New bird flu cases suggest the danger of pandemic is rising

Posted by Matt in April 18th, 2009 | no comment

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Infections in Egypt raise scientists’ fears that virus will be spread by humans
First the good news: bird flu is becoming less deadly. Now the bad: scientists fear that this is the very thing that could make the virus more able to cause a pandemic that would kill hundreds of millions of people.
This paradox – emerging [...]

New bird flu cases suggest the danger of pandemic is rising

Posted by Matt in April 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disease, Bird Flu, Bird Flu Virus, Black Death, Britons, Egypt, Epicentre, Fears, Flu, Flu Cases, H5n1, Mutation, New Bird, Pandemic, Paradox, Person To Person, Plague, Scientists

Infections in Egypt raise scientists’ fears that virus will be spread by humans
First the good news: bird flu is becoming less deadly. Now the bad: scientists fear that this is the very thing that could make the virus more able to cause a pandemic that would kill hundreds of millions of people.
This paradox – emerging [...]

At least 100 dead as powerful quake hits southwest China

Posted by Matt in May 12th, 2008 | no comment

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A powerful earthquake struck Monday close to densely populated areas of southwestern China, flattening schools and homes and killing more than 100 people, according to early estimates.
The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, was felt in cities across a swathe of southeast Asia including the Thai capital Bangkok, more than 1,800 [...]