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Lynne Peeples

Bioterror Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature, As U.S. Funding Withers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Ebola, Bioterrorism, Terrorism, Biosecurity, h5n1, Bird Flu, The Infection Loop, Anthrax, Outbreak, Biological Weapons, Sars, Infectious Diseases, Counterterrorism, Contagion, H1n1, Influenza, Green News

Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. In early October 2001, just da...

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Not in My Back Yard -- And Not in Yours

Dr. Lynn C. Klotz | Posted 08.08.2011

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Dr. Lynn C. Klotz

Investigations of such deadly pathogens as SARS should be conducted only in highest-security BSL-4 labs, tucked away in remote locations where any accident can be quickly contained.

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Dying to Talk: Cellphones and Cancer

Sheila Shayon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sheila Shayon

A new San Francisco law will require retailers to post information about 'specific absorption rates' on cell phones. This info must be posted "in at least 11-point type -- next to phones."

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Haiti: Diarrhea Threatens Infants and "We Are in Reaction Mode Instead of Planning Mode"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Georgianne Nienaber

Hand washing is non-existent and raw sewage is flowing throughout the camps. Walk anywhere with peril. Human feces are everywhere, even in the ruins of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Port-au-Prince.

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Global Health Diplomacy and the Muslim World: How Haiti Will Heal Us

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

Collaborative work is emblematic of the increasingly important field of global health diplomacy and the Muslim world has an enormous role to play in this new conversation.

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The Decade In Health: New Bugs, Scary Food, Bad Drugs

usatoday.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cancer Vaccine, Hormone Therapy, Health, Swine Flu, Food Supply, Sars, Vioxx, Vaccine, Cancer, Obesity, H1n1, Wellness, Healthy Living News

As the decade comes to a close, USA TODAY looks at some of the more newsworthy medical stories of the past 10 years....

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U.S. Mortgage Fraud Remains at Epidemic Levels

Pat Choate | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pat Choate

Nothing can better send a message to the world that the United States is serious about restoring the integrity of its money industry than by banning from it the prominent people who deceived the nation and the world.

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Germs Don't Care If You Are Legal Or Not

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Do you really want to limit vaccinations only to people who have legal documents, or would you rather everyone get inoculated? Remember, those you exclude will likely have some sort of contact with either you, your kids, or the food you eat at some point.

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Swine Flu: China Quarantines 300 In Hong Kong Hotel

AP | DIKKY SINN and MIN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONG KONG — Hundreds of tourists and employees were under quarantine in a downtown Hong Kong hotel Saturday after a Mexican guest tested positiv...

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Preparing for the Swine Flu Apocalypse

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Warren Holstein

It is important to boycott bacon and pulled pork sandwiches. It shows that we are serious and committed to overreacting.

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Swine Flu: China Confident Of Containing Outbreak

UPI | Posted 05.25.2011

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China's health minister expressed confidence that the country could prevent and contain the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, virus....

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Swine Flu's Next Stop: The Pantheon of Stillborn Pandemics

Dan Pashman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Pashman

Even if swine flu eventually kills hundreds of Americans, it still won't be nearly as lethal as the regular flu, which has killed thousands of Americans already this year, just like it does every year.

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Swine Flu Threatens To Be Deadlier Than SARS, Bird Flu

Inter Press Service | Marwaan Macan-Markar | Posted 05.25.2011

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BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - When the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised the influenza pandemic alert from phase three to an ominous phase four warn...

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Mexico Flu Epidemic a Bunch of Media Bunk

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

Facts are that if there's a flu pandemic it's in the United States, not Mexico. Some 36,000 Americans died of influenza-induced illness in the last few years or 99 per day.

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Swine Flu's Potential Economic Effects: Mexico's Tourism, Retail Sure To Suffer

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wachovia has issued a report that gives a cursory overview of how the swine flu crisis will effect Mexico as well as international economies, based pr...

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Fixing China's Health Problems

Jaeah J. Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Pollution, Melamine, China Healthcare, Health, U.S. China Trade, Health Care, China, Sars, World News
Jaeah J. Lee

In one health crisis after another, Beijing has simply fired officials, issued new quality standards, and promised to get it right next time. Meanwhile, the scandals have only continued.

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