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Original Technorati articles tagged “pandemic”

• in Lifestyle
  Bird Flu Rears Its Ugly Head With Multiple Deaths in China
  Latest victims of bird flu in China have no ties to poultry
  by evilwife / on Jan 24, 2012
• 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
  Prevention and Understanding the H1N1 Virus
  Prevention and Understanding the Swine Flu aka H1N1 virus
  by haylz55 / on Nov 8, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “pandemic”

 

• Cheap PC Gaming: Three More Cheap Distractions

  
  TheSixthAxis - PS3 and Xbox 360 News, Trophies And Opinion — Authority: 628
  Like the guy with the £2000 segway is gonna do an obstacle course.
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• Masks, hand washing can smother flu spread

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 506
  Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) Masks and hand washing can practically slash the spread of flu-like symptoms, new reseach has demonstrated.The study found up to a 75 percent reduction in flu-like illness over the study period with hand hygiene and surgical masks, said Allison Aiello, associate professor of epidemiology at ...
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• Hemagglutinin stalk antibodies elicited by the 2009 pandemic influenza virus as a mechanism for the extinction of seasonal H1N1 viruses (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, abstract, edited)

  
  A TIME'S MEMORY — Authority: 434
  [Source: Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, full text: ( LINK ). Abstract, edited.] Hemagglutinin stalk antibodies elicited by the 2009 pandemic influenza virus as a mechanism for the extinction of seasonal H1N1 viruses Natalie Pica a 1 , Rong Hai a 1 , Florian Krammer a , Taia T. Wang a , Jad Maamary a , ...
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• Have Fun With Angry Birds Online

  
  4myp - Custom Promotional Calendars — Authority: 139
  At times, a game title knocks the market place that appeals to every sort of combatant, no matter what their age is, gender or beloved game genre. Angry Birds Online is one of individuals flash games. Considering that its distribution in December 2009, its Finland-based development company, Rovio Mobile, has offered ...
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• Facemasks, Hand Hygiene, and Influenza among Young Adults: A Randomized Intervention Trial (PLoS ONE, abstract, edited)

  
  A TIME'S MEMORY — Authority: 434
  [Source: PLoS ONE, full text: ( LINK ). Abstract, edited.] Facemasks, Hand Hygiene, and Influenza among Young Adults: A Randomized Intervention Trial Clinicaltrials.gov NCT00490633 Allison E. Aiello 1 , 2 * , Vanessa Perez 1 , 2 , Rebecca M. Coulborn 1 , 2 , Brian M. Davis 1 , 2 , Monica Uddin 1 , ...
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• Rise of the Preppers: Fear of Catastrophe Spawns Resourceful Subculture

  
  Extraordinary Intelligence — Authority: 102
  The year is 2012.  Not since 2000 has there been a year that has given rise to such a visceral reaction among doomsday prophets, end time enthusiasts and apocalypse panic.  The Mayans say that this is the year when everything comes to a head.  Harold Camping’s followers have set a new date for the end [...]
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• Postdoctoral Research in Human Rights and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Global Impact on Moral and Political Subjectivity, Netherlands 2012

  
  Scholarship Positions: Scholarships Financial Aid Fellowships, PhD, Postdoctoral, Graduate College Scholarships — Authority: 135
  Postdoctoral Research in the field of  Anthropology and Philosophy at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands 2012 Study Subject(s):Human Rights and the .. [Read Full Scholarship Detail]
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• The Anticipated Severity of a “1918-Like” Influenza Pandemic in Contemporary Populations: The Contribution of Antibacterial Interventions (PLoS ONE, abstract, edited)

  
  A TIME'S MEMORY — Authority: 434
  [Source: PLoS ONE, full text: ( LINK ). Abstract, edited.] The Anticipated Severity of a “1918-Like” Influenza Pandemic in Contemporary Populations: The Contribution of Antibacterial Interventions by Yu-Wen Chien, Bruce R. Levin, Keith P. Klugman Recent studies have shown that most of deaths in the 1918 ...
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• Antiviral Therapy and Outcomes of Patients with Pneumonia Caused by Influenza A Pandemic (H1N1) Virus (PLoS ONE, abstract, edited)

