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Flu Me Once

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 02.06.2013 | Healthy Living
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David Katz, M.D.

Familiarity breeds contempt, or at least complacency, and perhaps the annual return of influenza has induced that response. Perhaps that's why we seem to be dismissive of this germ, and overlook what a serious illness it can be. But that tendency is at our peril.

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Andrea Stone

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics
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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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Ryan Grim

Embattled Biodefense Firm Threatened To Sue HuffPost

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.28.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat on the Senate subcommittee for contracting oversight is calling for an inspector general's investigation into a biodefe...

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Smallpox Scare At Virginia Historical Society Triggered By Old Piece Of Skin

Wall Street Journal | Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News
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A museum dedicated to Virginia state history was briefly transformed into a science laboratory when federal health inspectors became concerned that a ...

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U.S. Will Save Last Smallpox Stockpiles, Just In Case

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 07.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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GENEVA — The United States has proposed that the last known stockpiles of the smallpox virus should be retained for at least another five years ...

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Experts Debate Destroying Last Smallpox Virus

AP | By MARIA CHENG | Posted 07.13.2011 | Home
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LONDON -- Smallpox, one of the world's deadliest diseases, eradicated three decades ago, is kept alive under tight security today in just two places &...

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Would you Destroy Smallpox?

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 06.14.2011 | Home
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Smallpox is officially on the chopping block. But whether it will actually be destroyed or not, remains to be seen. The World Health Assembly decid...

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Risky Today, Gone Tomorrow? Where Do Our Fears Go When the Oil Stops Leaking?

David Ropeik | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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David Ropeik

Sooner or later, the leak will stop and we'll move on. It makes sense to worry most about what threatens you now, but it's a lousy way to assess the risks we really face.

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Remembering smallpox eradication

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Dr. Orin Levine

This week the World Health Assembly marked the 30th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox with a statue recognizing Edward Jenner, developer ...

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Redefining "Impossible" When It Comes To Maternal Mortality

Liya Kebede | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Liya Kebede

The same elements that wiped out smallpox -- national commitment, coordinated, focused efforts and sufficient funding -- can make maternal mortality a thing of the past.

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A Level-4 Biolab Grows in Boston: Pathogens Welcome

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

We are in the grips of a military-industrial complex for whom projects such as the Boston Biolab are as much meat and potatoes as any multi-billion dollar weapon system, no matter how dubious the need.

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