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Could Animal Surveillance Have Seen Swine Flu Coming? (Scientific American)

By admin : July 7, 2009

Less than 24 hours after a commercial jet took a sudden detour into the Hudson River this past January, security camera video of the event from multiple vantage points began surfacing. In an age of ubiquitous surveillance, the public has come to assume that someone or something is always watching, ready to spot trouble as it is happening. Yet a novel strain of the influenza A (H1N1) virus jumped …

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$1 Billion Needed To Fight A(H1N1): U.N. Chief (INO News)

By admin : July 7, 2009

(RTTNews) – Ahead of a meeting with donors in Geneva, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that the world body would need $1 billion to fight the A(H1N1) virus in developing countries–through the end of this year alone, reports say.

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Ron Weasley kena swine flu

By admin : July 7, 2009

Ron Weasley kena flu babi jadi bahasan gosip artis hollywood kali ini. Yupss, ‘Penyihir’ Film Harry Potter ini ternyata juga bisa terjangkit virus H1N1 atau flu babi (swine flu).

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Health departments get mixed marks for using Web to communicate about flu crisis, study finds (PhysOrg)

By admin : July 7, 2009

State and local health departments get mixed marks for efforts to convey information about the H1N1 virus to the public using their Web sites immediately after U.S. officials declared a public health emergency in April, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

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LunsfordMD: Swine Flu cases showing encouraging signs in U.S

By admin : July 7, 2009

The good news is when we look at this virus right now, we’re not seeing some of the things in the virus that have been associated in the past with more severe flu. That’s encouraging, but it doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods yet,” said Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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