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The Cell Phone Brain Cancer Debate

Dr. Cara Natterson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

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Dr. Cara Natterson

No one is certain what cell phones do to our brains when we endlessly rest them against our heads. At best, it's nothing. At worst, it's damage that will translate into an enormous spike in brain cancer.

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Gates Says Too Many Kids' Deaths Are Preventable

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

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Katherine Gustafson

2.2 million kids under the age of 5 die every year from diarrheal diseases. The vast majority of these deaths could be prevented with basic hygiene, water quality improvements and sanitation.

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10 Things the FDA Can Do to Improve Nutrition Labeling

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

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Hemi Weingarten

Wouldn't it be nice if the FDA cleaned up the mess originally created when it brought us the nutrition facts label as we know it today?

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Will We Suffer Two Flu Seasons This Year?

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

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Peter Christian Hall

In this season of swine flu discontent, the annual shot aimed at quelling "normal" flu may have a bad year.

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Swine Flu, Climate Change and a Middle-of-the-Night Tantrum

Joellen Raderstorf | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver

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Joellen Raderstorf

Where is our collective panic about climate change? Our energy consumptive lifestyles do not blink in the quake of devastating floods, receding glaciers and starving children.

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WHO predicts 'explosion' of swine flu cases

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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BEIJING — The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in the coming months and governments must boost preparations f...

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Swine Flu Vaccine Running Behind Schedule

AP | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

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LONDON -- A fully licensed H1N1 flu vaccine might not be available until the end of the year, a top official at the World Health Organization said Mon...

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Swine Flu Declared A Pandemic By WHO

AP | MARIA CHENG and FRANK JORDANS | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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GENEVA — Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spe...

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Swine Flu Pandemic Is Closer, Says WHO

AP | MARIA CHENG and FRANK JORDANS | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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GENEVA — Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spe...

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Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nikola Tesla, Italian, Brian Jones, Catholicism, Josh Hunter, New Wave, Eric Segalstad, Dolby's Cube, Who, The Magic Show, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stevie Wonder, Lene Lovich, Dynasty, Margaret Thatcher, Burt Bacharach, Albert Einstein, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Dan Hicks, Peter Ham, The Kushans, Albert Schatz, Jesus, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Mario Puzo, Depeche Mode, Poughkeepsie, Rose Bowl, Prefab Sprout, Thompson Twins, Roger Waters, Foreigner, Entertainment News, Carol De Gierer, Doug Henning, Pink Floyd, Enchanted, Joni Mitchell, Chris Bell, India, Unplugged, Promises in the Dark, Thomas Dolby, Poughkeepsie Journal, Live Aid, Jim Morrison, The Wall, Ronald Reagan, Mephisto on Wing, Latin, Broadway, Neil Young, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Issa, The 27 Club, Janis Joplin, Grand Theft Auto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Antoinette Pannard, David Bowie, Mtv, MTV Unplugged, Amazon, Kathleen Beller, Bill Clinton, Angels & Demons, Pocahontas, Albert Schweitzer, Kurt Cobain, George Clinton, Bookexpo, Robert Johnson, Grammy Awards, Best Buy, Lois Drake, Pop Music, The Godfather, Jazz, Indiana Jones, Howard Jones, The Betsy, New Age, Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Brown, Pippin, Godspell, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

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Life-Expectancy: Japan, San Marino Top The List

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

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GENEVA — Girls born in Japan today are likely to live until the year 2095, some with a good chance of seeing the dawn of the next century thanks...

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Japan, San Marino Top Life Expectancy League

AP | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living

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GENEVA — The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years. WHO says men in San Mari...

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Hillary and Obama Set to Kill Medical R&D Treaty at WHO Meeting

James Love | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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James Love

Negotiators say that with regard to medical R&D, Obama is following the Bush game plan even more aggressively than was done when Bush was president.

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Swine Flu Vaccine To Take Months To Produce, Says WHO

AP | FRANK JORDANS and MARIA CHENG | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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GENEVA — The World Health Organization urged drugmakers to reserve some of their pandemic swine flu vaccine for poor countries, but received few...

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Swine Flu Not Man Made: WHO

DPA | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

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There is no evidence to support a theory that the new influenza A(H1N1) virus was created in a laboratory, a World Health Organisation official said T...

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Swine Flu Could Have Come From-Bio Experiment Lab, Researcher Claims

ABC News | LEE FERRAN and JOSH GAYNOR | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

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An Australian researcher claims the swine flu, which has killed at least 64 people so far, might not be a mutation that occurred naturally but a man-m...

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WHO: Swine Flu Could Infect 2 Billion People If Becomes Pandemic

Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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The media's coverage of the H1N1 swine flu epidemic has been criticized by many for being overblown, fire-fanning, scare-mongering, overly hyped, and ...

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China, WHO Downplay Quarantine Controversy With Mexico

Global Times | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

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Following its accusation of China's "discrimination" against its citizens during attempts to contain the far-reaching A (H1N1) influenza, the Mexican ...

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Swine Flu: WHO Official Expects To Raise Alert Level To Highest Level

LA Times | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 06.02.2009 | World

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Although the pace of new H1N1 infections seemingly slowed on Saturday -- with a total of 195 cases reported in the United States and 763 worldwide, an...

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WHO: Don't Leap To Conclusions About Swine Flu's Severity

Washington Post | Joel Achenbach and David Brown | Posted 06.01.2009 | Home

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So is this new swine flu outbreak the next great plague, or just a global spasm of paranoia? ...

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Swine Flu: Mexico's Epidemiology Boss Faults WHO

AP | MIKE STOBBE and DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

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The swine flu outbreak that has alarmed the world for a week now appears less ominous, with the virus showing little staying power in the hardest-hit ...

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WHO: 11 Countries Reporting 257 Flu Cases

UPI | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

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Eleven countries officially reported 257 cases of H1N1, or swine flu, the World Health Organization in Geneva reported Thursday....

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Swine Flu Gets New Name By WHO

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

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GENEVA — The World Health Organization announced Thursday it will would stop using the term "swine flu" to avoid confusion over the danger posed...

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Swine Flu Crib Sheet: The Five Things You Need to Know

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

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Ben Sherwood

In the weeks ahead, there will be plenty of hysteria (and misinformation) about the swine flu. If you can, try to focus on what you can control: Your hygiene, your contact with others, and your health.

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Swine Flu: WHO Says Flu Moving Closer To Pandemic

AP | PATRICK McGROARTY | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

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GENEVA — The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu to the second highest level, meaning that it believes a globa...

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