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UN Aid Programs Have Cost $22B Yet Little Proof They Work, Studies Say

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

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LONDON — In the last two decades, the world has spent more than $196 billion trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries. Bu...

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How Should We Think About A Pandemic?

Richard P. Wenzel | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

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Richard P. Wenzel

A new Pandemic Threat Scale will require unprecedented international cooperation that does not exist today. But surely it is needed, and H1N1 has shown our lack of clarity in 2009.

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Reaping What We Sow: How Industrial Animal Farming is Contributing to the Risk of a Swine Flu Pandemic

Nicolette Hahn Niman | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Avian Flu, Factory Farming, World Health Organization, Livestock, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Green News
Nicolette Hahn Niman

Intensive farming systems -- with crowded animals, ventilation systems, and huge collections of manure -- make industrial poultry and swine operations into breeding grounds for a host of perilous diseases.

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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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A Pandemic Worse than the Swine Flu

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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Patrick Takahashi

Swine flu, though, conjures dark images of your mortality. The communications industry, like CNN, saturates air time on such issues because they know people will watch.

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China, Taiwan Ruling Party Meet For Economic Cooperation Talks

Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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In another sign of thawing relations, Chinese President Hu Jintao Tuesday met with Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party to...

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The Meaning of Swine Flu, the Universe, and Everything

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

We went from apocalypse to afterthought in about two weeks, and now we're swinging back. Here's a way to reconcile some of the different and seemingly contradictory perspectives we've been hearing.

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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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WHO Take Note: Acute Pandemic Fears Should Not Overshadow Broader Concerns

World Vision | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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World Vision

WHO decision-makers would do well to balance the H1N1 pandemic with their broader responsibility to set the right agenda for establishing better health care systems in developing countries.

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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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A Dangerous Trend: Dominican Republic Adopts Draconian Abortion Restriction

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

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Sharon L. Camp

If Latin American policymakers truly want to reduce abortion rates, they must focus their attention on improving knowledge about and access to a wide range of family planning methods.

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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 Calls For Tamiflu Restraint

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY — In China, mask-wearing police cordoned off more hotels Wednesday, quarantining anyone who came in contact with swine flu patients,...

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The Tamiflu in the Closet

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

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Marcia DeSanctis

The topic of swine flu is getting nudged from the front page by stories that are actually and quantifiably big. For the moment, the networks are shedd...

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The Possiblity of a Pandemic and the Certainty of Diseases That Kill

Richard Chin | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Richard Chin

Diarrheal diseases, which kill approximately 2 million children under the age of five in every year continue to receive less attention than diseases like the swine flu virus.

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It's Time to Change the Discussion About Osteoporosis

Dr. John Neustadt | Posted 07.08.2009 | Living

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Dr. John Neustadt

May marks Osteoporosis Awareness Month, and this year, let's shift the focus from increasing bone density to reducing fracture risk.

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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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The Swine AcCHORDS: Infectious Disease Surveillance in the 21st Century

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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Vikrum Aiyer

Regional disease surveillance networks be established -- both among developing countries and developed ones -- in order to improve the quality of detection and control across borders.

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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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The Swine Flu Crisis Is Now Over -- or Will Be

Michael Wolff | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living

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Michael Wolff

As the WHO raises its warning to just this side of official pandemic, and Joe Biden tells his family to avoid confined spaces, the backlash is also setting in.

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Swine Flu and Paranoia, North of the Border

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living

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Chantal Sicile-Kira

There were reports of local San Diego residents acting pig-headed and hogging the road more than usual, but so far any connection to the swine flu outbreak has yet to be established.

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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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Mexico's New Tourism Slogans

Spencer Green | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy

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Spencer Green

Our Water Is Now the Least of Your Worries
Spain Got It On Its Own, So What Have You Got to Lose?

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