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DNA Vaccine Shows Promise In Mice
HONG KONG (Reuters) - An experimental bird flu vaccine that uses DNA from various strains of the H5N1 virus appears to trigger a strong immune response in …
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The First Monday In September
# 2269. The traditional peak of the Atlantic Tropical storm season is still nearly 2 weeks away and things are heating up considerably in the Atlantic Basin. This morning, a much diminished Hurricane Gustav is coming ashore in central …
Tags: american-idol, atualidade, Bird Flu, bird-flu-update, blizzard, connection, david-archuleta, david-cook, flu-cases, …
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Japan Considers Their Pre-Pandemic Vaccine Options
Like a number of other countries, Japan has made a sizable investment in stockpiling a pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccine, based on an earlier clade of the bird flu virus. No one knows just how effective it will be against a pandemic strain, …
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In Praise Of The Bug Out Bag
# 2266. In the vernacular, a `bug-out bag’ (BOB) is a bag of emergency supplies, ideally kept at the ready, that one can grab on the way out the door during an emergency. It isn’t supposed to be a survival kit, but rather, …
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Wellcome Trust To Fund Research Into `Pandemic' Mutations
“If the bird flu virus evolves to favour the receptors in our nose and throat like normal flu, the results could be devastating,” says Professor Feizi …
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Vietnam: Battle To Raise Bird Flu Awareness
Overall since 2003, Vietnam has had 106 cases of human avian flu and 52 deaths. Yet compared to 2004 and 2005, when 90 cases of human infection occurred with 39 deaths, [] Vietnam has made huge strides, according to David Payne, …
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Another Study: Flu Vaccines Do Not Reduce Mortality Rates In The …
# 2263. It seems, we’ve heard this song before. What follows is a press release announcing the publication of a study …
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Model Prisoners
# 2262. During the months of August, September, and sometimes into October my attentions are divided between pandemic issues and storms forming in the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic. These three months are the peak of the six-month …
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Singapore To Begin 2-Week Financial Sector Pandemic Drill
# 2261. Roughly a year ago the United State’s financial sector conducted a massive multi-week pandemic drill, sponsored by the Department of the Treasury, which tested the resiliency of our banking and financial centers during a crisis. …
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Australian Editorial: A Battle To Secure Their Borders
Diseases that were unheard of in 1969 - such as AIDS, Hendra, Nipah, Lyme, Avian Flu - have emerged as major contenders. And of course, old favorites - once thought on the way to elimination- are back at work as well. …
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