Tracking cell phone use could help curb epidemics -- study

Tracking demographic movement through cell phone usage can potentially curtail spread of communicable diseases, researchers found." Scientists searching for patterns in seemingly random human movements have found that people, in the aggregate, go about their daily lives with...

UN chief hails decision to focus on climate change meeting in Bali

""It is more and more connected with issues at the top of the United Nations agenda, from terrorism and conflict to natural disasters, epidemics, poverty and climate change," Ban said. He commended the Assembly for...

Doomsday seed bank gears up for business

"OSLO, Norway - Refrigeration units on Friday begin cooling a new doomsday vault dug into an already frigid Arctic mountainside to protect the world's seeds in case of a global catastrophe.  Norway blasted the...

Indonesia dismisses human-to-human bird flu report

"Indonesia's Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari said the research findings had "misled the public". "It's pure logic... If there had been human-to-human transmission, it would have already swept the country and...

Top 10 Viruses Of 2006

"The absence of large-scale virus epidemics has, once again, been the most notable characteristic of the year. In fact, the list of frequently detected viruses during 2006 has varied little throughout the year. This does not mean, however, that there is a lower risk of...

World AIDS Day Brings Large Numbers & Many Messages

From India to Canada the world & its leaders are thinking about AIDS today. I started thinking about AIDS, and what it means to me. I must have been around 8 when my mother told me the friend we occasionaly had...

New theory for mass extinctions (Geological Society of America)

A new theory on just what causes Earth's worst mass extinctions may help settle the endless scientific dust-up on the matter. Whether you favor meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions, cosmic rays, epidemics, or some...

The theory of broken windows

This is a review of Malcom Glawdell's book, The Tipping Point, a reference in communications and marketing

Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed.  Thousands of people died each week and...

Virtual Pandemic: 90 Days to Infect Entire U.S.

Animated computer map shows the speed of the H5N1 avian flu virus spreading in the human population. 90 days to reach every corner of the United States.

Bird Flu News - H5N1 News

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Internet game provides breakthrough in predicting the spread of epidemics, re...

"Internet game provides breakthrough in predicting the spread of epidemics, report scientists"

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