"WHO Declares First 21st Century Flu Pandemic"
"The World Health Organization declared an influenza pandemic on Thursday and called on governments to prepare for a long-term battle against an unstoppable flu virus."
Source: Reuters, 06/12/2009
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New EPA Procedure Improves Transparency on Air Standards
The Obama EPA partially reverses a Bush-era procedure for setting health-based standards under the Clean Air Act.
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FDA Mulls Putting Public's Health Above Companies' Trade Secrets
NYT: "The goal is to open up a system in which the agency failed to inform the public that a widely prescribed heartburn drug was especially toxic to babies; that a diabetes medicine and a painkiller increased heart attack risks; and that antidepressants increased suicidal thoughts and behavior in children and teenagers."
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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization
Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture
THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
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"Cigarettes Without Smoke, or Regulation"
'Electonic cigarettes, which offer a dose of vaporized nicotine to be inhaled from a tube that looks like a cigarette, may offer a less dangerous way for smokers to quit -- or stay addicted. But the mostly made-in-China devices are largely unstudied and unregulated.
Source: NYTimes, 06/02/2009
"Baucus: Health Care Money To Help Libby Victims"
"A new $6 million federal grant could be the first step toward declaring a public health emergency in asbestos-contaminated Libby, Mont., the state's senior senator said Thursday."
Source: AP, 05/22/2009
WHO Wrangles Over Flu Threat
"WHO chief Margaret Chan warned Monday that the world might be facing the calm before a swine flu storm as she faced pressure from Britain, Japan and other nations not to rush into declaring a pandemic."
Source: AFP, 05/19/2009
Human Health Threats from Animals Are Imported Every Day
About 200 million animals, from more than 190 countries, are imported into the United States every year, according to a team of investigators that published its findings in the May 1, 2009, issue of the journal Science. Many can spread serious diseases.
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"Managing a Flu Threat With Seasoned Urgency"
While the H1N1 "swine" flu has so far turned out to be less severe than feared, the World Health Organization's warning system is based on the extent of a disease's spread. Some are saying the system need changing in order to dial down needless anxiety.
Source: NYTimes, 05/11/2009
NIH Open-Access Policy Celebrates 1st Birthday — Will It Make 2nd?
A year-old National Institutes of Health policy requiring results of taxpayer-funded research articles to be posted online could be reversed by a bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
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