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Scientists Find H1N1 Flu Virus Prevalent in Animals in Africa
September 23, 2011 — Life scientists have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs studied had been exposed to the ... > full story -
Racing Against Time: New Tool Available for Rapidly Rescuing Those Trapped Beneath Concrete
September 21, 2011 — When the World Trade Center's Twin Towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2011, one of the most critical challenges that first responders faced was cutting through concrete to get to victims trapped. A new ... > full story -
Fukushima: Reflections Six Months on
September 19, 2011 — When the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, the world witnessed the largest nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl ... > full story -
2009 H1N1 Pandemic Flu More Damaging to Lungs, Opens Opportunities for Bacterial Infection
September 19, 2011 — Many of the people who died from the new strain of H1N1 influenza that broke out in 2009 were suffering from another infection as well: pneumonia. A new study reveals how the two infections, pandemic ... > full story -
Expanding Flu Vaccinations to Older Children Reduces Emergency Visits for Flu-Like Illnesses by 34 Percent, Study Suggests
September 19, 2011 — Vaccinating children aged two to four years against seasonal influenza resulted in a 34 percent decline in flu-like illnesses, a new study ... > full story -
Cities to Grab Lands Equaling Size of Mongolia In Next 20 Years, Study Predicts
September 15, 2011 — In the next 20 years, more than 590,000 square miles of land globally -- more than twice the size of Texas -- will be gobbled up by cities, a trend that shows no signs of stopping and one that could ... > full story -
Researchers Map the Global Spread of Drug-Resistant Influenza
September 14, 2011 — In the new movie "Contagion," fictional health experts scramble to get ahead of a flu-like pandemic as a drug-resistant virus quickly spreads, killing millions of people within days after they ... > full story -
Flu Vaccines for Nursing Home Workers Effective in Reducing Outbreaks, Study Finds
September 12, 2011 — Higher flu vaccination rates for health care personnel can dramatically reduce the threat of flu outbreak among nursing home residents, according to a new ... > full story -
Honduran Earthquake of 2009 Destroyed Half of Coral Reefs of Belizean Barrier Reef Lagoon
September 12, 2011 — Earth's coral reefs have not been faring well in recent decades, facing multiple threats from pollution, disease, elevated water temperatures, and overfishing. Often referred to as the "rainforests ... > full story -
Breath and Sweat Used to Detect Trapped Humans
September 12, 2011 — Molecules in their breath, sweat and skin have been used to detect humans in a simulation of a collapsed building, raising the prospect of portable sensors for use in real-life situations, such as ... > full story
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