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Original Technorati articles tagged “epidemic”

• in Entertainment
  The Grove Premieres on PBS on World AIDS Day, December 1
  AIDS and the politics of remembrance.
  by missbobetier / on Nov 30, 2011
• in Family
  Measles In Maryland
  Andrew Wakefield's Junk Science Spreads Measles!
  by layllah / on Jul 11, 2011
• in Social Media
  Is the Zombie Apocalypse Coming? Preparing for the Zombie Pandemic
  Gather an Emergency Preparedness Kit and Plan for an Emergency
  by hausman / on May 24, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “epidemic”

 

• SARS Virus Variant MERS Spreading from Middle East

  
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  Thirty-three people are dead from MERS, a coronavirus that the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling a “threat to the entire world”.  MERS is for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and it is a newly discovered virus that causes severe respiratory infection.There have been 58 laboratory-confirmed cases ...
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• Narcissism and the Minimum Wage Are Destroying Opportunities

  
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  Once upon a time America was a country where a young adult would jump at an opportunity to learn new skills so that he or she could increase their options later. They were grateful. Those days are over thanks to a new ruling against unpaid internships. Thanks to an America that fertilizes Millennial narcissism in new ...
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• ‘Kill switch’ sought as answer to phone theft epidemic

  
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  A group of law enforcement officials wants the smartphone industry to allow phones to be rendered useless if stolen or lost. The officials are hoping to get the feature into phones by next year. [Read more]         CNET News
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• Coffee DooM ! Disease Outbreak Threatens the Future of Good Coffee

  
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  A disease called coffee rust has reached epidemic proportions in Central America, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of farmers and the morning pick-me-up of millions of coffee drinkers. Caused by a leaf-blighting fungus, possibly exacerbated by growing practices and climate change, the disease ...
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• Could A Lower National Drinking Age Raise Hope For American Obesity?

  
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  In light of America’s obesity epidemic, one would think we ought to start regulating soda drinks at least as strictly as alcohol. After all, the high-sugar, low-nutrition beverages are only helping sustain our first-place spot in the obesity Olympics, with obesity being the seventh-leading cause of death in America. ...
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• Antiretroviral drug protects IV-drug users from HIV infection

  
  Elsevier Connect: News and Insight for the Global Scientific Research Community — Authority: 420
  Study in The Lancet is first to show that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) offers significant protection to people exposed to HIV from injection
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• Coal pollution in Europe causes 22,300 premature deaths a year, costs companies and governments billions of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days

  
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  By John Vidal, environment editor 12 June 2013 (The Guardian) – Air pollution from Europe s 300 largest coal power stations causes 22,300 premature deaths a year and costs companies and governments billions of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days, says a major study of the health impacts of ...
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• Stepped up biosecurity key to containing spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus

  
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  The Canadian Swine Health Board is encouraging producers and their service, equipment and feed suppliers to ramp up biosecurity to keep Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea out of the Canadian swine herd.
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• Generics and Some Brands May Lose $7 Billion Pain Market as Pisgah Labs Develops Abuse Deterrent Products

  
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  PISGAH FOREST, N.C., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – As controversy surrounds the recent FDA decisions concerning abuse deterrent forms of oxycodone drug products, Pisgah Laboratories, Inc. ( www.pisgahlabs.com ) achieves another technical milestone which may radically alter the landscape for pain medication ...
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• Coronavirus likely to become epidemic

  
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  (VOV) – The mortality rate of coronavirus infection is likely to jump to 55 percent, said Tran Dac Phu, Deputy Head of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department. The virus might transmit from human to human by close contact, according to recent investigations, he said. Since last September, 55 cases ...
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• Background Bacteria (Backgrounds)

  
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  Purchase $3.00 Abstract purple background with bacterium. Illustration contains transparency and blending effects, eps 10
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• More skin in the game a key to preventing another housing crisis

  
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  Higher down payments on mortgage loans are one of many reforms experts say the federal government continues to avoid. Image: Thinkstock Weak lending standards created the housing bubble; that led to the the housing crisis, which in turn led to the foreclosure epidemic. But experts, including the chairman of the ...
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• MP’s Report Into Muslim Grooming Gang Epidemic Slams Authorises For Failing To Act

  
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  Authorities have been slammed in a report by MPs on child sexual exploitation that said they had failed to keep children and young people safe.The Home Affairs Committee said the local authorities and other agencies had been “inexcusably slow” to protect young girls who were being groomed by the Muslim sex ...
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• More Fat Ass Foodie Madness: The Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe

  
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  Excuse me, but when did the diabetes/obesity crisis end?  In a seemingly desperate attempt for media attention Krispy Kreme is now selling “sloppy joe” burgers using their doughnuts as buns… YUCK.   Why is a doughnut shop selling sloppy joes in the first place?  This is getting STUPID . There is NO ...
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• National Pork Board outlines recommendations for protecting swine from Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea

  
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  The National Pork Board is advising pork producers to step their focus on biosecurity and to work closely with their veterinarians to help contain and eradicate an outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.
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• Almost Everyone Has Bleached Skin In Korea And Japan

  
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  Political Cosmetics: KOREAN Skin Bleaching by Luigina Webb 99% of Korean moisturisers appear to contain some kind of whitening agent. Without even noticing (much) my skin color has CHANGED (slightly) FREAKISHLY. Clearly, the skin pigment has changed SOMEHOW due to skin bleaching chemicals in the face-wash or ...
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• Get used to killer heat waves, CDC warns – ‘The sheer magnitude of these weather events are a challenge to public health’

  
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  By Maggie Fox, Senior Writer, NBC News 6 Jun 2013 (NBC News) – Think last summer was bad? You better get used to it, federal health officials warned Thursday. Climate change means hotter summers and more intense storms that could knock power out for days -- and kill people. New data on heat-related deaths ...
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• Exploring Weight Loss and What Can Be Learned about Losing Pounds

  
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  What is to be shared here is based on studies on numerous diet and exercise plans, numerous experts, and people successful on weight loss. Being overweight can be psychologically devastating. The common feeling among overweight or obese persons is that they feel demeaned and prejudiced against. Unfortunately, like the ...
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