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'Humiliating' treatment by Chinese officials: returned Mexicans
Mexico City (AFP) May 6, 2009Some of 136 Mexicans repatriated from China Wednesday spoke of "discrimination" by Chinese officials who feared they could be carriers of the swine flu virus despite showing no symptoms. "In my case there was discrimination and humiliation," said Myrna Berlanga, one of five repatriated Mexicans who gave a news conference. She complained of the way the Chinese "took us off the plane and ... more Sugar, Spice And Puppy Dog Tails 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 07, 2009A new longitudinal study of children's personality traits and interests tells us that sex-typed characteristics develop differently in girls and boys. The study, by researchers at The Pennsylvania State University, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Purdue University, appears in the journal Child Development. The researchers looked at first- and second-born siblings from nearly ... more China says global flu situation worsening: state media 
Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2009China warned Wednesday it faced a growing risk of swine flu infections despite officials elsewhere saying the virus was on the wane, state media reported. "Chinese medical experts believe the global epidemic situation is still worsening and China has to give continued high attention," Vice Health Minister Zhang Mao told a video conference on the prevention and control of the disease, accordi ... more As flu fears ease, Mexico gets ready to re-open 
Mexico City (AFP) May 6, 2009Mexico emerged Wednesday from a five-day lockdown, reopening businesses and restaurants shuttered by swine flu, as a second death from the virus was recorded over the border in the United States. While the worldwide total of infections approached the 1,500 mark, health officials expressed cautious optimism that the worst was over as they began easing restrictions designed to contain the spre ... more Mexico to end swine flu shutdown as epidemic wanes
Mexico City (AFP) May 4, 2009Mexico was preparing Monday to reopen many businesses and tourist sites closed by its swine flu epidemic after officials said the H1N1 virus which has killed 26 people in the country looked to be under control. But Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova warned that while it appeared "the trend is slowing" for the epidemic, "there could be a resurgence, and that could occur in the next few days o ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) May 04, 2009When you're on a diet, deciding to skip your favorite calorie-laden foods and eat something healthier takes a whole lot of self-control--an ability that seems to come easier to some of us than others. Now, scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered differences in the brains of people who are able to exercise self-control versus those who find it almost ... more China isolates about 50 Mexicans amid flu fears: Mexican envoy
Beijing (AFP) May 3, 2009Forty-nine Mexican nationals were being held in isolation in different parts of China on Sunday even though they showed no symptoms of swine flu, Mexican diplomats in Beijing said. The group included 10 people at a hotel near Beijing's airport, about 30 at a Shanghai hotel and six at a hotel in the southern city of Guangzhou, an official at the embassy told AFP. In the capital, Mexican a ... more Six killed in avalanche in Austrian alps: rescuers 
Vienna (AFP) May 3, 2009Six Czech hikers were killed when they were caught in an avalanche near the ski resort of Soelden in the Austrian Alps, police and rescue services said Sunday. The avalanche happened at 3,000 metres (9,850 feet), around 500 metres below the summit of Schalfkogel, around 4:15 pm (1415 GMT) on Saturday afternoon. Mountain rescuers were immediately alerted by witnesses but were unable to ge ... more SARS legacy haunts swine flu-hit Hong Kong 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 3, 2009The arrival of swine flu in Hong Kong has brought a shiver to the city as it recalls the 2003 SARS outbreak, when fear of the mysterious killer turned the bustling metropolis into a virtual ghost town. The first case of A(H1N1) in Asia was confirmed here on Friday in a visitor from the virus's Mexican epicentre, but even before that the hygiene mania of 2003 had returned. Protective mask ... more |
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Kingston, England (AFP) April 30, 2009A bucolic, sun-dappled island in the river Thames seems an unlikely setting for an environmental and lifestyle standoff -- but that's what green squatters are staging. For the last two months a group of eco-activists have occupied Raven's Ait, a sliver of land just downriver from the world-famous royal palace at Hampton Court, west of London, resisting all efforts to remove them. "It's ... more Virtual mobility for disabled wins Second Life prize 
San Francisco (AFP) May 1, 2009An organization that lets people with disabilities virtually climb mountains and hike trails shared top honors in a first-ever Second Life prize for in-world projects improving real-world lives. Virtual Ability and Studio Wikitecture, which designs buildings in the virtual world launched by Linden Lab in 2003, were declared co-winners of what is to be an annual prize at Second Life. The ... more Avian Flu Research Sheds Light On Swine Flu Outbreak 
College Park MD (SPX) May 01, 2009A recent study by University of Maryland researchers examines the mechanisms underlying transmission of combined avian-human viruses and illustrates how virus outbreaks like that of the current swine flu come about. The study suggests that the ease with which a dangerous avian influenza virus can cause a human flu pandemic may be greater than previously thought. In a study published ... more Analysis: Swine flu reaches Europe 
Berlin, April 28, 2009 European officials are scrambling to protect the continent from a major swine flu outbreak, as first cases were confirmed in Spain and Scotland. Governments in Europe are still far away from a united response on what the World Health Organization says is a "public health emergency of international concern" that may evolve into a global pandemic. Some nations have issued travel wa ... more
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