SARS information from Asia, Canada helped U.S. prepare

Monday, April 28, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The United States was "just ahead of the curve" and able so far to avoid large numbers of SARS cases because of information learned as the highly infectious respiratory illness spread through Asia, a top federal health official said Sunday.

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