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http://artiloop.blogspot.com [Articulatory Loop - Read, Repeat, Remember] While the young, old, and immunocompromised are most at risk, a nasty strain (like the Avian Flu) can take out many healthy people too. We've known for some time that our epidemic response capabilities in the US are sorely lacking, but even under the alleged spectre of bioterrorism, BushCo hasn't demonstrated any interest in improving things.

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Eamonn.comhttp://www.eamonn.com [Eamonn.com] Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day: In Battelle's words: "FM Publishing will employ a pretty simple three-pronged technology platform consisting of a console/dashboard for bloggers, another for marketers, and a database of inventory and rules which ties the two together (we'll also have an ad serving platform, of course)." And the philosophy underpinning all this? "In the Web 2.0 world, it matter less that you have a major media company behind you, what matters is if your voice and point of view are considered valuable by your audience.

Vaccinationnews.com[Vaccinationnews.com] Picks of the day archives: ►February 3, 2005 - MedImmune's Product Sales Surpass $1 Billion for First Time - Recent Highlights * 2004 Product sales grew 13 percent to $1.12 billion * Sales of Synagis(R) increased 13 percent in the 2004 fourth quarter and 11 percent for all of 2004 * Dosing complete in Phase 3 trials for CAIV-T, next-generation of FluMist(R) * Two Phase 3 trials initiated for Numax(TM) * Preliminary data analysis encouraging for Vitaxin(R) Phase 2 melanoma study * Amended licensing agreement signed with GlaxoSmithKline for human papillomavirus vaccines in Phase 3 development at GlaxoSmithKline and Merck * Investigational New Drug application filed for RSV/PIV-3 vaccine * Antibodies to interferon-alpha and the type 1 interferon receptor 1 for use in autoimmune diseases licensed from Medarex - PRNewswire-FirstCall via http://interestalert.com

[Warmwell.com] inbox new: Although it sounds alarmist, the balanced view is that we are overdue a major pandemic " says Professor Roy Anderson in the Observer. However, Reuters reports that " the World Health Organization says it has seen no evidence so far to suggest the virus is changing into a form that could be transmitted easily from one human to another."

Node707.com[Node707.com] Just a Bump in the Beltway: June 2005 Archives: Championed by progressive activists, media advocates, nearly 100 Democratic members of Congress, liberal radio hosts and bloggers, ombudsmen, a handful of columnists and an army of newspaper readers -- who have flooded editors with letters demanding that the story be reported -- the British memo continues to enjoy a peculiar afterlife. A small band of protesters, led by a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, even held a sidewalk vigil outside a Tampa, Fla., television station over the weekend, demanding that it "Air the truth!" about the memo.

[Paulmusgrave.com] Paul Musgrave Dot Com: World News Digests Archives: "NIH's bioterrorism budgets have jumped from $53 million in 2001 to $1.7 billion in 2005," Post writes. But it's still a challenge to get Big Pharma to make big investments in bioterror, which has far smaller profits than drugs for heart disease and so on.

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