International Business News - Virus http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Federal officials are taking another look at proposed rules designed to contain a fish-killing virus in the Great Lakes region after critics said they were unreasonable. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/feds-delay-rules-to-contain-great-lakes-fish-virus.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:17:21 EDT Hand, foot and mouth disease has killed three children and sickened about 110 others in eastern China, state media reported. The official Xinhua News Agency said late Sunday that all the cases were reported in Jian'ou city of Fujian province from October 1 to 17. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081019/child-virus-kills-3-sickens-110-in-east-china.htm Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:31:45 EDT The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests. Genetic analysis pushes the estimated origin of HIV back to between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/study-traces-aids-virus-origin-to-100-years-ago.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:35:03 EDT Federal regulators trying to contain a fish-killing virus in the Great Lakes region have issued rules for shipping live fish across state lines that some wholesalers say will be financially devastating. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/feds-set-fish-shipment-rules-for-great-lakes.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:13:59 EDT The spread of a virus that has sickened more than 24,000 people and killed dozens across China is slowing in the province where the outbreak was first reported, a state-run news agency said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/chinese-officials-child-virus-outbreak-eases.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 15:41:01 EDT A common virus traditionally viewed as mild killed at least five U.S. infants last year, government health officials said Thursday. The five deaths mark the first time an infection was found to be fatal, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tens of thousands of children get the virus each year, but it seldom causes illness, and then usually mild cases. Young children, with immature immune systems, are at the greatest danger from the virus, called Coxsackievirus B1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/common-virus-blamed-for-5-infant-deaths-cdc-says.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 13:12:17 EDT A student who allegedly spread a computer virus was convicted Friday of copyright infringement in a case that has highlighted the lack of laws in Japan to police cyberspace. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/japan-cracks-down-on-virus-with-copyright-law.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 16:05:29 EDT The death toll rose to 43 from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across China, a report said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46805-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-child-virus-death-toll-up-to-43.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-child-virus-death-toll-up-to-43.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 04:11:57 EDT China's capital reported Wednesday its first death from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across the country and killed at least 42 people. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/beijing-reports-first-child-virus-death.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 02:57:44 EDT Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/5-more-children-die-of-virus-in-china.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 10:33:28 EDT It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc. At the company's JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco, 70 people came down with what officials believe is norovirus, a type of medical virus easily spread by touching dirty surfaces. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/70-people-sickened-during-san-francisco-conference.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 19:12:50 EDT It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc. At the company's JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco, more than 50 people came down with what officials believe is norovirus, a type of medical virus easily spread by touching dirty surfaces. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/conference-attendees-in-san-francisco-sickened.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 17:26:55 EDT The United States is offering to help China in its fight against a viral infection that has killed 34 children, including two reported Friday, and sickened thousands of others. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45009-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/us-offering-to-help-china-in-fight-against-viral-infection.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/us-offering-to-help-china-in-fight-against-viral-infection.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 06:21:01 EDT The death toll from a viral illness that is striking children across China has risen by two to 30, health officials said Thursday, as the number of reported cases jumped to nearly 20,000. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44775-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/death-toll-from-child-viral-disease-up-to-30-in-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/death-toll-from-child-viral-disease-up-to-30-in-china.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 07:09:40 EDT China announced Wednesday new rules that require health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has killed 28 children and sickened thousands in outbreaks across the country. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44557-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/china-steps-up-fight-against-virus-sickening-young-kids.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/china-steps-up-fight-against-virus-sickening-young-kids.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 12:27:45 EDT China has made it mandatory for health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has sickened thousands of young children across the country, as the death toll rose Wednesday to 28. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44508-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/china-urges-precautions-against-deadly-virus.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/china-urges-precautions-against-deadly-virus.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 07:07:55 EDT New outbreaks in China reported Wednesday put the number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease above 15,000 and the death toll has risen to at least 28 across the country. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44481-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/new-disease-outbreaks-in-china-15-000-children-infected.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/new-disease-outbreaks-in-china-15-000-children-infected.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 04:19:06 EDT New outbreaks in China reported Wednesday put the number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease above 15,000 and the death toll has risen to at least 28 across the country. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44452-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/new-disease-outbreaks-in-china-15k-children-infected.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/new-disease-outbreaks-in-china-15k-children-infected.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 01:02:13 EDT New outbreaks in three Chinese provinces and Beijing put the number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease above 12,000 and the death toll has risen to at least 26, China reported Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44274-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/new-disease-outbreaks-in-china-12-000-children-infected.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/new-disease-outbreaks-in-china-12-000-children-infected.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 11:45:28 EDT New outbreaks in three Chinese provinces and Beijing put the number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease above 12,000 and the death toll has risen to at least 26, China reported Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44271-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/new-disease-outbreaks-in-china-12k-children-infected.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/new-disease-outbreaks-in-china-12k-children-infected.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 11:44:21 EDT