Study says wild birds unlikely to bring H5N1 to Americas (CIDRAP)
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Study says wild birds unlikely to bring H5N1 to Americas (CIDRAP)
Nov 16, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – An analysis of influenza viruses collected from North American migratory birds over a 6-year period suggests that wild birds rarely carry avian flu viruses between Eurasia and North America, implying that the risk of the deadly H5N1 virus reaching the Americas by that route is probably low.
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Managing the big D (The Star--The People's Paper)
WHEN Penny, a nurse and mother of two boys knew that her youngest son had diabetes, she broke down in tears.
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A new plague: The epidemic is coming (Independent)
We're in for another epidemic. You probably don't want to hear that; we've had enough with bluetongue, foot-and-mouth and bird flu in animals. We're only just beginning to calm down as the bird flu threat to humans apparently recedes, but mad cow disease seems only yesterday and our hospitals are cesspits of MRSA and C.difficile. Haven't we had enough? And how can I be so sure that we're due for ...
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Targeted Genetics Announces Positive Interim Phase I/II Results for tgAAC94 in Inflammatory Arthritis (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Targeted Genetics Corporation today announced that interim data from its Phase I/II trial of tgAAC94 for inflammatory arthritis suggest that the investigational therapy showed improvement in patient reported outcome measures.
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Patented Device To Test Body Fluids Cheaply, Efficiently And Precisely (Medical News Today)
A liquid dispensing system useful for identifying medical woes ranging from cancer to bird flu will garner an award for two NJ inventors this week. The newly-patented device will offer small and medium-sized researchers a way to test fluids cheaply, efficiently and precisely. [click link for full article]
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Central Texas Digest: Sisters of breast cancer victims sought for study; free flu shots in Williamson County (Austin American-Statesman)
Three clinics will offer free flu shots to the public this month.
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Changes in diagnosing fuel autism ‘epidemic' (The Davis Enterprise)
Published Nov 04, 2007 - 01:04:52 CDT. ATLANTA - A few decades ago, people probably would have said kids like Ryan Massey and Eddie Scheuplein were just odd. Or difficult.
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Stock and science FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
Prof Hugh Pennington is one of the UK's leading authorities on viruses and is known internationally for his work on E coli. Carol McLaren speaks to him about the government's response to foot-and-mouth and other diseases affecting UK livestock.
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Wangh creates DNA detection method (The Justice)
Dr. Wangh's lab developed LATE-PCR, a DNA?amplification technique, for quicker disease diagnosis.
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AVI BioPharma Announces Third Quarter Financial Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PORTLAND, Ore.----AVI BioPharma, Inc. today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007.
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Study says wild birds unlikely to bring H5N1 to Americas (CIDRAP)
The flu is a contagious virus that is spread from one person to another through tiny droplets that are released into the air when a person infected with the flu coughs or sneezes. Sometimes, people can become infected by touching their nose or mouth after touching something infected by the flu virus.
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