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Epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency sweeping the world

Posted by Matt in March 13th, 2010 | no comment 
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There is an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency sweeping across our modern world, and it’s an epidemic of such depth and seriousness that it makes the H1N1 swine flu epidemic look like a case of the sniffles by comparison. Vitamin D deficiency is not only alarmingly widespread, it’s also a root cause of many other [...]

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Swine flu wanes, but experts say pandemic strain could reemerge – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 22nd, 2010 | no comment 
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The “Spanish flu” of 1918 had four waves of greatly differing deadliness, spread over two years. The “Asian flu” of 1957, like the current H1N1 strain, had a late-spring and a fall wave — followed by a third in late winter of 1958. It then took a year off before peaking again in 1960. The [...]

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A note for the next pandemic: Face masks might be the way to go after all | Los Angeles Times

Posted by Matt in January 21st, 2010 | no comment 
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Wear the face mask? Don’t wear the face mask? The question may seem moot now — what with a decline in H1N1 cases and pharmacies now publicly trumpeting the availability of vaccine against the influenza strain — but a few months back, it was anything but academic.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have been studying [...]

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Incurable Tuberculosis Is Making a Comeback – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in December 28th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Disease, Favorites, , , , , , , , , , , ,

But while First World philanthropists and rock-star do-gooders were out to conquer AIDS and malaria, they left a far more ancient killer to fester. Tuberculosis has been traced back as far as the Egyptian mummies. It still kills 5,000 people every day—more people than swine flu has killed in the past year. And right now, [...]

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H1N1 Flu Pandemic: New Wave in 2010? – TIME

Posted by Matt in December 10th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Disease, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The question now on health officials’ minds is: Will there be a second wave of cases in the new year? The answer depends on whom you ask. “We took an informal poll of about a dozen of some of the world’s leading experts in influenza,” Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control [...]

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Ten apocalyptic theories on ‘The End of the World’ on December 21, 2012 | Momento 24

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Disasters, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Virologist Maria Zambón Health Protection Agency’s Influenza Laboratory, UK – Global pandemic – “Over the last century we have had 4 major flu epidemics, along with AIDS and SARS, the severe acute respiratory syndrome, which has extended the use of surgical masks in China and Asia. Massive pandemics plague the world each century and [...]

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Flu Threat Looms As Mecca Readies For Pilgrims : NPR

Posted by Matt in November 7th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Disease, Islam, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Anxious health officials in Saudi Arabia say that for the first time in recorded history, a global pandemic could affect the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. The H1N1 virus is a major concern for authorities in Saudi Arabia, who are gearing up to host some 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims from 160 countries later [...]

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Plague: A New Thriller of the Coming Pandemic | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in November 1st, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Disease, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The best-selling author of Outbreak has an exclusive tale for FP about a catastrophe of global proportions. And by the way, it’s not fiction.
Today, there is a crying need for a new such socially conscious novel to shake up the complacent public about the high risk of an imminent, serious pandemic. And I don’t mean [...]

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10 Gadgets To Protect You From The Fall’s Swine Flu Pandemic

Posted by Matt in September 26th, 2009 | no comment 
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Doorhandles in public places could be breeding grounds for the swine flu virus. This simple germ handler hook will make quick work of it without actual physical contact.
10 Gadgets To Protect You From The Fall’s Swine Flu Pandemic

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H1N1 Pandemic Virus Does Not Mutate Into ‘Superbug’ In Lab Study

Posted by Matt in September 1st, 2009 | no comment 
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A laboratory study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that some of the worst fears about a virulent H1N1 pandemic flu season may not be realized this year, but does demonstrate the heightened communicability of the virus.
H1N1 Pandemic Virus Does Not Mutate Into ‘Superbug’ In Lab Study

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