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 London (AFP) June 14, 2009 
British authorities confirmed Sunday the first swine flu death outside the Americas, marking a new stage in the spread of the virus which has infected almost 30,000 people worldwide. Three days after the World Health Organisation declared a global pandemic, the government in Scotland said an infected patient who also had "underlying health conditions" had died in hospital. All previous d ... read more 
Granada, Spain (SPX) Jun 05, 2009In the context of the climatic change of the planet, those research works that throw light on global warming are of great interest. That is the case of the studies on atmospheric aerosol, a suspension of solid or liquid particles on a gaseous environment that can contribute to the warming or cooling of the atmosphere. Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado developed his doctoral thesis "Lidar ... more
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New York (UPI) Jun 4, 2009 U.S. medical scientists have determined a new arenavirus is the cause of a hemorrhagic fever outbreak in South Africa and Zambia. Scientists from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the U.S. National Health Laboratory Service, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Roche's 454 Life ... more 
Caen, France (AFP) June 3, 2009A French doctor called Wednesday for facemasks to protect medics from swine flu when President Barack Obama joins D-Day veterans for the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Obama is to lead commemorations attended by thousands of Americans at Saturday's ceremony above Omaha Beach, where more than 9,000 US troops fought and died in June 1944. Already two Americans who are in Normandy ... more  
Paris (AFP) June 2, 2009Astronauts who have no history of bad headaches can be prone to disabling attacks while in space, a phenomenon that suggests "space headaches" deserve a medical category all of their own, neurologists said on Tuesday. Contrary to prevailing theories, headaches in space are not caused by motion sickness, they said. Instead, the problem could lie in an increase in blood flow to the head ... more 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 26, 2009Hong Kong officials Tuesday confirmed the city's 10th case of swine flu, a 56-year-old woman who returned from the United States, local radio reported. The woman was recovering in hospital after seeking treatment following her return from San Francisco with minor symptoms, RTHK said. The latest case came nearly four weeks after officials here confirmed Asia's first case of the A(H1N1) ... more |
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Manila (AFP) May 15, 2009Two policemen were killed and six others injured when lightning struck them in a mountainous area of the northern Philippines, police said Friday. The policemen were struck down as they rested in hammocks slung from tree trunks near the town of Malibcong on Thursday, said Inspector Palmera Domingo. The eight casualties were taken to hospital where two were pronounced dead, he added. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009More than 160 people have been hospitalised and hundreds of others have been sickened in northeastern China in a suspected case of pollution caused by a chemical plant, local media said Thursday. Staff at a plant operated by the Jilin Chemical Fibre Group in Jilin city, as well as residents living nearby, started complaining of headache, nausea, vomiting and general fatigue in late April, th ... more  
Paris (AFP) May 13, 2009Climate change will present the greatest threat to health this century, amplifying the risk of disease, malnutrition and homelessness through floods, drought and rising sea levels, a medical panel said on Thursday. "Even the most conservative estimates are profoundly disturbing and demand action," said the report, compiled over a year by The Lancet medical journal and experts from the Instit ... more 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 11, 2009China confirmed its first mainland case of swine flu Monday and launched a search for the patient's fellow air passengers to prevent the virus spreading in the world's most populous nation. The 30-year-old man surnamed Bao was hospitalised with a fever after arriving in Sichuan province in southwestern China on a flight from the United States via Tokyo and Beijing on Saturday, the Ministry ... more |
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