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Rare Asian bird takes "wrong turn," lands in Tennessee - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:03 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
Migratory birds can carry the bird flu virus, but only domestic birds get sick. Bird flu has recently reemerged in Japan. Should we be concerned when a migratory bird from Asia is discovered in the U.S.?
Bird flu researchers fear gov't block may stall scientific progress - HealthPop - CBS News
Seeded on Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:47 PM EST (CBS News)
Does the risks involve in this research outweigh the risks involved in not doing it? Do you think our government is doing the right thing trying to censor the research results?
US, allies try to report Syria to UN on nuke issue - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Wed Jun 8, 2011 9:54 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
VIENNA – The United States and its allies pushed ahead Wednesday with efforts to bring Syria before the U.N. Security Council for failure to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, despite opposition from China and Russia.
Fed chief open to new steps to keep recovery going
Seeded on Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:39 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday the economic outlook remains "unusually uncertain," and the central bank is ready to take new steps to keep the recovery alive if the economy worsens.
A suggestion for rebuilding our economy
Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:27 PM EDT
To stimulate our economy, I was thinking why don't we bring back the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps). During the Great Depression young people left home looking for work because there wasn't enough food to go around at home and they couldn't afford a home of their own.
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China's Nuclear Exports and Assistance to Iran
Seeded on Fri Jul 2, 2010 1:43 PM EDT ()
Chinese nuclear exports and assistance to Iran have been a major issue of controversy in Sino-US relations.
China welcomes Gates visit at appropriate time
Seeded on Thu Jul 1, 2010 7:20 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
BEIJING – China said Thursday that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is welcome to visit at an appropriate time, just weeks after it rejected a proposed trip by him.
Google scrambles to save Internet license in China
Seeded on Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:28 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
BEIJING – China is threatening to revoke Google's business license over the company's decision to redirect Chinese traffic to computers in Hong Kong that are not governed by the communist government's censorship practices.
China, Taiwan to sign trade pact tying 2 economies
Seeded on Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:56 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer Alexa Olesen, Associated Press Writer – 25 mins ago BEIJING – China and Taiwan prepared Tuesday to sign a trade deal that binds their economies closer and that Beijing hopes could lead to political accommodation six decades after the …
Russia: Not involved in Georgia uranium seizure
Seeded on Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:07 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
VIENNA – Russia on Thursday angrily rejected accusations by Georgia's president linking Moscow to a case of attempted uranium smuggling and suggested he was lying, in a new flare-up of tensions between the hostile neighbors.
Population Numbers, Projections, Graphs and Data
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:07 PM EDT (SUSPS)
World population continues to increase. With current world population now over 6 billion people, there is significant pressure for excess population to migrate from more densely populated countries to those less populated.
Nearly Half of People Hospitalized With H1N1 Were Previously Healthy
Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:37 AM EDT (FOXNews.com)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 The largest U.S. analysis of hospitalized adult swine flu patients has found almost half were healthy people who did not have asthma or any other chronic illnesses before they got sick.
Study: H1N1 World's Dominant Strain of Flu, Easily Overtakes Other Flu Viruses
Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:29 AM EDT (FOXNews.com)
Put swine flu in a room with other strains of influenza and it doesn't mix into a new superbug — it takes over, researchers reported Tuesday.
Gov'ts Worry About H1N1 Vaccine Contracts
Seeded on Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:25 PM EDT (CBS News)
(AP) An ugly scramble is brewing over the swine flu vaccine - and when it becomes available, Britain, the United States and other nations could find that the contracts they signed with pharmaceutical companies are easily broken.
H1N1 flu causes unusual damage to lungs - studies
Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:42 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Thu Oct 15, 2:20 pm ET WASHINGTON Reuters) – The new pandemic H1N1 flu may cause blood clots and other unusual damage in the lungs and doctors need to be on the lookout, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Hidden Cases of Swine Flu?
Seeded on Sat Sep 5, 2009 3:25 AM EDT (healthinfo.dk)
What is the point in statistics when it is based on an image that someone wants to present?
China's General plans to conquer U.S.
Seeded on Fri Sep 4, 2009 9:42 PM EDT (Jeff Rense Program)
"Comrades, I'm very excited today, because the large-scale online survey sina.com that was done for us showed that our next generation is quite promising and our Party's cause will be carried on.
H1N1 Virus in soap dispensers? Please Read!
Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:24 AM EDT
I'm sure you've all read about the town in mexico who feels the H1N1 virus started at a near by pig farm.
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Pentagon questions growing Chinese military power
Seeded on Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:33 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is questioning how China intends to use its rapidly expanding military power, including what it calls some "disruptive military technologies."
Mystery hum puzzles geologists
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:08 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
Geologists have detected a new continuous seismic signal in the Earth, but its cause is anybody's guess Listen closely, and you'll hear the Earth humming - in not just one note, but two. The source of this second signal is a mystery.
Many Americans Fall Short on Their Vitamin D
Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:55 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
MONDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Over the course of two decades, vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans, a new study finds.
Crisis 'nothing' compared to climate change: Prince Charles
Seeded on Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:12 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – The current global financial crisis is "nothing" compared to the impact of climate change, Prince Charles warned Thursday as he called for urgent environmental protection measures.
Climate change effects seen in Antarctic winds
Seeded on Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:10 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON – Changing wind patterns linked to global warming are altering the food chain in Antarctica and may lead to further increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Resistance to flu drug widespread in U.S.
Seeded on Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:23 PM EDT (Yahoo! Health)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Virtually all cases of the most common strain of flu circulating in the United States now resist the main drug used to treat it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday.
Growing Acid Problem Thins Shells of Ocean Creatures
Seeded on Sun Mar 8, 2009 8:13 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Scientists have started to see some of the expected effects of Earth's increasing carbon dioxide burden: The shells of microscopic animals in the ocean are becoming thinner thanks to the ocean's absorption of some of that excess carbon dioxide, a new study shows.
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WHO: Bird flu research raises safety questions
The World Health Organization is warning that dangerous scientific information could fall into the wrong hands after U.S. government-funded researchers engineered a form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus more easily transmissible between humans.
In hot water: Ice Age findings forecast problemsThe first comprehensive study of changes in the oxygenation of oceans at the end of the last Ice Age (between about 10 to 20,000 years ago) has implications for the future of our oceans under global warming. The study, which was co-authored by Eric Galbraith, of McGill's Depar …
Oklahoma baby is 3rd sickened by rare bacteria
An Oklahoma baby is the third infant this month sickened by a rare type of bacteria sometimes associated with tainted powdered infant formula.
- New Bird Flu Details Too Dangerous To Publish?
The avian flu is one of the scariest pathogens that is on the horizon and its transmissibility in mammals is a step toward transmissibility in human populations.
- New bird flu variant found in dead seals-H3N8 a bird flu variant never before seen in seals.
After 162 dead harbor seals washed up on New England's shores, scientists believe they have found the cause: a bird flu variant never before seen in seals. The strain, known as H3N8, was found in the bodies of five harbor seals that had washed up on the New Hampshire shoreline, …
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