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  • December 2007

    • Humans Evolving at Warp Speed

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 11, 07 3:59 AM CST

      Humans Evolving at Warp Speed

      (Newser) - The pace of human evolution switched to the fast track when people began forming agrarian societies 10,000 years ago, researchers have discovered. Scientists had theorized that evolution would slow as challenges to survival waned, but the opposite appears to be the case with changes occurring surprisingly quickly, the Los Angeles Times reported. More »

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      disease  • evolution  • genes  • population  • malaria  • genetic mutation  • human evolution  • milk

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • AIDS Came to US From Haiti Years Before It Was ID'd: Study

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 30, 07 4:12 AM CDT

      AIDS Came to US From Haiti Years Before It Was ID'd: Study

      (Newser) - The AIDS virus reached America through Haiti, not directly from Africa, and far earlier than has been suspected—the 1960's, not the early 1980's, researchers have discovered. Scientists analyzed 25-year-old blood samples and used what they know of the virus' mutations to construct a rough timeline of the progression of the disease, according to the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . More »

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      United States  • disease  • AIDS  • HIV  • Haiti  • virus  • epidemic

    • White House Scrubbed CDC's Climate Speech

      Associated Press  |  Oct 24, 07 5:41 PM CDT

      White House Scrubbed CDC's Climate Speech

      (Newser) - The White House halved prepared testimony the CDC director gave to a Senate committee this week, zapping sections about diseases that might result from global warming. A Bush spokeswoman said the speech was not “watered down,” the AP reports, but sentences such as “scientific evidence supports the view that the earth’s climate is changing” were excised. More »

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      climate change  • White House  • disease  • air pollution  • testimony  • Dana Perino

    • The Beef Stops Here, but Why?

      Newsweek  |  Oct 7, 07 7:47 PM CDT

      The Beef Stops Here, but Why?

      (Newser) - The latest E. coli outbreak, which toppled Topps Meat and led to millions of recalled burgers, has stumped health agents. Muckrakers blame feedlots and abattoirs, saying bad animal diets increase infections when the meat mingles with innards, but others aren't so worried: "The reality is if you cook the meat you’ll never have a problem," says one industry consultant. More »

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      disease  • outbreak  • E. coli  • Centers for Disease Control  • Department of Agriculture  • Sam's Club  • recalls  • ground beef  • Cargill

  • September 2007

    • Scientists Devise 30-Minute Bird Flu Test

      AFP  |  Sep 24, 07 3:37 AM CDT

      Scientists Devise 30-Minute Bird Flu Test

      (Newser) - Researchers have developed a test that can identify bird flu in just 28 minutes, according to a study published this month in Nature Medicine . If bird flu mutates to a form readily passed among humans, rapid testing could be critical in identifying and containing an outbreak in its early stages. Current tests take between several hours and several days. More »

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      disease  • outbreak  • bird flu

    • Stomach Bug Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

      WebMD  |  Sep 14, 07 3:16 AM CDT

      Stomach Bug Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

      (Newser) - Researchers seeking the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome have linked a group of intestinal viruses to the disease, according to a new study. About 80% of patients with the syndrome showed signs of enterovirus gut infections, compared to only about 20% of otherwise healthy volunteers. "It opens up a new direction in the research for this elusive disease," said the study's author. More »

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      disease  • virus  • study  • infection  • chronic fatigue syndrome  • intestines  • stomach bug

    • Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

      Reuters  |  Sep 12, 07 1:08 PM CDT

      Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

      (Newser) - A new case of foot and mouth disease has struck a cattle farm in England—a day after the EU had decided to lift its ban on British beef. The EU will keep the ban for now, Reuters reports, and the British government has sprung into action—quarantining the area, killing affected cattle, and banning movement of livestock throughout the UK. More »

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      Great Britain  • European Union  • disease  • outbreak  • cattle  • ban  • beef  • foot and mouth disease

  • August 2007

    • World on Brink of New Epidemic: WHO

      BBC  |  Aug 23, 07 3:50 AM CDT

      World on Brink of New Epidemic: WHO

      (Newser) - A new global epidemic is likely on the horizon with fresh diseases cropping up at a record pace and billions of air travelers in motion to spread an illness with alarming speed, the World Health Organization warned yesterday. The AIDS or Ebola of tomorrow could be just around the corner unless countries cooperate to prevent outbreaks, said the United Nations organization. More »

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      disease  • AIDS  • Indonesia  • outbreak  • vaccine  • World Health Organization  • illness  • epidemic  • bird flu  • Ebola

    • New Procedure Gives Hope to Diabetics

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 19, 07 5:55 PM CDT

      New Procedure Gives Hope to Diabetics

      (Newser) - Car crashes, comas, sudden stabbings, divorces – all are being indirectly diminished as Britain spearheads a new procedure to help sufferers of type 1 diabetes. Victims of the growing disorder are often subject to fits and blackouts as they scramble for insulin, but a new operation is offering hope: already a dozen Britons are infused with cells to eliminate insulin dependency entirely. More »

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      health  • United Kingdom  • medicine  • disease  • diabetes  • medical breakthrough  • liver  • Islet cell transplantation  • diabetics  • pancreas

    • Deadly Swine Disease Sweeps China

      New York Times  |  Aug 16, 07 1:10 AM CDT

      Deadly Swine Disease Sweeps China

      (Newser) - A virulent strain of deadly swine disease is sweeping through Chinese livestock, triggering a pork shortage, rampant inflation and worldwide worries about where the virus will appear next, the New York Times reports. China, one the world's biggest hog exporters, is refusing to cooperate with international health organizations and may already have allowed the disease to spread beyond its borders. More »

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      China  • food  • disease  • exports  • virus  • pig  • swine

    • 500 Dead in Bangladesh Floods

      Reuters  |  Aug 15, 07 12:35 PM CDT

      500 Dead in Bangladesh Floods