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Swine flu prompts EU warning on travel to US
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The top EU health official urged Europeans on Monday to postpone nonessential travel to parts of the United States and Mexico because of the swine flu virus, and Spanish health officials confirmed ...
New model predicts hot spots for mercury in fish
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Mercury levels in fish are prompting widespread consumption advisories and uncertainty among consumers over which species are safe to eat. Now researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a model that will ...
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How WHO measures a pandemic
Apr 28, 2009 |
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The World Health Organization has six phases of pandemic alert to assess the potential for a new global flu outbreak.
Legal loophole exposes Canadians to drug advertising banned in US: UBC research
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 27, 2009 |
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A legal loophole is counteracting Canada's ban on direct-to-consumer drug advertising and has exposed Canadians to more than $90 million worth of ads, including those for drugs with life-threatening risks, according to a ...
Study: Public Perceptions and the Salmonella Outbreak of 2008
Jan 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Rutgers Food Policy Institute (FPI) have investigated public perceptions of the 2008 Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, the largest foodborne illness outbreak in the United ...
EPA plan to cut mercury levels in fish
Dec 28, 2007 |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan to reduce mercury levels in fish throughout New England and New York.
Federal study shows mercury in fish widespread
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the country.
Study: Sticking to the sand might not be such good, clean fun for beachgoers
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Just when you thought it was safer to stay out of the water. Microbes that result in beach closures and health advisories when detected at unsafe levels in the ocean also have been detected in the sand, according to a recent ...
Security Updates for Apple
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Apple has patched a number of serious security bugs in Mac OS X and OS X Server.
Investigators searching for links among meningitis victims
Apr 25, 2009 |
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"Patient Zero," the first victim to come down with the rare strain of meningitis that has killed four and infected eight others in South Florida since December, was a South Florida resident who was sickened in December but ...
Researchers test sediment-scrubbing technology in NH river
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Jun 17, 2008 |
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In a mud flat at the edge of the Cocheco River, just outside downtown Dover, scientists from the University of New Hampshire's Contaminated Sediments Center are testing an innovative way to treat polluted sediment in coastal ...
Scientists analyze Hurricane Ike's effects on waterways, fish contamination
Jul 07, 2009 |
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A long-term environmental research project being conducted at the University of Houston may offer important information about the effects of Hurricane Ike on pollution levels and help regulators determine whether existing ...
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