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[Effect Measure] Tasers killing more people: In the days before "bird flu every time, all the time," and about the time EM started, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released a report expressing concern about the increasing use of tasers in the US, documenting about 70 taser-associated deaths in people hit by this "non-lethal" weapon in North America. Many of the fatalities also were individuals under the influence of drugs or alcohol, so coroners tended to discount the role of the taser in the sudden deaths, although there was increasing concern that the tasers were combining with drugs or alcohol to cause the deaths.
[Modern Tribalist] HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and bird flu spread... : Government policies in Burma that restrict public health and humanitarian aid have created an environment where AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria and bird flu (H5N1) are spreading unchecked, according to a report by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In that report authors Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH, director of the Bloomberg School's Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Luke Mullany, PhD, Voravit Suwanvanichkij, MD, MPH and Nicole Franck, MHS, document the spread of these infectious diseases, which if left unchecked, could pose a serious health threat to other Southeast Asia nations and the world.
[Deep Keel» Cutting through the turbulent waters of blog commentary and analysis.] Permanent Link to Are You Prepared for the Bird... : With the Bird Flu already spreading like wildfire throughout Africa where it will fester and mutate without anyone hardly even knowing it is there, much less act to prevent the spread, the chances seem much more likely that it will eventually mutate into a form easily transmissable by humans.
[Cheap-ass guy for the Poor Guy] Endangered Law By Ted Williams: A snippet of a web-essay from The Sierra Club: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was an awakening--humankind's first serious expression of an ecological conscience and its first and, so far, best major effort to preserve the planet's genetic wealth. The law has been a beacon for the world, inspiring nations and
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[Disinformation :: The gateway to the underground - news, politics, conspiracy and weirdness.] Chillies Turn Up The Heat On Tumours: 'The same component of jalapeño peppers that makes them burn the tongue also appears to kill prostate cancer cells. Prostate tumours in mice treated with the compound, called capsaicin, shrank to one-fifth the size of those in non-treated mice, found a new study.
[Bird-flu-blog.blogspot.com] Bird-Flu-Blog: Since February, the virus has cut a wide swath across the globe, felling tens of thousands of birds in Nigeria, Israel, India, Sweden and elsewhere. Health officials in the United States say bird flu is likely to arrive in North America this year, carried by wild birds migrating thousands of miles to their summer breeding grounds.'...more
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[Scienceblog.com] AIDS, TB, malaria and bird flu spread unchecked in Burma | Science ...: "With the global spread of bird flu, there is a fear that if a human form of H5N1 were to take hold in Burma, it could potentially spread unchecked for weeks or months before anyone knew about it. Uncontrolled spread of any disease, especially an emerging disease like H5N1, poses a serious health threat to Burma's populous neighbors, like China and India, as well as the rest of the world."
[Healthdiaries.com] Bird Flu News: Germany confirmed Wednesday that two dead swans found on the island of Rugen in the Baltic Sea tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu. The virus, which originated in Asia, has been transmitted from birds to at least 165 humans worldwide, killing 91, according to the World Health Organization.
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