Pandemic

Scientist Who Helped Eradicate Smallpox Says U.S. Is Unprepared For Bioterrorism

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Public Health Preparedness Summit, Biological Attack, Video, Biodefense, Bioterrorism, Pandemic, Anthrax Attacks, Da Henderson, Smallpox, Biological Attacks, Politics News

One of the nation's preeminent scientists is speaking out for the first time about what he says is the government's failure to coordinate preparations...

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Sorry, But Bird Flu Bioterrorism Is Much Harder Than It Sounds

Scott Thill | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Avian Flu, Apocalypse, Infectious Diseases, Paranoia, National Security, Bioterrorism, Pandemic, Ron Fouchier, Aids, Terrrorism, Al Qaeda, Science News

It may be more of an existential threat than current global pandemics like AIDS or climate change, but it doesn't make it a workable bioweapon.

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Flu Pandemics May Be Linked To Weather Patterns, Researchers Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Avian Flu, Climate, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, h5n1, Pandemic, Flu Pandemic, The Infection Loop, Weather, H1n1, Influenza, Green News

A shifting global climate pattern could portend a flu pandemic, and possibly an opportunity to stop the virus early, a study suggests. The link, a...

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The Viral Storm

Nathan Wolfe | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Bird Flu, h5n1, Pandemic, Avian Flu, Thailand, Virus, Science News

Everyone recognizes the raw power that pandemics have to sweep through human populations and seemingly kill indiscriminately. Yet, given the importance of these events, large questions remain remarkably opaque.

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Dangerously Unaware: Americans Lack Knowledge About Source Of Global Pandemics

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Avian Flu, Infectious Diseases, International Development, Swine Flu, Pandemic, The Infection Loop, Hand-Washing, Contagion, Deforestation, Disease Outbreak, Wildlife, Green News

Two out of every three Americans worry about the potential for a global disease outbreak. (Thank you, "Contagion.") Yet, alongside this result fr...

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Contagions: Reality More Chilling Than Film Fiction

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Measles, H1N1 Influenza, Virus, Pandemic, Flu Pandemic, Flu, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Contagion, Tuberculosis, Vaccines, Los Angeles News

You don't need to look far to find real examples of pandemics and their huge tolls. But some of the deadliest diseases wouldn't be considered the least bit exotic by Hollywood screenwriters or even average Angelenos.

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Movie Review: Contagion

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.08.2011

The first hour of Steven Soderbergh's Contagion is so tense that you can almost forgive the second half for getting bogged down.

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Update on the Pandemic Disease of the 21st Century

Bernard Starr | Posted 09.11.2011

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The chief symptom of Posterior Alimentary Canal Syndrome resists any potential cure. Sufferers have their heads up the posterior end of the alimentary canal (also known as the rear end).

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WATCH: Can This Man Save The Planet?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 08.02.2011

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Participant Media, the production powerhouse behind films including "Waiting for Superman," "An Inconvenient Truth," "Good Night and Good Luck," and "...

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The Pandemic Disease of the 21st Century Is on the Rise

Bernard Starr | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Bill Maher, Twitter, Financial Services, Paranoia, Disease, Ethics, Pandemic, Vaccine, Cure, Facebook, Remedies, Illness, Civility, Civilization, Comedy News

Police recently ejected a woman from an Amtrak quiet car after 16 hours of non-stop talking on her cell phone -- a new record for a PACS symptom flare-up.

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Pharma Industry Pledges Pandemic Vaccines And Know-How In Landmark Deal

Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Flu Vaccine, Big Pharma, Pandemic Preparedness, Flu Shot, Pharmaceutical Industry, Drug Companies, Pandemic, Pandemic Vaccine, Flu Shot Donation, Pandemic Drugs, Flu, Pharmaceuticals, Home News

Virus samples will be shared globally in exchange for vaccines produced from them under a landmark deal to improve preparedness for a flu pandemic, ...

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Drug Companies Set To Donate Vaccines To Poor Countries

Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Flu Vaccine, Drug Industry, Drug Companies, Antivirals, Pandemic, Pandemic Vaccine Donation, Flu Pandemic, Flu-Pandemic, Vaccine, Flu Vaccine Donation, Pandemic Vaccine, Vaccine Donation, Home News

Drug companies are set to donate vaccines and antivirals to poor countries, and share patented technology under a deal to strengthen defenses agai...