  
  A TIME'S MEMORY — Authority: 434
  [Source: PLoS ONE, full text: ( LINK ). Abstract, edited.] Antiviral Therapy and Outcomes of Patients with Pneumonia Caused by Influenza A Pandemic (H1N1) Virus by Shi-gui Yang, Bin Cao, Li-rong Liang, Xiao-li Li, Yong-hong Xiao, Zhi-xin Cao, Hong-yu Jia, Hong-jie Yu, Zhen Xu, Li Gu, Yi-da Yang, Yu Chen, ...
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• The End of the Deseret Chemical Weapons Storage

  
  Utah Preppers — Authority: 98
  For a long time, the most dangerous thing that could happen after an earthquake in Utah was the release of chemicals stored at the Deseret Chemical Weapons Depot. Located just South of Tooele this location was the main storage location for several types of the US Army’s chemical warfare arsenal. While stored as ...
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• DHS monitoring of social media concerns civil liberties advocates

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 147
  A senior DHS official said the department does not monitor dissent or gather reports tracking citizens’ views. He said such reporting would not be useful in the types of emergencies to which officials need to respond. Officials also said that the analyst handbook is no longer in use and that the current version does ...
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• Changing weather patterns ‘could trigger flu pandemics’ by altering flight path of migratory birds ( Article)

  
  Fact over Fiction — Authority: 118
  Swine flu pandemic of 2009: Killed 20,000 people worldwideA weather pattern cycle that leads to a drop in the sea surface temperature across the tropical Pacific Ocean, could be responsible for spreading deadly influenza.Scientists found that these La Nina events - when the sea temperature cools three to five celsius ...
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• Bummer: Shifting Climate May Be Linked To Pandemics

  
  Pirate's Cove — Authority: 624
  Everybody panic! ( HuffPost Politics ) A shifting global climate pattern could portend a flu pandemic, and possibly an opportunity to stop the virus early, a study suggests. The link, according to researchers, is weather’s influence on the migratory patterns of wild birds, the primary pool for human flu. And ...
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• Interview with Greg Borrud, Seismic Games

  
  socalTECH.com - Southern California High Tech News — Authority: 557
  How do you take what youve learned, having been part of the growth and creation of the traditional, videogame industry, and apply that to the new world of social games? Thats what Los Angeles-based Seismic Games (www.seismicgames.com) is looking to figure out, headed by Greg Borrud, Eric Gewirtz, and Chris Miller. ...
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• Weather patterns could influence flu pandemics

  
  Ruby Room — Authority: 127
  Filed under: In the news Getty Changes in a weather pattern cycle could be to linked to deadly flu pandemics, say experts. US scientists have found that the last four pandemics - in 1918, 1957, 1958 and 2009 - all occurred after La Nina events, which bring cool waters to the surface of the eastern ...
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• Doctors now finally questioning effectiveness of pandemic flu drugs

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 149
  Doctors have questioned the effectiveness and safety of the main drug used to treat pandemic flu Thomas MooreSky NewsJanuary 18, 2012 The Department of Health maintains a Tamiflu stockpile to treat around 30 million people, at a cost of around £500m. But doctors at the Cochrane Collaboration assessed 16,000 ...
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• La Nina may trigger flu pandemics: Study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 506
  Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Influenza pandemics that caused death and illness worldwide in the past were preceded by La Nina conditions in the equatorial Pacific, a study has found.The study examined weather patterns during the devastating flu pandemics in 1918, 1957, 1968 and 2009, Xinhua reported. The La Nina pattern ...
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• La Niña and flu

  
  Watts Up With That? — Authority: 695
  From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Does the La Niña weather pattern lead to flu pandemics? Worldwide pandemics of influenza caused widespread death and illness in 1918, 1957, 1968 and 2009. A new study examining weather patterns … Continue reading →
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• Killer Flu hype grinds on

  
  ViroBlogy — Authority: 95
  The Independent today has a story entitled” Killer flu doctors: US censorship is a danger to science ” – thanks, AJ Cann! – which details how the folk in the Netherlands who did the work do not think the USA should not be “…be allowed to dominate the debate over who controls sensitive scientific ...
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• Z3

  
  Communion Of Dreams — Authority: 107
  As we’re closing in on having Communion of Dreams ready to go out in both digital and print form, I’ve been thinking about changes in story-telling formats. And I’ve just seen an exceptional example of just that, even though I’ve never been fond of horror movies/books, and the zombie genre in particular. ...
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