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Ig Nobel Prize

The 2009 Ig Nobel prizewinners

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ig Nobels are a highlight of the scientific calendar and award research that makes people laugh as well as think. The awards were presented last week at Harvard University in the U.S, ...


New swine flu wave hits Mexico, closings unlikely (AP)

New swine flu wave hits Mexico, closings unlikely

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The next wave of swine flu has arrived, and Mexicans are bracing for an outbreak that may be even larger than the one here last spring that became a pandemic.


Mask on? Mask off? In United States, use of face masks against flu not widespread

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Americans have not developed a modern face-mask culture. Just ask those who have walked through an airport wearing a mask since swine flu first appeared. They likely will tell you about stares and whispers.


Australian cruiser docks after swine flu outbreak (AP)

Australian cruiser docks after swine flu outbreak

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- An ocean liner docked in an Australian city on Saturday despite objections raised by port officials over a swine flu outbreak on board that cut short a Great Barrier Reef cruise.


Survey finds nearly half of Americans concerned they or their family may get sick from swine flu

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Following the declaration of a public health emergency due to the new H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a poll about how concerned Americans ...