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Downton Abbey
Blogging with Bill WhiteMy wife gives me control of the TV remote most of the time, which is why we watch so much sports, lowbrow reality shows and old movies. But occasionally, she'll request that we DVR something loftier. That's how we happened...... -
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Bird Flu Coming Back?
FOX 17 NewsBird Flu Coming Back (Source: CNN) The United Nations warned Monday of a possible resurgence of the deadly avian flu virus, saying there are indications a mutant strain may be spreading in Asia. A variant strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, which...Tags: History, Viral Diseases and Infections, Minority Groups, Gaming, Human Body
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Zicam Inventor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Marketing Bird Flu Drug
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The man who invented the cold treatment Zicam has pleaded guilty to trying to sell an unapproved drug for the treatment of bird flu.
57-year old Charles B. Hensley was arrested in June on federal charges of illegally importing...Tags: Charles Lee, Justice System, Punishment, Lawyers, Trials
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Duck DNA might shield farm chickens from flu
Influenza has for years ravaged domesticated chickens. Now scientists suggest that a small piece of duck DNA might protect the farm birds against the virus -- saving commercial flocks and lessening the possibility that humans could be exposed to dangerous...Tags: Mount Sinai, Lungs and Airways, Viral Diseases and Infections, Science, China
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Commentary: Don't panic the people
Special to CNNIn the decorous chambers of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Wednesday a U.S. bureaucrat launched a tsunami of panic that has spread further worldwide than the real tsunami that devastated much of Japan on March 11. In testimony to Congress,...Tags: Barack Obama, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Europe, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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L.A. man convicted of selling homemade medicines for bird flu, TB
L.A. NOWA Los Angeles man was convicted Wednesday on two misdemeanor counts of selling homemade concoctions that supposedly cured bird flu, tuberculosis and other ailments. Sami Arshak Yanikian, 62, used a website to market products that included "Sam's Inhaler... -
South Korea culls animals on huge scale in response to foot-and-mouth disease, avian flu outbreaks
L.A. UnleashedSouth Korea's ongoing epidemics of foot-and-mouth disease and avian flu have led the country's government to call for the culling of animals -- pigs and cows because of foot-and-mouth, chickens and ducks because of avian flu, as well as smaller...... -
South Korean Buddhists pray for animals killed during foot-and-mouth disease epidemic
L.A. UnleashedSEOUL — Hundreds of South Korean Buddhist monks and believers offered prayers Wednesday for more than 1.93 million cows, pigs and other animals that have been put to death in the country's worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The Buddhists endured.... -
Ask Outdoors Girl
Nancy Colvin of Stoneleigh writes: Do you have any idea where the blue jays have gone? Since the avian flu came through here several years ago, it seems that there are few blue jays, though I did see a couple in Westchester County, N.Y., during a recent...Tags: Health, West Nile Virus, Maryland, Diseases and Illnesses
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Exposure to 1918 Spanish flu in the womb had long-lasting effects
Booster ShotsPregnant women, here's another reason to consider getting vaccinated against the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus: Historical data show that men who were exposed to flu in the womb during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic were 23% more likely than the...... -
What's the ideal price for the swine flu vaccine?
Booster ShotsHere’s some advice for public health officials who want to maximize the number of people getting the H1N1 flu shot: Make it free. A study being published in Wednesday’s edition of the British Medical Journal finds that the higher the......
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