An Australian zoo has been evacuated after an orangutan escaped after using a branch to scale an electric fence

Australian zoo evacuated after orangutan escape

Biology / Plants & Animals

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An Australian zoo was evacuated Sunday when an orangutan escaped after using a branch to scale an electric fence around her enclosure, zoo officials said.


US, Costa Rica swine flu deaths reported (AP)

US, Costa Rica swine flu deaths reported

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A Washington state man with underlying heart conditions became the third person infected with swine flu to die in the U.S., health officials said Saturday, while Costa Rica reported the first swine ...


Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands (AP)

Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands

Medicine & Health / Health

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(AP) -- Patients and doctors. Small businesses and multinationals. Retirees, workers and insurance companies.


Doctor: HIV infections will never be traced to VA (AP)

Doctor: HIV infections will never be traced to VA

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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(AP) -- Former patients who tested positive for HIV or hepatitis will not be able to show they were infected by tainted equipment at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, a top doctor for the agency ...


Study finds novel genetic risk factors for kidney disease

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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A team of researchers from the United States, the Netherlands and Iceland has identified three genes containing common mutations that are associated with altered kidney disease risk. One of the discovered genes, the UMOD ...


Protein-protein interaction explains vision loss in genetic diseases

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The mystery of genetic disease is only partially solved with the identification of a mutated gene. Often, the pattern of disease - the features or disorders associated with it - vary in type and severity among those who are ...



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