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SARS heroine honoured posthumously

Sheela Basrur became the face of public health for the city during the SARS outbreak of 2003.

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Thu Jul 24, 2008

Medical News Today

Recommendations To Limit Effects Of Pandemic Flu On Nursing Homes

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Seniors / Aging ; Caregivers / Homecare Article Date: 22 Jul 2008 - 5:00 PDT The greatest danger in a pandemic flu outbreak is that it could spread quickly and ...

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Wed Jul 23, 2008

Medical News Today

More Investment In International Surveillance Of Infectious Diseases...

Main Category: Public Health Also Included In: Bird Flu / Avian Flu ; Flu / Cold / SARS ; Respiratory / Asthma Article Date: 23 Jul 2008 - 1:00 PDT An influential Lords Committee have today reported that a new ...

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

Forbes.com

The 'Flying Kangaroo' Tries To Stay In Fighting Trim

To cope with skyrocketing oil prices, Australia's "flying kangaroo" is looking to cut costs and slim down.

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Sun Jul 20, 2008

Crofsblogs.typepad.com

Pandemic and risk communications

Here's another must-read from the Annals Medical Academy of Singapore : Risk communications: In search of a pandemic .

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Business Times

Malaysia may raise gaming tax, say research firms

MALAYSIA may raise gaming tax for the first time since 1999 to boost revenue, said several research firms.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Resilience Science

Using the web to track disease outbreaks

HealthMap an interesting global health alert system that was recently accounted in a PLoS Medicine article Surveillance Sans Frontieres: Internet-Based Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence and the HealthMap ...

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, World News, China, Health

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Associated Content

The Culture of Fear in America

Font In the late 1990's, almost two thirds of high school seniors had never used illegal drugs, even marijuana.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Earth Times

Foreign maids in Hong Kong stage protest to demand more money

Around 200 foreign maids working in Hong Kong staged a protest Sunday to demand a bigger pay rise after the government increased their pay by 12.8 US dollars a month.

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

Medical News Today

Pandemic Planning Complicated By Political Borders, Health-Care Issues

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Public Health ; Bird Flu / Avian Flu Article Date: 08 Jul 2008 - 2:00 PDT Panic, staffing issues and geographic boundaries are some of the challenges that ...

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

Today's Chemist At Work

A Second SARS-CoV S2 Glycoprotein Internal Membrane-Active Peptide....

Instituto de Biologi ́ a Molecular y Celular, Campus de Elche, Universidad “Miguel Herna ́ ndez”, E-03202 Elche-Alicante, Spain Received May 5, 2008 Abstract: The severe acute ...

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Related Topix: Spain, World News, Health

Thu Jul 10, 2008

CRM Buyer

HealthMap Crawls the Web to Track Disease Outbreaks

Disease outbreaks don't always send an RSVP before they arrive -- you've really got to look for them, particularly in the early stages.

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Wed Jul 09, 2008

Medical News Today

Report Offers Resources For Home Health Care Response During A Flu Pandemic

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Bird Flu / Avian Flu ; Respiratory / Asthma ; Public Health Article Date: 09 Jul 2008 - 1:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Home ...

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Tue Jul 08, 2008

Manila Times

Filipino physicist wins Asean top

A Filipino physicist who pioneered in the Philippines research on cutting-edge photonics won the top prize in an Association of Southeast Asian Nations Science and Technology competition.

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Mon Jul 07, 2008

hosted Christian Science Monitor | Christian Science Monitor

American visits to Canada hit 36-year low

The summer tourism season has arrived in Old Montreal, but the tourists have not.

The streets, restaurants, and boutiques of this picturesque 18th-century neighborhood are usually crowded with Americans on holiday. But this year, they're eerily quiet, and area businesspeople say this could be the worst year yet for an industry that's taken a beating since 2001.

"Each year there's been a challenge: We had 9/11 and the SARS outbreak, the exchange rate, and high gas prices," says Gisele Beauvais Olivier as she arranges Quebecois ceramics in her boutique on Rue St Paul. "Americans are very good customers who appreciate handicrafts, but they are not here as usual."

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Related Topix: Health, Canada, Travel, Canada Travel

IT Reseller

New palm reader marks next step in the evolution of contactless biometric technology

The Rimax Staff On Time Palm Scan is being unveiled today, marking an industry first in biometric technology.

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Sun Jul 06, 2008

MediLexicon

Medicago Receives Contribution From NRC-IRAP For Seasonal Flu Vaccine Program

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 06 Jul 2008 Medicago Inc.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

Journal of Biochemistry

The Nucleocapsid Protein of SARS-CoV Induces Transcription of hfgl2...

Tel: +86 27 83662391, Fax: +86 27 83662391, E-mail: qning{at}tjh.tjmu.edu.cn Received February 4, 2008; Accepted March 11, 2008 Abstract Fibrin deposition was universal in the lungs of SARS patients and fgl2 ...

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

South China Morning Post

AmCham organised 'Fest, not me, says Mike Rowse

Mike Rowse, the career civil servant at the centre of the HarbourFest debacle, denied he was ever charged with organising the ambitious series of concerts, saying it was the responsibility of the American ...

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

Reuters

Deadliest malaria cases on rise in UK: study

LONDON - An increase in Britons traveling to malaria-infested countries has steadily increased the number of imported cases of the disease over the past 20 years, researchers said on Friday.These ...

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Medicine, Malaria, Health

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