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Hurricane aftermath: Infectious disease threats from common, not exotic, diseases

In the wake of Katrina, the public health threats from infectious diseases in hurricane-devastated areas are more likely to come from milder, more common infections rather than exotic diseases. These common infections can often be prevented using simple hygiene measures and a little common sense. "Deadly diseases, such as typhoid or cholera, are unlikely to break out after hurricanes and f...

Species unique to tidal marshes face threats

Tidal marshes cover only about 45,000 square kilometers worldwide--about the area of Denmark. In comparison with other habitats, tidal marshes support few nonaquatic vertebrate species, but their unique characteristics have led to the evolution of species and subspecies that are endemic (found nowhere else). These endemic species and subspecies, which seem to be largely restricted to North Americ...

Report warns about carbon dioxide threats to marine life

Worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning are dramatically altering ocean chemistry and threatening marine organisms, including corals, that secrete skeletal structures and support oceanic biodiversity. A landmark report released today summarizes the known effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on these organisms, known as marine calcifiers, and recommends future res...

Threats to wild tigers growing

The wild tiger now occupies a mere 7 percent of its historic range, and the area known to be inhabited by tigers has declined by 41 percent over the past decade, according to an article published in the June 2007 issue of BioScience. Growing trade in folk medicines made from tiger parts and tiger skins, along with habitat loss and fragmentation, is believed to be the chief reason for the losse...

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Fusion 2007: IT threats make risk management paramount

The CEO's head, too. If there was a consistent theme during the , it was that threats are bombarding business organizations from many directions, and risk management has surpassed security as the paramo...

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WHO To Support Public Health Threats

A major step was initiated by World HealthOrganization's (WHO) authority to verify diseaseoutbreaks from all available official and unofficialsources, soon after any outbreak of infectiousdiseases and other threats to international publichealth. In a crucial decision it was decided that whennecessary WHO would carry out a through on-the-spotinvestigations to determine the severity o...

People seek reassurance in facemasks following threats of bird flu epidemic

Although there has been an incredible and alarming rise in human cases of bird flu, causing increasing fear of a global pandemic, there seems to be a strong resolve in the scientific community to combat this impending and much // dreaded pandemic. Concern about bird flu has risen since October 5 when scientists from the U.S. Army and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention repo...

Potential Threats of Bioterrorism

Since 2001, the government and the media have periodically alerted the American people to potential threats of bioterrorism. // Now, a team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found that such messages measurably raise anxiety levels, which could pose adverse health effects. In their findings reported in the current issue of t...

MRSA Threats Due to Overcrowding

It has been reported that in the hospitals run by NHS trusts, more and more people are at a risk of contracting MRSA due to overcrowding//. According to the Daily Telegraph, the bed occupancy rates in these hospitals are much above the Government’s recommended level. Norman Lamb, the health spokesman of the Liberal Democrats said that if the hospitals are crowded, it becomes an uphill...

Cancer Experts Received Threats for Opposing Controversial Drug

Two prominent cancer experts receive e-mail and other forms of threats for opposing the drug Provenge meant for treating prostate cancer. Cancer survivors and advocates however, hold a demonstration on Saturday to urge the FDA to approve the drug. Controversy surrounding GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia also intensifies. The persons responsible for sending the threats are y...

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