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VIRUS 3

WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 21, 2014
Traveler from Mali tested for possible Ebola at New York hospital
A traveler from Mali was undergoing a test for possible Ebola on Thursday at Bellevue Hospital, health officials in New York City said.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2014
Questions remain over how Japan would handle actual Ebola cases
Health experts have said authorities were correct to intercept a Canadian journalist who subsequently tested negative for the Ebola virus and remains under observation.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2014
Japan could handle Ebola outbreak, health official says
A senior official at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases says Japan is ready to deal with any Ebola cases should the deadly virus reach this nation.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2014
Outbreak of Ebola-like Marburg fever kills man in Uganda
A man has died in Uganda's capital after an outbreak of Marburg, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, authorities said on Sunday, adding that a total of 80 people who came into contact with him were quarantined.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2014
Yoyogi mosquitoes still carrying dengue virus
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Thursday that the dengue virus was detected again in mosquitoes collected in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2014
Tokyo closes most of Yoyogi Park after dengue-carrying mosquitoes found
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government closed most of Yoyogi Park on Thursday after confirming that mosquitoes caught in traps earlier this week were carrying the dengue virus, metropolitan officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Q&A
Aug 29, 2014
How much do you know about dengue fever?
The health ministry has confirmed the first domestic dengue fever case in Japan in nearly 70 years. A Saitama Prefecture teen girl was found Wednesday to have contracted the virus through a mosquito in Japan, followed by news that two more people — a man and a woman in Tokyo — have also been infected.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2014
Prompt treatment can stop Ebola epidemic
Early diagnosis, prompt supportive treatments and modification of some burial practices can halt the largest-ever outbreak of the Ebola virus.
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2014
Ebola stalks West Africa
The current outbreak of the highly lethal Ebola virus in western Africa has defied the usual trajectory of its spread and has many officials worried as a result.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2014
Over 30 financial institutions defrauded by phone apps used to intercept passwords
More than 30 financial institutions in six countries have been defrauded by sophisticated criminal software that convinces bank customers to install rogue smartphone programs, a major security company reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2014
High rate of Hepatitis E in Chugoku boars
Researchers from the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry have identified a high prevalence of hepatitis E in the Chugoku area's population of wild boars, the ministry said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 14, 2014
Mystery over pig virus origins sparks concern
Swine veterinarian Bill Minton thought the baby pigs dying at a farm in western Ohio had a bad case of gastroenteritis and was stumped when lab results came back with no indication of what had killed them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2014
Accused cyberriddler changes plea to guilty
A man on trial for allegedly making bomb threats and taunting the media via hijacked computers changes his plea to guilty after being implicated in a fresh incident.
WORLD
May 2, 2014
Saudi Arabia finds 26 more cases of MERS; Egypt reports first
Saudi Arabia said on Thursday the total number of cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, an often deadly new disease, had nearly doubled in the kingdom in April with 26 more infections reported on Tuesday and Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2014
Pork production slashed amid hog virus outbreak
The most deadly outbreak of a hog virus in 18 years is raising pork prices and may raise imports from the biggest buyer, supporting a record rally in Chicago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 7, 2014
New SDF unit shores up thinly protected cyberborders
Japan has embarked on an effort to improve cybersecurity as an ever-increasing number of sophisticated computer viruses threaten to endanger national security.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2014
Over 5,000 pig deaths attributed to virus
The agriculture ministry said Tuesday more than 5,000 pigs have died around Japan after being infected with a deadly virus.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2014
Windows XP phaseout to put 13 million PCs at risk in Japan: experts
More than 13 million computers in Japan will face a higher risk of virus and other attacks in April when Microsoft pulls the plug on the outdated OS.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 11, 2013
Suspect held in mysterious cyberthreats
Tokyo police arrest a man suspected of making anonymous online threats last year by remotely manipulating other people's computers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 19, 2010
Anti-virus products diversify as fear sells
Consumers fearing infection have got an arsenal of virus-fighting products at their gloved fingertips.

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