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Officials, public urged to use latest evidence as guide in H1N1 prevention and protection

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As flu season draws nearer along with the potential for resurgence in H1N1, leading infectious diseases doctors, hospital epidemiologists, and infection preventionists urge officials to base recommendations for the public ...


Mexico City ends swine flu alert, no cases in week (AP)

Mexico City ends swine flu alert, no cases in week

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Mexico City lowered its swine flu alert level from yellow to green on Thursday, and the mayor said "we can relax" now that there have been no new infections for a week.


Mexican students return to class (AP)

Mexican students return to class

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Millions of children, many wearing surgical masks, returned to scrubbed and disinfected classrooms Monday after a nationwide shutdown to curb the spread of swine flu in Mexico. The worldwide toll ...


Flu overhyped? Some say officials 'cried swine' (AP)

Flu overhyped? Some say officials 'cried swine'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Did government health officials "cry swine" when they sounded the alarm on what looked like a threatening new flu? The so-far mild swine flu outbreak has many people saying all the talk about a devastating ...


Swine flu having powerful impact on us

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The new influenza A (H1N1), known as the swine flu, demonstrates the power of people's perceptions of risk. Sales of face masks are breaking all records not only in Mexico but also in Sweden. Hotel guests are being isolated ...


Mexico gets some bustle back after flu shutdown (AP)

Mexico gets some bustle back after flu shutdown

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Traffic is picking up again, cafes are reopening and cleanup crews are getting universities ready to resume classes. Mexico City has some of its customary bustle back, and the president promises life ...


Up to 45 swine flu cases connected to NYC school (AP)

Up to 45 swine flu cases connected to NYC school

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- City officials announced a rising toll of the largest cluster of swine flu cases in the nation Monday as anxious New Yorkers rushed to drug stores to buy face masks in response to a global health ...


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.


Fear, anger and fatalism over swine flu in Mexico (AP)

Fear, anger and fatalism over swine flu in Mexico

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 25, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- The schools and museums are closed. Sold-out games between Mexico's most popular soccer teams are being played in empty stadiums. Health workers are ordering sickly passengers off subways and buses. ...


New method could lead to narrower chip patterns

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have found a novel method for etching extremely narrow lines on a microchip, using a material that can be switched from transparent to opaque, and vice versa, just by exposing it to certain ...


'Voltage Patterning' could be next step in nanostructure lithography

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- "What you want these days is to have precise control of nanostructures. Using masks and optical techniques, it is possible to control how nanostructures grow for use in practical applications," David Field ...


Unmasked and vulnerable

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Donning a face mask is an easy way to boost protection from severe respiratory illnesses such as influenza and SARS, new research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found, but convincing a reluctant public ...




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