News tagged with swine flu transmission
School closure could reduce swine flu transmission by 21 percent
A survey carried out in eight European countries has shown that closing schools in the event of an infectious disease pandemic could have a significant role in reducing illness transmission. Researchers writing in the open ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 27, 2009 |
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Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu
(AP) -- Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms - have failed ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Jeepers creepers: Climate change threatens endangered honeycreepers
As climate change causes temperatures to increase in Hawaii's mountains, deadly non-native bird diseases will likely also creep up the mountains, invading most of the last disease-free refuges for honeycreepers - a group ...
May 26, 2009 |
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WHO eyes swine flu transmision rates, new vaccine
(AP) -- Health experts are looking very closely at the spread of swine flu among people in Spain, Britain and Japan, a WHO official said Sunday as Japan reported a one-day explosion of over 70 new cases, ...
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May 17, 2009 |
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