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WHO says no evidence virus was a lab creation
Geneva - There is no evidence to support a theory that the new influenza A(H1N1) virus was created...
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Saudi Arabia will not bar pilgrims for fear of swine flu
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia will not bar pilgrims from countries that have reported cases of swine...
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Mexico's swine flu death toll reaches 56
Mexico City - The number of dead in Mexico's influenza epidemic of the new virus A(H1N1) has...
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Mexico's flu death toll rises to 44
Mexico City - The number of dead in Mexico's epidemic of a hitherto-unknown strain of flu...
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Mexico's flu death toll reaches 42
Mexico City - The number of deaths in Mexico known to have been caused by the outbreak of a...
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New case of swine flu brings to five number in Italy
Rome - Italy's Health Ministry Tuesday confirmed a new case of swine flu, bringing to five...
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Swine flu cases in Britain rise to 28 as schools affected
London - Britain Tuesday reported a new case of swine flu, bringing to 28 the number of...
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Swine flu cases rise to over 50 in EU
Stockholm/Geneva - The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the European Union went beyond 50...
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Swine flu jumps from human to human in Germany
Munich - The new type of swine flu has jumped from one human to another within Germany for...
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Flu epidemic stifles Mexicans' traditional sociability
Mexico City - A week of measures to combat a flu epidemic - including several cases of swine...
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First suspected swine flu case in Lithuania
Vilnius - Lithuania's health authorities were awaiting the results of tests Thursday in what could...
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At swine flu epicentre, death toll climbs amid world alert
As the death toll climbed to 152 in Mexico, countries around the world took steps to warn the...
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Number of flu deaths rises to 152 in Mexico amid panic buying
Mexico City - The number of dead in Mexico's flu epidemic rose to 152, Mexican Health Minister Jose...
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Mexico eateries close as industry feels flu pinch
Mexico City - Mexico's entertainment industry, one of the few sectors that continued to defy the...
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Five Austrians fall ill with possible swine flu
Vienna - One Austrian woman was "likely" infected with swine flu and four others are...
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WHO: China Investigates Several Suspicious Flu Cases
China is investigating several suspicious cases involving influenza-like symptoms but has not...
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Mexico shuts schools nationwide as flu deaths reach 149
Mexico City - Mexico on Monday closed schools and universities until May 6 and limited commercial...
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Ban says UN on top of the battle against swine flu
New York - The United Nations has taken steps to lead the fight against the sudden outbreak...
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German authorities tell airline crews to report sick passengers
Frankfurt - Authorities at Frankfurt international airport, Germany's biggest air hub, on Monday...
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India sounds alert over swine-flu outbreak
New Delhi - Indian health authorities sounded an alert after an outbreak of a...
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EU calls emergency talks as Spain confirms swine flu case
Luxembourg/Brussels - The European Union called an emergency meeting of health ministers and...
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French bishop sparks new row on condoms and AIDS
Paris - The bishop of the French city of Orleans, Monsignor Andre Fort, rekindled a row...
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Deadly tide of birds fuels fears of bird flu cover-up
Hong Kong - For more than a week now a deadly tide has been washing out of...
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The Gates Foundation Joins Polio Fight
The Gates Foundation together with the governments of Germany and the United Kingdom and other...
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Chinese Woman Died of Bird Flu
The Chinese government announced on Tuesday that a 19-year-old teenager girl from Beijing died of...
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China Authorities Take Control Measures After Bird Flu Death
It was reported that the woman, who was identified as Huang Yanqing, has bought nine ducks at a...
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Beijing Woman Dies Of Bird Flu
A Chinese woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing, the World Health Organisation...
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Baby girl hospitalized in Hong Kong with mild form of bird flu
The infant, who normally lives in Shenzhen in southern China, was diagnosed with the H9N2 strain of...
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Hong Kong steps up border checks to halt bird flu outbreak
Hong Kong - Customs officials were on Friday stepping up the number of random checks on vehicles...
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Indonesia confirms two new bird flu cases, death toll rises to 113
Jakarta - A 2-year-old Indonesian girl died from bird flu, raising the country's world-leading...
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U.S.
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US, Mexico, Canada urge countries to lift pork restrictions
Washington - The United States, Mexico and Canada on Thursday urged trading partners around the...
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US swine flu cases increase to 642, likely to spread
Washington - The number of people sickened by swine influenza in the United States increased to 642...
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In US, swine flu reaches 400 cases, likely to rise
Washington - Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who visited the US Centres for Disease Control and...
