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Stories about: SARS

Epidemics Can Occur Anywhere, Anytime History teaches us that epidemics can occur at any time, in any place on Earth, with no regard to the systems of government in place, or to the development levels of the areas they affect. Diseases such as the bubonic plague – which ravaged Europe during the mid-14th century – affected people from all soc... 24 November 2008 03:17 GMT The Media Influences Popular Perception on Diseases A recent study proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that people truly follow whatever the media tells them to the last word. To show that this is especially true in the case of disease outbreaks, a team of scientists from the McMaster University conducted a survey on the reactions the name of ten diseases triggered in t... 30 October 2008 11:56 GMT