Jiang Yanyong was a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness.

Jiang Yanyong revealed the true extent of the deadly SARS virus of 2003 as Chinese officials downplayed its severity.

Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese surgeon who blew the whistle on the country's SARS epidemic cover-up, has died of pneumonia in Beijing. He remained under state surveillance until his death.

Doctors say they now realize that the latest outbreak of SARS in Toronto was "smoldering" on the orthopedic wing of North York General Hospital for several weeks, even as health officials were ...