Agency says global pandemic is not under way yet
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New "vaccine" approach could show promise for humans
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Mockingbirds can pick a threatening person out of a crowd
Twenty years ago, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez was exiting Alaska’s Prince William Sound when it struck a reef in the middle of the night. What happened next is considered one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters: 10.8 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the pristine Alaskan waters, eventually covering 11,000 square miles of [...]
The recent H1N1 influenza epidemic raises questions about how animal viruses move to human populations. While there is no evidence veterinarians had a direct role in the current H1N1 epidemic, a new report finds veterinarians at markedly increased risk of infection with viruses and bacteria that can infect both animals and humans.
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Water is constantly being moved about our planet. The water, or hydrologic, cycle describes how water changes from liquid to solid to vapor and how it is stored in a variety of places: under the ground, in the atmosphere and ocean and in the form of ice and snow. Thanks to new research from NASA, [...]
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Chemotherapy in addition to surgery or surgery and radiation improves survival among older women with breast cancer.
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At the Taiwan Open 2009, the Dutch national supercomputer Huygens defeated two human Go professionals in an official match. This is the second victory of Huygens playing Go against professional players.
Significant and widespread cognitive problems appear to exist in schizophrenia in its earliest phase, making it very hard for people with the disorder to work, study or be social, according to a new study.
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Analyses of the fossilized remains of the jaws and teeth of a shrew discovered in Spain have shown this to be a new species. The extinct animal had red teeth, was large in size compared with mammals of the same family, and was more closely related to Asian than European shrews.
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