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Tag was last used: Feb 16, 2011
 
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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 16, 2011

  Tuberculosis: Canadian Arctic tragedy, growing global threat

By Jack Miller:   The startling incidence of tuberculosis among the native population of Canada, one of the world’s most affluent countries, is the product of a long and continuing history of injustice. According to a pre-release, internet edition of the Public...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 18, 2009

  Unequivocal signals

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) THERE are not two different opinions on the issue of A H1N1. Without any hesitation whatsoever, I supported the decision adopted by the revolutionary government of Cuba as soon as I knew of the existence of the epidemic. Our...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 8, 2009

  The only U.S. president I have known

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) CARTER is the only ex-president of the United States that I have had the honor of knowing, apart from Nixon, who had not as yet become president. I had visited Washington to take part in a press conference that represented a...... [view]

Posted By:  clarita
Posted On:  May 1, 2009

  Swine Flu Detour

Creating a lot of sensationalism and news stories on so called epidemics is a way of overthrowing a government. A couple of hundred deaths worldwide from this disease is hardly a reason for global panic. It is an old military tactic that puts fear in people and causes discrimination. Dividing...... [view]

Posted By:  Ilan
Posted On:  May 1, 2009

  Do You Have Swine Flu?

ZOMG! Find out if you have swine flu!... [view]

Posted By:  ojeremen
Posted On:  Apr 30, 2009

  Amy Sue Nathan: Taming the Swine Flu Beast in us All

My thirteen year old daughter started coughing and sniffling last weekend. I bought orange juice to boost her Vitamin C intake -- my maternal fail-safe response. But on Tuesday night she fell asleep an hour and a half before she normally gets into bed as I watched the illuminated dome of Notre...... [view]

Posted By:  ojeremen
Posted On:  Apr 30, 2009

  Esther J. Cepeda: Cure For Hispanic Hysteria and Swine Flu the Same: Chill Out

I have the diagnosed cure for the Mexican Swine Flu Heebie-Jeebies, folks: Take a chill pill. Yes, just relax. All this stress about whether Juan Gonzalez is going to sneeze on you and make you sprout a pig-snout is just weakening your immune system. And it's not just the...... [view]

Posted By:  ojeremen
Posted On:  Apr 30, 2009

  Barbara Dehn: Swine Flu - What You Need at Home Now

Today, I braced myself as I turned on the computer to head to the CDC website for the latest updates. As a mother, I didn't want to read about another mother's tragedy and heartache. As most of us, working in the trenches, had feared, the worst had happened. A 23-month-old toddler from Mexico...... [view]

Posted By:  ojeremen
Posted On:  Apr 30, 2009

  Deborah Burger: America's RNs Call for Much Broader Response to Swine Flu

After years of shredding our public health infrastructure and ill-advised minimal preparations for the next great global pandemic, the spreading swine flu threat is at last making clear the very real calamity that could be just around the corner. If not today, surely from the next epidemic....... [view]

Posted By:  ojeremen
Posted On:  Apr 30, 2009

  Alex Pasternack: Much Ado and Spreading Fast: Swine Flu Is the Twitter of Viruses

TreeHugger.com . Vice President Joe Biden -- who earned the nickname Amtrak Joe for his love of riding the train -- said on NBC this morning that he would tell his family to avoid the subway if they wanted to avoid H1N1, or swine flu. He's right in a way: if they really wanted to...... [view]

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