 Aspirin Misuse May Have Made 1918 Flu Pandemic Worse
 03.10.2009 11:00  40 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
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The devastation of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is well known, but a new article suggests a surprising factor in the high death toll: the misuse of aspirin. AThe article sounds a cautionary note as present day concerns about the novel H1N1 virus run high. Czytaj więcej »
| US police departments back anti-terror citizen watch
03.10.2009 9:41 29 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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Washington: US city police chiefs are backing an anti-terrorism community watch program to educate more people than ever about what behaviour is truly suspicious and ought to be reported to police. Police Chief William Bratton of Los Angeles, whose department developed the iWATCH program, calls it the 21st century version of Neighborhood Watch. Using brochures, public service announcements and meetings with community groups, iWATCH is designed to deliver concrete advice on how the public can follow the...
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| Bernanke changes tack on systemic risk regulator
(Reuters)
01.10.2009 15:29 22 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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 Reuters - The head of the Federal Reserve adopted a new tone on Thursday over a key plank of the Obama administration's proposed plan for financial regulation reform, saying new oversight powers proposed for the U.S. central bank should be shared with other regulators.
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| Brief Michigan shutdown ends, interim budget OK'd
01.10.2009 15:14 19 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN Associated Press Writer= LANSING, Mich. (AP) â One of the nation's most economically battered states is heading into more fiscal fights after surviving a short-lived government shutdown that ended with an interim budget and lingering uncertainty about more permanent spending cuts. The interim budget avoided state worker layoffs and office closures. It also delayed some tough financial decisions in a state facing a $3 billion shortfall while struggling with the nation's highest unemployment rate, a shrinking auto industry, a high home foreclosure rate and an economy that soured long before the national recession. With the stopgap signed by Democratic Gov. Jennifer...
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| Philippines readies for new storm
01.10.2009 10:31 23 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS People walk through flooded water in Hoi An, Vietnam, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 after Typhoon Ketsana passed. One of the most destructive storms in years extended its deadly path across Southeast Asia, blowing down wooden villages in Cambodia and crushing Vietnamese houses under mudslides after submerging much of the Philippines capital. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chitose Suzuki) MANILA, Philippines - Asia had little respite Thursday from an already brutal storm season, with warnings the next tempest was en route to the Philippines while three nations counted their dead from the previous one, with the toll reaching 383. Officials were preparing compulsory evacuation plans...
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