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New York finds more probable cases, more schools closed
New York - Authorities confirmed Thursday a total of 49 swine flu cases in New York City and...
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US braces for worse from swine flu
Washington - The United States braced for worse from the swine flu outbreak Tuesday as officials...
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New York confirms 44 swine flu cases, expects more
New York - Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that 44 swine flu cases have been confirmed in New...
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Obama asks Congress for 1.5 billion dollars for flu
Washington - US President Barack Obama is asking Congress for an added 1.5 billion dollars to fight...
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Swine flu cases rise to 64 in five US states
Washington - The number of human swine influenza cases in the United States increased to 64...
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California Experts Puzzled By Mysterious Pelican Deaths
An estimated 270 dead or ailing California brown pelicans have been found in recent weeks from...
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Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found
Physicians have found a recently mutated strain of flu that resists the most commonly...
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Get Your Flu Shot! Flu Vaccine, The Best Option For Protection Against Influenza
In an attempt to encourage people to get
their flu shot, the Centers for Disease Control and...
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The National Influenza Vaccination Week Is Here
National Influenza Vaccination Week is set for Dec. 8 – 12. Therefore,
Americans are all invited...
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Update: U.S. Vaccine Use Increased In 2007
In June 2006, Merck’s drug Gardasil was approved by the FDA.
Gardasil is a drug designed to...
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People
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Madonna must stick to Malawi law in second adoption: activists
Johannesburg - A human rights group in Malawi, where US popstar Madonna is trying to adopt a...
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Jeremy Piven Talks About His Mercury Poisoning
Actor Jeremy Piven, who pulled out of David Mamet’s Broadway play...
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Piven's 'Mercury Poisoning' Caused By Sushi and Chinese Herbs
Jeremy Piven is actually very sick, his doctor insisted on revealing amid reports the...
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Paris Hilton Frees Herself From Benji Madden
Paris Hilton and Benji Madden almost had people convinced they were right for each other with all...
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Is Prince William the Reason behind Hilton and Madden’s Breakup?
Another famous romance has come to an end. Paris Hilton and
the guitarist of rock band Good...
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Magazine report says Elton John to visit Cambodia
Phnom Penh - Sir Elton John, British superstar and heavyweight activist in the fight against...
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Michael Flatley Wins $11 Million In Extortion Lawsuit
Michael Flatley, also known as The Lord of The Dance, won
$11 million against Tyna Robertson, a...
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Miss China wins Miss World 2007
Miss Zhang Zilin, 23, made Chinese thrilled with happiness
on Saturday, winning Miss World 2007 at...
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Robert Goulet Awaiting Lung Transplant
Robert Goulet is hospitalized and urgently needs a lung transplant but a suitable donor has not...
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Specials
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Brooklyn Teen Admits to Creating Worms that Hit Twitter
Starting Saturday and continuing through Sunday, micro-blogging Web site Twitter was hit with at...
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Twitter Infected by Conficker Worm
According to several media reports, the malware virus worm called Conficker has worked its way into...
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Hotmail Inboxes Outage Scares E-mail Users
Imagine signing in to check for new e-mails and finding out you don’t have an e-mail inbox...
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Male Circumcision May Prevent Two Common STDs
Male circumcision appears to offer more protection to men than previously estimated, according to...
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WHO: HIV Prevalence among the Elderly Very High
While public health campaigns remain largely focused on the young, the number of older people...
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Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Tied to PML Deaths
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said Genentech’s psoriasis drug Raptiva has...
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The HIV/AIDS Issue Is As Present As Ever
The 9th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day took place on February 7, and just as before,...
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness DAY Is Almost Here
Saturday marks the annual National Back HIV/AIDS Awareness DAY, a day meant to encourage...
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Genes Play a Major Role in Social Behavior
A team of researchers of the University of California, San Diego, the same team who analyzed the...
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Despite Economic Distress, Bill Gates Donates Money For A Good Cause: Polio
In a time of economic distress, Bill Gates has donated through its foundation $255 million for...
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Sleeping 7 Hours Or More Protects You From Common Cold
A new study suggests the connection between lack of sleep and common cold is stronger than...
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California Experts Puzzled by Mysterious Pelican Deaths
An estimated 270 dead or ailing California brown pelicans have been found in recent weeks from...
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Merck’s Gardasil Denied Approval Once Again
The Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Gardasil for women 27 to 45 for the...
