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President cautions youth against HIV/AIDS pandemic
104.9 Ssuubi FM
He said that promiscuity is still the main route through which the pandemic spreads and noted that all other ways of preventing the scourge have been observed by the youth but the spread of the pandemic through sex remains the biggest challenge to ...

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Sydney Morning Herald

Study of deadly flu sparks debate amidst fears of new pandemic
Ars Technica
By John Timmer | Published February 3, 2012 2:12 PM The 2009 flu pandemic, although not especially deadly, revealed just how quickly a new influenza virus could elude surveillance and spread internationally. It also left health experts eying the ...
Bird flu mutation sparks fears of deadly pandemicSydney Morning Herald
Live debate airs major divisions in H5N1 research battleCIDRAP
Don't Censor Influenza ResearchNew York Times
Pediatric SuperSite -Voice of America (blog)
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The Associated Press

Mexico health sec: Swine flu way up after low year
The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Swine flu is back in Mexico, the epicenter of a world pandemic three years ago that panicked people around the globe. The country registered more cases of all types of flu and more incidents of the H1N1 strain, originally called ...
Mexico sees surge of swine flu as authorities urge calmGlobalPost

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Focus Taiwan News Channel

Kinmen foot and mouth pandemic worries local cow farmers
Focus Taiwan News Channel
4 (CNA) Kinmen County's cow farmers expressed concern Saturday that the recent foot and mouth pandemic will make their beef unmarketable, while county officials urged the public not to panic. The Council of Agriculture's (COA's) Bureau of Animal and ...

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Lexington Herald Leader

With memories of the 2009 pandemic, Mexico braces for flu season
Los Angeles Times
As it spread to other continents, the outbreak became a pandemic, which was not declared over until August 2010. Today "we know the threat we are facing," said Pablo Kuri Morales, deputy health minister for prevention. "We know the virus.
Swine flu spikes in Mexico after hiatus, but government says cases are within ...Washington Post
Swine flu returns to MexicoDigitalJournal.com
Mexican health officials keep careful eye on Swine flu spikeCBS News

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CTV.ca

Pandemic 2009 H1N1 virus gives wings to avian flu
Nature.com (blog)
Has the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic increased the risk that the H5N1 avian flu virus could evolve to create a human pandemic? That's a possibility raised by the work of Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the main conclusions of which ...
Scientists to Pause Research on Deadly Strain of Bird FluNew York Times
Caution Urged for Mutant H5N1 Avian Flu WorkScientific American
Has bird flu biology opened bioterror box?USA TODAY
CIDRAP -Fox News -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Undead Pandemic Records Tracks For New Album
Metal Underground
UK based blackened death goregrind project Undead Pandemic has revealed the title of its upcoming release. Undead Pandemic's second full-length album will be titled "Nunslut" and the band promises that it will be even more extreme and offensive than ...

French Tribune

Flu Pandemic, Climate Change May Be Linked, Study Says
Huffington Post
A shifting global climate pattern could portend a flu pandemic, and possibly an opportunity to stop the virus early, a study suggests. The link, according to researchers, is weather's influence on the migratory patterns of wild birds, the primary pool ...
Study Links Flu Pandemics to La NiñaVoice of America
La Nina could set stage for next flu pandemic, study findsGlobe and Mail
Under the Weather: How La Niña May Influence the Outbreak of Flu PandemicsTIME (blog)
French Tribune -CBC.ca -Gant Daily
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Study shows how pandemic hit UAE
The National
ABU DHABI // More than 350 people in Abu Dhabi were found to have the H1N1 swine-flu virus during the 2009 global pandemic. Of the 1379 suspected cases recorded across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the Western Region between May and August that year, ...

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Los Angeles Times

Research into mutant flu 'must go on'
The Independent
One of the scientists at the centre of the controversy over the creation a highly dangerous form of bird flu which could cause a devastating human pandemic has denounced attempts by the US Government to censor the research over fears that the findings ...
Researchers defend benefits of mutant flu researchNature.com
The Missing Bird Flu ReportNew York Times
Bird Flu Research Debate Leaves Docs Up in the AirMedPage Today
Sci-Tech Today -Hindustan Times -TopNews New Zealand
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