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87Spanish Flu: historical event or precursor of H5N1 Bird Flu?
The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic killed 25-50 million people. H5N1 appears to have a mortality rate c.50%, although milder infections might not be reported. At the moment, it can't be transmitted directly from person to person. If it mutated, a pandemic is a real risk.
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66Disaster News
Disasters happen in America everyday. Given the amount of information Americans receive everyday, it is very easy to stop paying attention. However, the force, magnitude, placement, and geographic location of...
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82Swine Flu - Don't Panic
Recent outbreak of swine flu has resulted in a flu panic like the swine flu panic of 1976. Before we scream flu pandemic, there are several considerations to be made including flu prevention and the questions about flu vaccines.
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78Famous Serial Killers-Fritz Haarmann
Clinical vampirism is what most physiologists now say was the main mental disorder of Fritz Haarmann. Haarmann was institutionalized at one point in a mental hospital but he escaped. And for those of you who...
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47The Flu That Killed More People Than World War One
It is record that were 16 Million lives lost in World War I. With amount of carnage it is no smail wonder that they call it the Great War or the War to end All Wars. Of course we know that their were worst...
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63H1N1 Hits Home: Takes the Life of a 9-Year Old Girl in Concord, CA
As of June 5th, CIDRAP had reported 27 U.S. fatalities related to the H1N1 virus (http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/index.html). A recent tragic case has hit extremely close to home....
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73Remedies for swine flu
In April 09, swine flu was detected in Mexico; thereafter it spread over the world in almost 168 countries as of now. People got infected and finished off very fast. This is a highly epidemic/pandemic...
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61Swine Flu Scare!
Swine Flu Scare! News about swine flu has been reported practically everywhere, everyday and in different medium of communication. But what do we really know about this so called deadly virus? Are we...
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45KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY
It is difficult to say who is an expert in history or not. The problem is that current history will be judge years or decades later. Soviet, German, USA history was rewritten. It depends who is in...
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69Immunize Yourself - Get the Flu
Years ago, when I asked my son’s pediatrician about flu vaccines, she said they were contraindicated for the boys as well as myself. Young healthy people, she claimed, were better off getting the flu,...
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