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Casey Finnerty

In Nigeria, Polio Vaccine Workers Are Killed by Gunmen - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • In a roundabout way, the C.I.A. has been blamed for the Pakistan killings.
  • The killings, with eerie echoes of attacks that killed nine female polio workers in Pakistan in December, represented another serious setback for the global effort to eradicate polio.
  • Since the vaccine ruse in Pakistan, she said, “Frankly, now, I can’t go to them and say, ‘The C.I.A. isn’t involved.’ ”
Casey Finnerty

Hilary Koprowski, Developed Live-Virus Polio Vaccine, Dies at 96 - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Fascinating obituary on the scientist who developed the first attenuated virus vaccine for polio. Surprise! It was not Salk nor Sabin.
anonymous

The Human Brainome Project | Body & Brain | Science News - 0 views

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    Creating new tools that are less invasive to learn more about the brain. These tools can lead to new therapies dealing with drug addicts. This issues with this project is how large it is. It is going to take up a large amount of space and a large amount of money!
anonymous

MDs warn teens: Don't take the cinnamon challenge - 0 views

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    The cinnamon challenge leading to scarring of the lungs and causing teens to use inhalers after participating in the challenge when before an inhaler wasn't needed.
Emma Radzak

Cold sores linked to cognitive decline - 1 views

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    The article says it may just be an interesting phenomenon. I found it interesting that the article pointed out that physical activity significantly reduces the infectious burden and cognitive decline, where if children stay physically active and maintain proper vaccination, it may decline the presence of cognitive decline.
Emma Radzak

China bird flu cases now at 102 - 0 views

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    It is amazing that in less than a month this new strain has spread to over 100. So far it has only effected China, but I wonder when another country will report a case.
Tyrell Varner

Research harnesses solar-powered proteins to filter harmful antibiotics from water - 0 views

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    A new filter made of two bacterial proteins was able to absorb 64% of antibiotics in surface water compared to about 40% absorbed by the currently used filtering technology made of activated carbon. The captured antibiotics can also be harvested from the proteins.
Charles Bach

Why circumcision lowers risk of HIV - 0 views

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    Study shows how important studying the micro biome is. The bacteria on the penis can impact the likelihood HIV will be transmitted and one will be infected.
saraeberhardt

Scientists find interferon, one of the body's own proteins, induces persistent viral in... - 0 views

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    New IFN-I receptor blocking study finds that the body's own anitviral immune response is potentially enhanced. 
Whitney Hopfauf

Gene data show China bird flu mutated 'under the radar' | Fox News - 0 views

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    This is so scary. It is only a matter of time before bird flu is able to spread to humans....
Jeremiah Williamson

Ending pandemics: How close are we? - CNN.com - 0 views

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    Pandemics have spread throughout the world since man has walked the Earth. If we can stop a pandemic before it even starts that could be a huge breakthrough. With early detection easier than ever, this possible. With smallpox already eradicated and polio and guinea worm on its way, we have taken big steps to fight pandemics. In the next few years who knows what other major viruses we could eradicate.
Nate Scheibe

Dozens of Okla. dentist's patients positive for hepatitis - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Health officials in Oklahoma are notifying 57 patients who tested positive for hepatitis C and three patients who tested positive for hepatitis B after visiting oral surgeon W. Scott Harrington's office in Tulsa and a city suburb, according to a joint statement issued Wednesday by the Oklahoma State Department of Health and the Tulsa Health Department.
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  • Dentist's former patient: How could you? "This is a complex investigation," state epidemiologist Kristy Bradley said in the statement. "The next phase will include more in-depth interviews of persons who test positive to determine the likelihood that their exposure is associated with their dental surgical procedure at the Harrington practice. We will certainly continue to keep the public informed as we learn more." Mor
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    A sad follow-up to a story I found earlier in the semester.
Emma Radzak

Superbugs: Unmasking the Threat - 0 views

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    More information about superbugs summarizing how they become resistant to antibiotics, the new classes of antibiotics created to combat them, and what we can do to prevent antibiotic resistance. In the article it listed 12 steps to prevent antibiotic resistance, where it stresses the importance of vaccinations, timely diagnosis, limiting the antibiotics being used, and "breaking the chain" (staying at home when your sick, and washing your hands).
Emma Radzak

The New Bird Flu, and How to Read the News About It - 0 views

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    It is amazing that twitter is becoming a way for the WHO to inform people if it starts tweeting accurate information. Most time flu's seem to be either over exaggerated by media and many people do not know how to interpret a lot of the information that is being given out by places like the CDC and WHO, causing people to panic.
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