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 Budapest (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 
Hungarian authorities declared a national swine flu epidemic on Wednesday as the number of reported cases jumped by over 30 percent in a week. "We have stepped over the threshold: the flu epidemic has started in Hungary," chief medical officer Ferenc Falus told a press conference. "Last week, 22,000 people sought medical help with flu symptoms, which is 32 percent more than in the ... read more
London (AFP) Nov 18, 2009Many Britons are refusing to have swine flu vaccinations because of concerns about side effects and the general perception that it is a mild illness, a newspaper for doctors reported on Wednesday. A survey of 107 general practitioners (GPs) by Pulse newspaper reported particular difficulties persuading pregnant women to have the vaccine, with one GP estimating as few as one in 20 were happy ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Austin TX (SPX) Nov 17, 2009For the fourth time this year, NASA's Shuttle fleet is carrying a series of experiments being conducted by Austin-based Astrogenetix, a commercial biotech company created to use microgravity to develop the foundation of new medicines. Payload on Space Shuttle Atlantis Flight STS-129 will consist of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) microbes in search of a target for a ... more  
Ames, Iowa (UPI) Nov 16, 2009 U.S. scientists say they have created software that can convert flat medical scans into 3-D images that can be shifted, adjusted, zoomed and replayed at will. The researchers, Iowa State University Professor James Oliver and Associate Professor Eliot Winer, say their software can use data from computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scans to assist physicians in planning ... more  
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Nov 12, 2009 The six astronauts who will be aboard space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-129 mission began their pre-launch activities at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday. The astronauts, who were under medical quarantine at the Johnson Space Center in Houston this week, were to arrive Thursday afternoon at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the launch countdown officially beginning Friday at 1 p.m ... more |
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Davis CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2009California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to a new study by UC Davis doctoral student Jessica Oster and geology professor Isabel Montanez. The finding, which comes from analyzing stalagmites from Moaning Cavern in the central Sierra Nevada, was published in the journal Earth and Planetary ... more  
Ulu Geroh, Malaysia (AFP) Nov 9, 2009Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia blooms the world's biggest flower -- a massive fleshy orb designed by nature to attract insects by mimicking the colour and stench of rotting meat. The bizarre bloom, named Rafflesia after famed British colonialist Sir Stamford Raffles who stumbled across one in Borneo in 1818, is under threat from deforestation and harvesting for traditional medicine. ... more  
Fort Hood, Texas (AFP) Nov 7, 2009US President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service here this week to honor victims of the shooting rampage on the military base in which 13 people died, the White House said Saturday. Investigators were meanwhile working around the clock to uncover the motives of the Muslim US army doctor suspected in the killings that also wounded 30 people. Criminal investigators were poring over ... more |
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