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A Nobel prize-winning scientist Tuesday played down "shock-horror scenarios" that a new virus strain will emerge with the potential to kill millions of people.

• 21 мая 2013, 15:51

A new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Saudi Arabia where 15 people have already died after contracting it, the health ministry announced on Saturday on its Internet website.

• 18 мая 2013, 15:02

Panic has gripped Saudis in the country's east, where most cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, witnesses said, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hits 15.

• 14 мая 2013, 12:52

Fifteen people in Saudi Arabia have died from a SARS-like virus out of 24 people who contracted it since last August.

• 14 мая 2013, 10:00

French health authorities said one person was suspected of contracting a deadly new SARS-like virus after coming into contact with a man confirmed to be infected.

• 11 мая 2013, 14:59

A new SARS-like virus has killed two more people in Saudi Arabia, taking the number of deaths from the coronavirus that the kingdom has announced to seven in one week.

• 07 мая 2013, 10:32

Three new cases of a new SARS-like virus have been detected in Saudi Arabia.

• 04 мая 2013, 14:41

A new and deadly virus that has killed 11 of the 17 patients treated for it in the Middle East and Britain appears to cause an infection deep in the lungs.

• 05 апреля 2013, 10:21

A trend for shaving, clipping or waxing pubic hair may encourage the spread of a skin virus.

• 19 марта 2013, 16:27

A decade ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools closed and sales of surgical masks spiked.

• 10 марта 2013, 16:44

Phnom Penh on Friday ordered urgent action to stem the "worrying" number of bird flu deaths in Cambodia, following a surge in the number of fatalities from the virus.

• 02 марта 2013, 10:25

Kazakhstan veterinary services will exterminate 700 Simmental cows diagnosed with virus diarrhea and Schmallenberg virus.

• 18 февраля 2013, 19:13

Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety insists that the cows exported to Kazakhstan were infected with virus diarrhea after they left Austria.

• 13 февраля 2013, 15:15

An epidemiological team has arrived in Akky region of North-Kazakhstan oblast with all the required equipment for extermination of cattle.

• 11 февраля 2013, 20:37

Austria assures that the cows imported to North-Kazakhstan Oblast were healthy upon their arrival in Kazakhstan.

• 11 февраля 2013, 17:07

A genetically-engineered virus tested in 30 terminally-ill liver cancer patients significantly prolonged their lives, killing tumours and inhibiting the growth of new ones.

• 11 февраля 2013, 10:44

Microsoft founder Bill Gates said the battle to eradicate polio was one of the toughest the world has faced, but said it could be conquered by 2018.

• 31 января 2013, 11:07

Russian agricultural authority states that the risk of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) spilling from EU to the Customs Union is increasing.

• 28 января 2013, 15:55

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has canceled a planned trip to Morocco due to a stomach virus, her office said Monday.

• 12 декабря 2012, 10:55

Cattle with virus diarrhea have been imported to North-Kazakhstan oblast from Austria: expert.

• 29 ноября 2012, 16:03