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iol scitech may 13 coronavirus
REUTERS

Deadly viruses: what's in a name?

For a pathogen with such a short history, the mysterious new virus killing people has already had an amazing array of names.

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iol scitech april 22 bird flu
AP

H7N9 virus seen as under control in China

Health authorities worldwide must be on the lookout to detect the virus, experts said, which could still develop the ability to spread.

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iol scitech may 22 Peter Doherty
AFP

Scientist plays down flu pandemic scaremongering

Nobel prize-winning scientist played down “shock-horror scenarios” that a new virus strain will emerge with the potential to kill millions of people... Read Story

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File photo: French Social Affairs and Health Minister Marisol Touraine leaves Roger Salengro hospital in Lille, where the patient with confirmed case of the SARS-like coronavirus is treated.

Deadly viruses: what's in a name?
May 23 2013 at 09:19

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Clectron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the H7N9 virus which can take on a variety of shapes.

H7N9 virus seen as under control in China
May 22 2013 at 18:00

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File photo: 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate Peter Doherty.

Scientist plays down flu pandemic scaremongering
May 22 2013 at 09:41

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The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.

A scientific first for SA
May 22 2013 at 09:41

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The results of the study showed both partially sighted and blind people who had a good sense of hearing were able to learn how to use echoes to find objects. Picture: Antoine de Ras

How echo technique could help blind
May 21 2013 at 09:39

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A janitor wearing a N95 facial mask gets ready to spray disinfectant in a traditional market in New Taipei city. According to the latest official data, H7N9 avian influenza has infected 130 people in China, and killed 35, since it was found in humans for the first time in March.

‘Impossible’ to predict outcome of bird flu outbreak
May 21 2013 at 09:39

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File photo: An elderly passes as workers lift a large Aids awareness banner on the facade of a communist era building, replica of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Russia has ‘no anti-Aids strategy’
May 20 2013 at 09:51

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Cohen Kadosh and colleagues have published previous studies showing how other forms of brain stimulation can make people better at learning and processing numbers. Picture: Cindy Waxa

Bad at maths? Try a zap to the brain
May 17 2013 at 08:57

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In this undated file image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and SARS.

First patient-to-nurse spread of SARS-like virus
May 16 2013 at 15:30

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This undated image made available by the Oregon Health & Science University shows a stem cell colony developed from cloned human embryos.

Experts closer to human cloning?
May 16 2013 at 09:13

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