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Swine flu hits Europe

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Swine flu hit Europe with the first confirmed cases in Britain and Spain on Monday as governments and travel companies urged travellers to avoid Mexico where the virus has likely killed 149 people.





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Asia on alert after flu threat spreads

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Asian health officials went on alert Sunday as a flu strain that has killed dozens of people in Mexico appeared to have spread to New Zealand, underscoring warnings of a potential pandemic.


British airlines blocking swine flu travellers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British airlines on Sunday stepped up restrictions on suspected swine flu carriers, as a report said four more British students quarantined in China have had infections confirmed.


Not a healthy state for all Latinos in the US

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Where Latinos are born and their immigration status affect the quality of health care they receive in the US, according to Professor Michael Rodríguez and colleagues from the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and ...


Health in low-income countries: Outsourcing and cash incentives may help

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contracting private providers of healthcare services and giving cash incentives to patients are two strategies that have been proposed to increase access to healthcare in low income countries. In two new Cochrane Systematic ...


Report says Britain knew of blood risks

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 19, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Documents obtained by the BBC suggest British authorities ignored warnings about the risk of contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s.


Healthcare problems in Britain

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 18, 2007 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new report says one in four facilities operated by Britain's government-run National Health Service isn't complying with basic hygiene standards.


Checking people at airports -- with terahertz radiation

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Within the last few years the number of transport checks – above all at airports – has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it concerns the protection of passengers. Possibilities for new and safe ...


Researchers hack final part of the immune system code

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created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Biocentre at the Technical University of Denmark have managed to decipher the final part of the immune system’s key codes.


Older Australians at risk of sun-related skin cancer death

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new Western Australian study has revealed the mortality from non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), commonly considered less dangerous than melanoma, is affecting older Australians at a worrying rate.


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Mars Rover Team Diagnosing Unexpected Behavior

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit plans diagnostic tests this week after Spirit did not report some of its weekend activities, including a request to determine its orientation ...



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