The growing Danger from the Zoonoses.

Posted on April 23, 2008 by birdflunewsflash

Zoonoses are defined by the WHO as “Diseases and infections which are naturally transmitted between vertebrate animals and man”.
 

In an article in the scientific American today, David Biello says that the best way to beat bird flu and other zoonotic diseases, he says, is to keep humans and wildlife healthy.
 
A zoonotic agent may be a bacterium, [...]

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The Great American Hope Trick

Posted on April 13, 2008 by birdflunewsflash

It is always good to hope.
Leaders such as JFK and Dr King have shown the world, the meaning of hope by their actions.
But over the recent years, words like hope and patriotism, honor, honesty, integrity, sincerity have shown to be any thing but what they are supposed to be.
There was the patriotism act, which at [...]

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