SARS emerges as potential global threat amid flu like cases
U S health officials note no confirmed cases yet but warn of SARS in the mix of possible causes for severe respiratory illness. Experts cite Hendra Nipah and a new influenza strain as potential sources while monitoring patients in Hanoi and abroad.
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R. Bradley Sack
Johns Hopkins’ International Travel Clinic
Hanoi
Vietnam
SARS outbreak feared as virus spreads to health workers
Experts discount bioterrorism and warn a contagious illness is spreading from patients to doctors and families via respiratory contact. WHO says about 500 sick with most cases among health care workers. tests rule out H5N1. No U.S. cases confirmed. cases in Toronto and a Singapore physician under scrutiny amid travel-linked alerts.
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World Health Organization
North America
Europe
WHO
Guangdong
China
CDC
Hanoi
Hong Kong
Guangdong Province
United States
Julie Gerberding
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Toronto
Vietnam
New deadly illness SARS sparks global health alert
World health experts investigate a new deadly illness called SARS that began in southeast Asia and has reached Canada and possibly the United States. Symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath with additional signs such as headache and diarrhea.
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Southeast Asia
Asia
U S plans burn oat hulls for energy savings at Iowa plant
UI aims to burn 50 tons of hulls annually as a permanent setup with permit changes. Quaker Foods supplies oat hulls, delivering heat at one third coal cost. Delivery logistics and environmental permits with DNR and EPA are being negotiated amid a $600,000 retrofit.
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DNA
Milster
Quaker
Iowa City
DNR
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Quaker Foods & Beverages
Dan Wombold
Wombold
Jason Braverman
the Gazette
Kurt Long
Herb Arsnoe Jr
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Foodliner
Biomass Project Aims to Cut Coal Use and Costs
Milster says biomass plan will halve coal consumption and exceed 500000 dollars in annual savings once peak burn rates are reached. He dismisses odor concerns, promising no smell like Cedar Rapids.
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Milster
Cedar Rapids
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