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Expanded Use of Merck’s Gardasil Postponed Once Again
The situation of Merck’s papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil is uncertain after the Food and...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Flu Shots for All Children Six Months and Older
For those who don’t know yet, the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending flu shots...
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Bird Flu Outbreak in China Raises Concern Over Human Transmission
Chinese authorities announced on Tuesday that they had begun destroying and vaccinating...
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China Culls Chickens after Bird Flu Outbreak
More than 370,000 chickens have been culled
in China’s eastern Jiangsu province after
finding the...
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Update: The Efficacy Of Hong Kong’s Bird Flu Vaccine Questioned
This week’s bird flu outbreak is the first
incident of this type on a Hong Kong farm
since 2003,...
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New Bird Flu Outbreak Reported In Hong Kong
Commonly known as the “bird flu” or “avian flu,” avian influenza is a type of influenza caused by...
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The Koobface Virus Is Back
Facebook users received some bad news lately as the Kobface virus, which was believed to have been...
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Koobface Virus Hits Facebook
The Koobface virus started to infect users from social-networking website Facebook. The virus...
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Today Is Word AIDS Day: Do You Know Your HIV/AIDS Status? Get Tested!
The 1st of December is World AIDS Day. To honour the 20th
anniversary of the first World Aids Day...
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Bruni-Sarkozy to be ambassador in the fight against AIDS
Paris - France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is to be named later Monday a special ambassador...
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Monday Is World AIDS Day – Do Something About It!
More people than ever before are living with HIV worldwide and new infections continue. HIV is a...
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A New Treatment Could Prevent HIV
A recent discovery might help people with HIV. A combination of universal voluntary HIV testing and...
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Srizbi Botnet Is Back To Life
Srizbi is one of the biggest botnets on the Internet, being responsible for 75% of the spam mail...
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Can AIDS Epidemic Be Stopped?
How to manage the HIV epidemic is a question that appears to
be more frequent than ever nowadays....
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People With AIDS In Indonesia Face Microchip Monitoring
People living with AIDS in Papua, Indonesia
may soon have a microchip implanted into their bodies...
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Fall-Born Babies More Likely to Develop Asthma
Babies who are born in autumn, four months before
the peak of winter virus season, have a higher...
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Many People Don’t Get Tested For HIV
A large number of people close their eyes when it comes to getting tested for HIV, even though two...
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Science
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South Korean scientists create glowing cloned dogs
Seoul - Scientists in South Korea have become the first to clone dogs with...
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New batteries could run on a virus
New York - Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a prototype...
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Researchers Find Virus-Free Way Of Reprogramming Stem Cells
Stem cells have always been controversial, from ethical and biological point of view, but the...
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Scientists Decode Genetic Map Of Cold Virus
Science moves one step closer to finding an effective treatment for the common cold, as University...
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Too Little Sleep May Triple The Risk Of Catching A Cold
Getting more sleep is always good for our health. Whether it prevents heart disease and...
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Early HIV Diagnosis And Treatment Essential To Save Babies’ Lives
A United Nations report has shown that
early HIV testing and treatment procedures which provide...
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Study: Autumn Babies Are More Prone To Childhood Asthma
Are you afraid of having a child with
asthma? A new study suggests that the time of the year in...
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HIV Treatment Is Most Efficient when Started Earlier, Study Says
US and Canadian researchers suggests that starting HIV
treatment earlier than currently...
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Rotateq Slows Down The Rotavirus In Non-Immunized Children
A vaccine against rotavirus, Rotateq, which causes diarrhea
and vomiting in thousands of children...
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Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists
The 2008 Nobel Prize
for medicine was awarded on Monday. Two French scientists who discovered...
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HIV Origins Traced Around 1900, Much Earlier Than Believed
AIDS first came to public notice in 1981 when US doctors noted an unusual cluster of deaths
among...
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Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer
Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative
medicine by developing a safer way of...
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Virus Found on Space Station Computers
This week, NASA confirmed that a virus has infected at least
one computer on the International...
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The ISS Is Almost Virus-Free
The National
Aeronautics and Space Administration confirmed the news about the computer
virus...
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The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine
Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
The tobacco plant could actually aid
patients with follicular B-cell lymphoma, US researchers...
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Large Human Trial Of HIV Vaccine Canceled By NIAID
The National Institutes of Health on Thursday canceled a US human trial
of a human...
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Scientists Map Worldwide Journey of Seasonal Flu
Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery of
where seasonal flu viruses originate and...