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Sundance Pandemic: Storytelling's Next Step

Turnstyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, Twitter, Lance Weiler, Turnstyle, Storytelling, Sundance, Pandemic, Technology, Cinema, Kai Hsing, Noah Nelson, Turnstyles Sundance Coverage, Sundance 2011, Entertainment News

Director Lance Weiler's storytelling project, Pandemic 1.0, takes the ideas of interactivity and collaboration to another level, which has made it one of the most talked about experiences at Sundance.

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A Hidden Epidemic

Ray Suarez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pandemic, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, H1n1, Health Care, Swine Flu Pandemic, Home News

Like any society on earth, the United States has to decide how to spend public money. Simple as that: economy, from a Greek word meaning household man...

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Guiding Principles for Interesting Times: Transparency (Communication Plus Trust) Plus Inclusivity Plus Urgency Plus ?

Kim Cranston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Change, Hunger, Nuclear Weapons, World Hunger, Jonathan Schell, Pandemic, Principles, Adam Michnik, Climate Change, Nuclear Proliferation, Robert Wright, Climate Crisis, World News

What principles might guide us in these increasingly interesting times in which we live, when the fate of our civilizations, if not our very species, may hang in the balance?

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Marvell's Nafea Bshara Talks about Broadband

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marvell CTO Nafea Bshara says lack of ISP competition coupled with the lack of government support may reduce broadband speed in the U.S..

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Swine Flu Vaccine Delivery Falls Short; Less Than Half Of Expected Doses Have Been Delivered

Wall Street Journal | BETSY MCKAY and JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN | Posted 11.17.2011

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Less than half of the swine-flu vaccine expected to be shipped to doctors, hospitals and clinics in the U.S. this month has been shipped so far. The d...

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Impacting AIDS this World AIDS Day

Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.25.2011

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World AIDS Day has become a time to reflect on the daunting challenges we face in the battle against this tenacious killer. Although huge strides hav...

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Flu Season Shows the Need for Workplace Flexibility

David Gray | Posted 11.17.2011

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There are many people who are used to going to work when they are a bit under the weather. However, swine flu is changing that equation.

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Guests of God: 2.5 Million Muslims Worship in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in This Year's Hajj

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Never has there been a more important time for Muslims to engage in greater introspection, self-evaluation. We face a Muslim world rife with conflicts, sectarian hatred, misogyny and injustice.

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Metrophobia: Are We Afraid Of Poetry?

Kim Rosen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mary Oliver, Performing Arts, Slam Poetry, Swine Flu, Pandemic, June Jordan, Invictus, Poetry Out Loud, Def Jam, Poetry, Metrophobia, Rumi, Saved by a Poem, Kim Rosen, The Millions Poet, Poem, Health, Healthy Living News

For the last few generations, our nation has managed to marginalize poetry, an art that is and always has been central to the species.

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12 Ways The World Could Be Destroyed

James Altucher | Posted 05.25.2011

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We live in a world of nightmares. But understanding these worries -- the myriad ways the world could end -- and hedging against them is the way to turn the fear into greed, the nightmare into a dream.

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Officials Develop Plan For Distributing Scarce Ventilators During A Severe Pandemic

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Sheri Fink, ProPublica This story was produced by ProPublica under a Creative Commons license. With scant public input, state and federal offici...

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Love in the Time of Swine Flu: A Story in Three Acts

Larry Brilliant, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Swine Flu Outbreak, H1N1 Virus, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Pandemic, H1N1 Influenza, H1n1 Flu, H1n1, Vaccines, Healthy Living News

"Epidemiologist gets swine flu" is not as catchy a news headline as "man bites dog" but it is cut from the same ironic cloth. My swine flu was not a lovable affair, it was not a joke, and it was not "mild."

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The Hysteria Factor: Obama and the Swine Flu

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vaccine, Air America, Pap Attack, Swine Flu, Civil Liberties, Mike Papantonio, Fear, Kathleen Sebelius, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Pandemic, Panic, Ring of Fire, Video, Politics News

Napolitano can't afford to understate the seriousness of the swine flu, even though America has been abused by politically motivated scare tactics for eight years.

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