"WHO Declares First 21st Century Flu Pandemic"
"The World Health Organization declared an influenza pandemic on Thursday and called on governments to prepare for a long-term battle against an unstoppable flu virus."
Source: Reuters, 06/12/2009
Health
New EPA Procedure Improves Transparency on Air Standards
The Obama EPA partially reverses a Bush-era procedure for setting health-based standards under the Clean Air Act.
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FDA Mulls Putting Public's Health Above Companies' Trade Secrets
NYT: "The goal is to open up a system in which the agency failed to inform the public that a widely prescribed heartburn drug was especially toxic to babies; that a diabetes medicine and a painkiller increased heart attack risks; and that antidepressants increased suicidal thoughts and behavior in children and teenagers."
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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization
Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture
THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
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"Cigarettes Without Smoke, or Regulation"
'Electonic cigarettes, which offer a dose of vaporized nicotine to be inhaled from a tube that looks like a cigarette, may offer a less dangerous way for smokers to quit -- or stay addicted. But the mostly made-in-China devices are largely unstudied and unregulated.
Source: NYTimes, 06/02/2009
"Baucus: Health Care Money To Help Libby Victims"
"A new $6 million federal grant could be the first step toward declaring a public health emergency in asbestos-contaminated Libby, Mont., the state's senior senator said Thursday."
Source: AP, 05/22/2009
WHO Wrangles Over Flu Threat
"WHO chief Margaret Chan warned Monday that the world might be facing the calm before a swine flu storm as she faced pressure from Britain, Japan and other nations not to rush into declaring a pandemic."
Source: AFP, 05/19/2009
Human Health Threats from Animals Are Imported Every Day
About 200 million animals, from more than 190 countries, are imported into the United States every year, according to a team of investigators that published its findings in the May 1, 2009, issue of the journal Science. Many can spread serious diseases.
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