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IUCN’s Report Says 16.306 Species Are Facing Extinction
An annual survey published Wednesday by the World
Conservation Union, IUCN revealed a sad and...
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Scientists: IAPV May Be A Factor In Honey Bee Disorder
According to a report being published by the journal Science
the scientists discovered that a...
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Researchers Claim They Found The “Skinny” Gene
The researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have
found a new cause for obesity. According...
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Bird Flu in France and Germany Again
French officials announced Thursday that three swans have been found dead and carrying the deadly...
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Czech Republic Confirms New H5N1 Case In Poultry
State Veterinarian Administration confirmed a second case of bird flu among poultry on a farm in a...
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H5N1 Detected at Czech Poultry Farm
Laboratory tests have confirmed that the bird flu which affected turkeys at a Czech farm carried...
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Magpie Infected With H5N1 Virus Found In China
Hong Kong went into alert this week when a dead magpie found in an urban area of the region tested...
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Indonesian Health Officials Still Alert Over Bird Flu Threat
Indonesian health officials say the country’s efforts to contain the deadly H5N1 virus have...
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Technology
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The Worms that Scared Twitter
Twitter, the micro bloggig site that has exploded recently in terms of popularity and still has...
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Global computer virus begun mutating, German agency warns
Bonn, Germany - A computer virus which has spread worldwide began mutating overnight, German...
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MIT Researchers Develop Virus Batteries
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology managed to turn the concept of a battery...
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Conficker virus quiet on deadline day, but threat remains
San Francisco - Conficker, the April Fool's worm, began contacting pre-designated websites for...
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"China threat virus" behind spying claims, Beijing says
Beijing - China on Tuesday denied that it has spied on computers belonging to...
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As April 1 deadline looms, researchers advance on Conficker worm
Researchers have discovered the first easy way to detect the presence of the Conficker computer...
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Firewalls keep internet attackers at bay
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Computer users and homeowners have plenty in common as they themselves...
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Quarter of a Million Dollar Reward for Information on “Conficker” Worm
Microsoft not only gathered round the most important security companies, but it has also offered a...
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Bill Gates Speaks about Charity and Malaria at TED
The Technology, Entertainment and Design is an annual conference during which many of the people...
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Fannie Mae Worker Pleads Not Guilty
A Fannie Mae contract worked has pleaded not guilty on Friday to a federal charge according to...
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Conficker Worm Infecting Millions of Systems
During recent weeks, a worm has been affecting corporate, educational and public computer networks...
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Intego Announces Trojan Hidden In iWork ‘09
The Internet security firm Intego has just announced that it has discovered a new Trojan horse in...
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New Computer Worm Detected
Computer security specialists at antivirus companies have detected a new infection, which spreads...
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Worm Infects 9 Million PCs So Far
Disturbing as it sounds, experts have just announced that a malicious worm which exploits a...
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Downadup Virus Infects 1 Million PCs In One Day
Disturbing as it sounds, the computer worm that exploits a month-old Windows bug has infected more...
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Downadup Infects 8 Million Computers
Most of the corporate life now is highly dependable on computers and networks, making a virus one...
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Close Your Windows Blinds and Watch Out for Kido
Security researchers at F-Secure Corp. today said that 6.5 million Windows PCs have been infected...
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Microsoft “Critical” Vulnerability Is “Unlikely” To Be Exploited
Mixed signals came from the Redmond giant as it posted the January patch. While the patch...
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Wolf in sheep's clothing: Scareware on the rise
Sometimes crooks disguise themselves as friends. That's exactly what's happening when you're...
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Guidelines For Your New Computer’s Workout
We all know that everybody is very excited when they buy a new computer. Without being...
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Microsoft Investigating Internet Explorer Attacks
Microsoft confirmed the vulnerability in its Internet
Explorer 7 browser, and revealed in its most...
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Koobface Virus Affecting Facebook Users
Malicious
software dating back from August this year has been altered recently and has
begun...
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Facebook Worm Resurfaces, Resumes Attacks
The Koobface virus which Kaspersky Lab reported in July this year has hit again, and is targeting...
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If Facebook Says You’re the Star of a New Video, Run As Fast As You Can
Just weeks after Facebook won an $873 million lawsuit against several people accused of hacking...
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Koobface Virus Still Attacking Facebook
On December
4, rumor started to spread about a worm attacking Facebook, although the
malicious...
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Apple Briefly Posted Virus Warning, Subsequently Removed
Traditionally, one of the big selling points of Apple’s Mac
OS X, one that the company has not...
