Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome — an atypical form of pneumonia — first appeared in November 2002 in Guangdong Province, China, spreading across the world before being contained in 2003.
(Photo credit: Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net)
Opinions and Analysis
Bioethics reporting in China: a case for bold action
Journalists in China — as elsewhere — have an important function to play in reporting on how science and technology affects people's lives.
Conservation medicine's time has come
Andrew Dobson says the discovery that bats carry the SARS virus is inspiring a new, multidisciplinary method for preventing outbreaks of viral disease.
28 October 2005
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News and Features
China urged to take technological risk more seriously
The recent nuclear scare in Japan has reinforced pressure in China to raise its awareness of the risks of new technologies. Li Jiao reports.
South Asia News in brief: 1–15 March 2008
A round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.
20 March 2008
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Emerging infectious diseases 'on the rise'
21 February 2008
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Practical Guides
How to report a disease outbreak or pandemic
Sensationalism is no substitute for sound science when reporting disease outbreaks, say Fang Xuanchang, Jia Hepeng and Katherine Nightingale.
