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  SARS Reference - http://www.sarsreference.com/
Online textbook reviewing available medical information.
  Executive Order on Quarantinable Diseases - http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030404a.html
Statement from US HHS director that the Public Health Service has added SARS to the list of quarantinable communicable diseases, in order to keep all options open.
  People's Daily: SARS in China and Abroad - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti_335.shtml
Archived news coverage, including interviews with cured patients, details of cooperation with the WHO, and discussion of the measures that have prevented the spread of the disease.
  New England Journal of Medicine: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - http://nejm.org/earlyrelease/sars.asp
Early release of several articles dealing with the outbreak in Hong Kong and Canada.
  Looking beyond SARS - http://www.npr.org/news/specials/sars/
Features audio clips of the radio program series, a fact sheet and timeline on SARS, commentary, and links to related coverage. By NPR National Public Radio.
  SARS News - Topix - http://www.topix.com/health/sars
News on SARS collected from diverse sources on the web.
  Washingtonpost.com: SARS - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/sars/
News coverage from the Associated Press and staff reporters, including local stories from the Washington, DC, US metropolitan area.
  Fears Spread Over Deadly Virus - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2858439.stm
Health officials struggle to contain the spread of a "mystery illness" reported across continents. [BBC News]
  Breakthrough in Fight Against Super-Pneumonia - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3536
A diagnostic test for the virus, with information and related stories and links. [New Scientist]
  Virus Causing Deadly Pneumonia Revealed - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3517
Indications that Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a member of the paramyxovirus family. [New Scientist]
  World Put on Alert for Severe Pneumonia - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3496
Announcement of the global alert issued by the World Health Organization. [New Scientist]
  Pneumonia Causes Panic in Guangdong Province - http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7386/416
In the absence of official information, rumors magnified the epidemic out of proportion. [bmj.com, formerly British Medical Journal]
  TIME Asia: Living in a Hot Zone - http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501030407/
Jim Erickson looks at the outbreak's medical and economic repercussions.
  China's SARS Problem, and Ours - http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/504jlpnl.asp
How China's totalitarian government put the rest of the world at risk to the new virus. [The Daily Standard]
  Sydney Morning Herald: SARS - http://www.smh.com.au/specials/sars/
Special coverage of the outbreak, with emphasis on Australian cases and Asian travel issues.
  The SARS Farce - http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DD25.htm
Opinion that the small number of cases in Hong Kong's massive population does not justify the widespread panic and disruption that fear of the virus is causing. [spiked]
  SARS Affects the Health of Air Travel - http://airtravel.about.com/cs/safetysecurity/a/SARS.htm
Examines the affects that fear of the disease is having on international airlines. [About.com]
  Fears Mount Over Deadly Bug - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2905391.stm
Hong Kong establishes quarantine camps as a deadly pneumonia virus claims more victims. [BBC News]
  New suspect in super-pneumonia outbreak - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3542
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]
  Killer Bug Looks Like a Virus - http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2003/03/58083
Overview of the severe acute respiratory syndrome. [Wired News]
  Doctor Alleges Beijing Cover-Up Over SARS Crisis - http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/Doctor-alleges-Beijing-coverup-over.2417862.jp
A senior Chinese physician accused his government yesterday of covering up details of the spread of the SARS virus in Beijing, raising fears that the crisis may be worse than previously thought. [The Scotsman]
  Canadian Content - Toronto and the aftermath of SARS - http://www.canadiancontent.net/commtr/itemid164.html
Looks at the aftermath of the Canadian SARS epidemic in 2003.
  Do Surgical Masks Stop SARS? - http://slate.com/id/2081235/
Analysis showing that common masks offer only limited protection, but that the perception of protection may be more important. [Slate]
  Airlines Go On Alert Over Mystery Pneumonia - http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=qw1047902040396B224
Flight crews are told to screen out sick passengers. [Independent Online]
  Mysterious Illness may be New Disease - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/03/18/MN253862.DTL
Reviews what is known so far about the disease. [San Francisco Chronicle]
  New germ may be cause of killer 'flumonia' - http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=117&art_id=vn20030319052850628C796631&set_id=1
Overview of what is known so far. [Independent Online]
  Researchers May Have Pinpointed Virus Behind Mystery Ailment - http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=B0B6FDDB-959B-472B-A8F0-51285FCD47FC
Update on the viral research into the etiology of SARS. [Canadian Press]
  Taiwan demands separate representation in WHO pneumonia outbreak - http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/detail.asp?ID=35992&GRP=B
Because China blocks international agencies from recognizing Taiwan, the World Health Organization has never been able to help the island cope with epidemics. [China Post]
  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Topix - http://www.topix.com/rss/health/sars.xml
News on the disease.
  The Deadly Effects of Suppressed Info - http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2003/nf20030321_3515_db065.htm
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]
  Officials Say Fatal Asia Malady Could be a Flu or a New Virus - http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1047885174259500.xml
"A deadly, mysterious respiratory illness spread largely among health care workers in Asia could be a new strain of flu or even an exotic virus passed from animals to people, a health official said yesterday." [The Star-Ledger]
  New York Times: Science Special - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2003/04/02/science/sciencespecial/index.html
Archived news coverage. (Free registration required.)
  Hong Kong Schools Remain Closed as Deadly Pneumonia Spreads - http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2003-04/a-2003-04-03-53-Hong.cfm
"Hong Kong schools will remain closed for a few more weeks in hope of stemming the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The city, which is at the center of a global battle against SARS, is struggling to determine why the disease continues to spread, despite efforts to contain it. " - Voice of America
  Health - canada.com network - http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=%7B7A851514-4B76-4E39-9BA7-D99869C0730C%7D
Women, men, family and child.
  Canadian scientists identify specific virus in samples from six SARS patients - http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=CD717565-9871-40E4-884E-7CA70E6A6243
The finding of human metapneumovirus (a paramyxovirus) only adds to the mystery.
  Status of the SARS outbreak - http://www.who.int/csr/sarsarchive/2003_04_11/en/print.html
Overview of events since recognition of this outbreak as major global concern. Explains why this is more serious than outbreaks of other new infectious diseases in the last years. [WHO]

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