
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