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Apple Recommends Antivirus For Mac Users. Or Not
On November
21, Apple Incorporated posted on their support website a recommendation to Mac
users,...
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Microsoft: Worm Exploiting Networked Computers via HTTP
Microsoft informed in its most recent security bulletin that
a worm dubbed Win32/Conficker.gen!A...
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Microsoft Swears Morro Will Not Undermine Symantec, McAfee
Microsoft announced this week that starting next year, users
will benefit from a new security...
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Microsoft to Design Free Anti-Malware Program
Microsoft is planning to design a free anti-malware program that should help those who won’t or...
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Health
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Swine flu tally is 2,384 cases in 24 countries: WHO
Geneva/Stockholm - The World Health Organization increased Friday the number of...
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Swine flu cases in Britain rise to 39 after more pupils fall ill
London - Five new cases of swine flu infection have been confirmed in Britain, taking to 39 the...
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WHO: 1,893 cases of swine flu, 31 deaths
Geneva - The number of laboratory confirmed cases of infections of the new influenza A(H1N1)...
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WHO reports 1,658 confirmed cases of swine flu
Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed 1,658 cases of the new...
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WHO reports 1,516 confirmed cases of new flu
Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed 1,516 cases of the...
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WHO: 1,490 cases of new flu, 30 deaths, as scientists meet
Geneva - The World Health Organization held Tuesday an online conference of scientists from various...
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Swine flu spreads to 36 US states - 286 confirmed cases
Washington - The swine flu virus spread to 36 US states with a total of 286 confirmed cases,...
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WHO confirms 1025 flu cases in 20 countries
Geneva - The World Health Organization confirmed Monday 1025 officially reported cases of influenza...
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WHO rejects criticism it acted too slowly on swine flu
Geneva - The World Health Organization Friday rejected criticism that it was too slow in reacting...
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Asia's first swine-flu case confirmed in Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Asia's first case of swine flu has been confirmed in Hong Kong,...
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WHO changes virus name, 257 confirmed cases
Geneva - The World Health Organization updated Thursday the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of...
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Confirmed deaths from new flu in Mexico rise to 12
Mexico City - Mexican authorities increased to 12 Thursday the number of dead of the new...
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Travel and swine flu: US vice president stirs pot
Washington - While countries debate whether it's wise to travel to Mexico or the United...
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Japan's Aso urges calm, cooperation on swine flu
Beijing - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday urged Japanese...
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Swine flu case reported at World Bank in Washington
Washington - The swine flu outbreak may have spread to the US capital, after the World Bank...
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US swine flu numbers rise to 109
Washington - US officials said Thursday the US swine flu confirmed-case total had risen to 109, up...
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WHO: 154 Confirmed Cases of Swine Flu
The World Health Organization updated Thursday the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of swine...
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EU Health Agency Raises Number of Swine Flu Cases
Seven European countries had confirmed cases of people infected with swine flu as of Thursday...
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European pharma industry holds flu talks in Brussels
Brussels - Representatives of the European pharmaceutical industry Wednesday discussed their...
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Germany Reports 1st Swine Flu Case
Authorities in the southern German state of Bavaria on Wednesday confirmed the country's first...
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WHO: No need for travel, pork import restrictions
Geneva - World Health Organization officials reiterated Tuesday that travel restrictions would not...
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What is swine flu?
Stockholm - The current outbreak of swine flu which has caused alarm around the world is a...
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No travel restrictions needed, EU says ahead of swine flu talks
Brussels - The European Union's top health official Tuesday ruled out the need for travel...
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Swine Flu Outbreak - A Cause for "Concern," Obama Says
President Barack Obama said he was closely watching an outbreak of swine flu in the United States,...
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Swine Flu Death Rate Slowing Down
Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos said late Monday that number of people dying...
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CDC to issue travel advisory on Mexico
Washington - The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was to issue an advisory...
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New virus is not "swine flu", Paris-based health organization says
Paris - The virus currently circulating in Mexico and the United States and which has killed at...
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Three test negative for swine flu as Hong Kong goes on guard
Hong Kong - Three patients tested negative for swine flu in Hong Kong as the...
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Flu Death Toll in Mexico on the Rise
The number of dead in Mexico's flu epidemic rose to 103, Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova...
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Swine Flu Spread Worries CDC Officials
Swine flu has turned into an epidemic in Mexico City where it has killed as many as 60 people and...
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