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[Gibraltarnewsonline.com] Gibraltar News Online: Talk on Gibraltar 1918 Flu Epidemic announced: Larry Sawchuk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Health Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada. He has published a number of scientific articles on the people of Gibraltar and a book dealing with a series of epidemics of cholera and more recently, a book on yellow fever in Gibraltar co-authored with Dr Sam Benady.
[Oregonlive.com] OregonLive.com: Tech Blog: But among fairs, it's the exception. Rochester NY has been trying to rein in ... Says Byerly, "The 1918 flu epidemic most likely will not happen again ...
[Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: Bird flu: update: This blog was not intended to be a bird flu site, but the lack of attention by the major news media in this country suggests frequent updates would be useful to those interested in this subject. Moroever, the response to bird flu is symbolic of the lack of priority given to genuine public health problems by the federal government (in comparison to other issues of lesser importance to the life, health and welfare of its citizens), and symptomatic of the lack of leadership in public health generally. So we will continue to post on it until this seems no longer useful.
[Shaviro.com] The Pinocchio Theory » Blog Archive » The Tipping Point: Gladwell writes about how epidemics are organized around “tipping points”–transition points, at which a very slight change can cause a virus, a behavior, or a syndrome, to move out of the state of equilibrium into one of virulent expansion. The logic applies to how the ‘flu spreads around the Northern Hemisphere every winter; but it also applies to things like how brands of shoes suddenly become popular, how crime or drug use suddenly increases or decreases several orders of magnitude, and how shows like _Sesame Street_ capture children’s attention.
[Scienceblog.com] Science News Blog -- HHS News: For more information about receiving a flu shot covered by Medicare, call toll-free 1-800-638-6833 or visit Medicare's Web site at http://www.medicare.gov [www.medicare.gov ]. For more information about influenza disease and CDC's recommendations for influenza vaccination, call the CDC National Immunization Information Hotline at 1-800-232-2522 (English) or 1-800-232-0233 (Spanish), or visit CDC's Web site at http://www.cdc.gov/nip. For weekly updates on influenza cases during the season, visit http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/weekly.htm.
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