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| Sep. 26 |
 Japan |
Japan recalls sweets in melamine scandal A Japanese food corporation has recalled 5 products after determining they contained the chemical melamine
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| Sep. 25 |
 China |
China stops tainted sweet sales Guanshengyuan has stopped domestic sales of one of its best-known brands after it was found to contain the industrial chemical melamine
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| Sep. 21 |
China |
13,000 children sickened by tainted milk The number of children sickened by suspected melamine-tainted milk products has more than doubled and apparently spread beyond mainland
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Girl sick from tainted milk A 3-year-old has been diagnosed with a small kidney stone after drinking Chinese-produced milk contaminated with an industrial chemical
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| Sep. 19 |
China |
'All-out effort' for babies| Chinese cabinet has ordered an all-out effort to save babies made ill by contaminated milk products | |
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| Sep. 18 |
China |
Tests find liquid milk tainted Milk samples from 3 dairies have tested positive for a chemical that has already killed 4 babies and sickened thousands more
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4th baby dies from tainted formula Officials in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported the death of a baby in the expanding contaminated infant formula case
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| Sep. 17 |
China |
3 babies dead, 6,200 ill from milk formula Drinking formula tainted with the same chemical involved in a massive pet food recall last year by Mengniu Dairy Group
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| Sep. 16 |
China |
Baby milk toll escalates Health Minister Chen Zhu: More than 6,200 babies have fallen ill after drinking milk made from contaminated powder
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| Sep. 15 |
China |
Tainted milk kills second child More than 1,200 others have been sickened; 340 infants are hospitalized and 53 are considered to be in serious condition
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| Sep. 14 |
China |
Farms be inspected over baby formula China's food safety watchdog sent inspectors to the main dairy producing regions after at least 432 babies were sickened by tainted milk pow...
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| Jun.11 |
Hong Kong |
Bird flu find prompts mass slaughter
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| Jun.2 |
China |
 China works to prevent 'epidemic'  China vowed to prevent any outbreak of disease as it cleans up after last month's massive earthquake that killed nearly 70,000
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| May.14 |
Beijing |
Child-killing virus hits Beijing The death toll in outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 42 children, with the capital Beijing reporting its first case
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| May.9 |
China |
Death toll from virus reaches 32
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| May.5 |
China |
Virus death toll hits 26
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| May.3 |
China |
China on alert over deadly child virus Map of Anhui China| Health Ministry strengthened surveillance and dispatched specialists to the Anhui province as the death toll from a virulent virus climbed to 22 | |
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| Mar.12 |
Hong Kong |
Schools close amid flu fears
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| Dec.13 |
Indonesia |
Indonesian bird flu deaths climb
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| Jun.20 |
Singapore |
Singapore suffers dengue epidemic
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| May.23 |
Indonesia |
Girl dies from bird flu
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| Feb.21 |
 Indonesia |
 Bird flu tests for death The woman who died in Jakarta had been in contact with chickens infected with the virus
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| Dec.21 |
 Vietnam |
Bird flu shows resistance to Tamiflu 2 patients died after developing resistance to Tamiflu, the key drug that governments are stockpiling
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| Nov.16 |
China |
First human bird flu cases confirmed China reported its first three confirmed human cases of bird flu as the government raced to vaccinate the poultry
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| Jan.2 |
Aceh |
Tsunami aid arriving
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| Jan.25 |
Thailand |
Bird flu claims first Thai victim
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| Jan.16 |
Vietnam |
WHO: 4th death linked to bird flu The latest fatality is a 5-year-old boy from Nam Dinh province
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| Jan.4 |
China |
SARS link: China culls civet cats
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| Sep.8 |
Singapore |
SARS case tests positive
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| Jul.8 |
 Singapore |
Twins dead after separation| 2 conjoined Iranian women underwent 50 hours of continuous surgery | |
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| Jul.5 |
Taiwan |
WHO: Global SARS outbreak over
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| Jun.17 |
Taiwan |
Taiwan SARS travel warning lifted
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| Jun.5 |
Beijing |
 SARS outbreak past its peak: WHO The epidemic has passed its peak worldwide but the threat of resurgence remains
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| May.15 |
China |
Death for SARS spreaders
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| May.10 |
Beijing |
China 'missing' vital SARS data
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| May.3 |
Hong Kong |
Ship issues SARS distress call
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| Apr.27 |
Beijing |
SARS closes Beijing venues Authorities ordered the temporary closure of theaters and libraries and suspended the approval of marriages
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| Apr.23 |
China |
 WHO increases SARS travel warnings The World Health Organization is urging people to avoid unnecessary trips to Shanxi Province, Beijing and Toronto, Ontario
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| Apr.20 |
Beijing |
Heads roll over SARS spread
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| Apr.19 |
Hong Kong |
12 more people have died from SARS
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| Mar.13 |
Hong Kong |
 First alert over SARS Virulent flu and pneumonia has swept through hospitals in Hong Kong and Vietnam
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| Sep.10 |
Japan |
Japan first case of mad cow
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| May.20 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong puts lid on bird flu
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