News tagged with epidemiological situation

No evidence to raise pandemic flu alert level to phase six: WHO + Latest snapshot of swine flu crisis

The World Health Organisation on Thursday said there was no evidence to suggest that it should raise a pandemic flu alert from phase five to the highest level of six.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Sensing the deep ocean

(PhysOrg.com) -- Futuristic robots may be coming soon to an ocean near you. Sensorbots are spherical devices equipped with biogeochemical sensors, that promise to open a new chapter in the notoriously challenging ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lethal Atlantic Virus found in Pacific Salmon

The highly contagious marine influenza virus, Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has for the first time been officially reported after being found in the Pacific on B.C.’s central coast.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Breathless in the Megacity

Megacities offer the enticing prospect of employment and the benefits of an urban infrastructure – but they also expose their inhabitants to high levels of air pollution. Together with an Indian Partner ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Stray-bullet shootings most often harm innocents

In the first nationwide study of stray-bullet shootings, Garen Wintemute, professor of emergency medicine and director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center, quantifies ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Mobile phones 'don't cause cancer': yet another study

Scientific evidence goes increasingly against the theory that mobile phones cause cancer, a new study has concluded.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 02, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Quality of parent-toddler relationship could affect risk for childhood obesity

Toddlers who do not have a secure emotional relationship with their parents, and particularly their mothers, could be at increased risk for obesity by age 4 ½, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mexican migrants to the US risk 'clinically significant' mental-health problems, study finds

Mexican migrants to the U.S. risk "clinically significant" mental-health problems, study finds.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Last resort' antibiotics use on the rise, study shows

A large, multi-year study of antibiotic use in Veterans Health Administration's acute care facilities demonstrates dramatically increased use of carbapenems, a powerful class of antibiotics, over the last five years. These ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

To meet, greet or retreat during influenza outbreaks?

When influenza pandemics arrive, the specter of disease spread through person-to-person contact can mean that schools close, hand sanitizer sales rise, and travellers stay home. But is severing social and business interactions ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

International Diabetes Federation supports surgery to treat diabetes

Bariatric surgery should be considered earlier in the treatment of eligible patients to help stem the serious complications that can result from diabetes, according to an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) position statement ...

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created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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