Smoking also causes forty-two percent of cases of chronic respiratory disease, including asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

Swine flu is a respiratory sickness caused by an influenza virus that mainly infects pigs.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

You know,if it's any lower, it hits your respiratory center and you die immediately.

VOA: special.2011.01.12

On March eleventh, Doctor Urbani developed signs of severe acute respiratory syndrome.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

So can colds and other respiratory infections.

VOA: special.2010.09.07

Overweight can cause our children respiratory problems.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

A severe respiratory illness was affecting young people, contrary to seasonal viruses that often attack the elderly.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Some scientists have said the government should cancel large sporting events and close schools to try to stop the spread of the respiratory disease.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Sinclair-Thompson says the travel industry and governments gained experience in dealing with health crises in 2003, when Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome hit the region.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Professor Chris Dennis, a respiratory physician, who is chairing the seminar, says international cooperation is a vital ingredient in the fight to conquer swine flu.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Other symptoms include wheezing, a chronic cough producing yellow mucous, and frequent respiratory infections.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Hong Kong's response has been influenced by its experience with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) six years ago, which killed nearly 300 people in the territory.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08