MONTEREY, Calif. -- The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Sickness, or SARS, in China and the government's initial attempt to hush the incident have already proved fatal in public health, economic ...

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new virus that originated in China. Governments are stepping up surveillance of airline passengers from central ...

The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak soared to 803 in China on Sunday, according to official figures, overtaking the global toll for SARS. Map showing some of the different quarantine ...

BEIJING, May 30 -- In a significant shift of tone, the Chinese government today dismissed criticism that it was slow to respond to the SARS crisis, denying it tried to hide the outbreak, refusing to ...

Last night, the University issued a moratorium on school-sponsored travel to parts of Asia affected by the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. In response to advice from the Centers of ...