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Feb 20, 2006

''Have we learned our lessons about pandemics?''

If a serious flu pandemic occurs, where you live and how well your community has prepared could mean the difference between life and death.No one can say when a pandemic will begin or how severe it will be, but the SARS outbreak in 2003 showed us how quickly a new disease can spread. The 2004 flu vaccine shortage prompted panic and long lines at clinics, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina brought home the alarming reality of American citizens stranded at a time of need.

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Oct 22, 2007

''Scarce pandemic vaccine to be given in order''

''In the early weeks of a flu pandemic, the first to receive scarce supplies of vaccine will include the military, medical and emergency workers, pregnant women and babies — nearly 23 million people — under a draft federal plan to be outlined Tuesday in Washington.''

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Apr 30, 2008

''Report Targets Costs Of Factory Farming''

''Factory farming takes a big, hidden toll on human health and the environment, is undermining rural America's economic stability and fails to provide the humane treatment of livestock increasingly demanded by American consumers, concludes an independent, 2 1/2 -year analysis that calls for major changes in the way corporate agriculture produces meat, milk and eggs.''

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Jul 11, 2008

''Drug industry tightens rules on gift-giving''

"The trade association for drug companies announced yesterday a tightening of its voluntary code restricting industry gifts to doctors, even as the association has been forcefully lobbying against a tougher ban that is likely to be debated in the Massachusetts House next week."

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Oct 31, 2008

''Experts: Possible Farm to Locker Room Link for Staph Infection''

''Cleveland, OH - From farms to locker rooms, antibiotic-resistant staph infections are plaguing more athletes in Ohio, including the Cleveland Browns' Kellen Winslow.''

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Nov 2, 2008

''EU wants code of conduct for nanotech research''

The European Commission has adopted a voluntary code of conduct in the field of nanotechnology research hoping to establish some guidelines in this fast-growing but little-understood research area.

 

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Biomedical Research
Nov 30, 2008

''Antibiotic must be used sparingly in the nation's food supply''

''Three of the NFL's biggest stars have been tackled by something so small it can be seen only under a microscope.''

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Dec 10, 2008

''Obama's 'Secretary of Food'?''

''As Barack Obama ponders whom to pick as agriculture secretary, he should reframe the question. What he needs is actually a bold reformer in a position renamed 'secretary of food.''

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Mar 17, 2009

''Legislation to Curb Misuse of Antibiotics Introduced in House''

''Last year the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal production made a recommendation that the nation reform the way food animals are raised.''

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Mar 18, 2009

''Legislation would curb antibiotic use at CAFOs''

''Federal legislation was re-introduced on Tuesday to curb the use by industrial livestock farms of massive amounts of antibiotics important in human medicine.''

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