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| Engineer Who Survived Pandemic Of '68 Creates Model To Track Outbreak |
06/04/07 |
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Nearly 40 years ago, MIT Professor Richard Larson
spent a week sick in bed with the worst illness he'd ever had-the
particularly virulent strain of flu that swept the globe in 1968. "That
was the sickest I'd ever been," Larson recalled. "I re |
| Novavax Pandemic Flu Vaccine Provided Protection Against A Lethal Challenge Of Live Virus, Pre-Clinical Data Show |
06/04/07 |
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| Avian Influenza A/(H7N2) In The United Kingdom |
06/04/07 |
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| Poorer Countries Could Struggle To Implement New International Health Regulations |
06/04/07 |
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Poorer countries could struggle to implement the new International Health Regulations (IHR) about to be brought into force, says an Editorial in this week's edition of The Lancet.
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| Public Health Emergencies Require Urgent Advice From The WHO |
06/04/07 |
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a new mechanism, described in this week's PLoS Medicine, for issuing urgent guidelines to health
professionals in a public health emergency such as an infectious disease outbreak. |
| Monoclonal Neutralizing Antibodies Show Promise Against Avian Flu |
06/04/07 |
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Starting with blood of patients who survived a bout of avian flu (infection with the H5N1 strain), Cameron Simmons (of the Oxford University Clinical
Research Unit at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) and colleagues gene |
| Will The Healthcare Workers Go To Work During Disasters? |
05/23/07 |
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When disaster strikes, getting care to the victims is at the top of everyone's attention. But who will provide that care? In two studies to be presented at the 2007 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, researchers examined the f |
| WHO Director-General Highlights Opportunity To Build "Health Legacy" For Women And The People Of Africa |
05/23/07 |
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The World Health Assembly opened on Monday with an optimistic assessment of the global health scene from the new WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan, and a call for global health leaders to build a "health legacy" for women and the people of Africa. |
| Major House-To-House Survey Finds New Orleans Area Residents Hit Hard By Katrina And Struggling With Serious Life Challenges |
05/23/07 |
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Eight in 10 (81%) of those now living in Greater New Orleans have seen their quality of life deteriorate in at least one of seven critical aspects of their lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, including economic well-being and access to health |
| White House Threatens Veto Of New Supplemental Appropriations Bill |
05/23/07 |
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White House spokesperson Tony Snow on Wednesday said that President Bush would veto a supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, in part because the legislation includes funds for health care and other n |
| Peanut Allergies Overstated, Study Finds |
05/23/07 |
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Despite hundreds of families being told their children have peanut allergies every year, many of the children may be able to eat peanuts safely, a study by researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Sydney Children's Hospital has found.
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