Bird flu (avian influenza)

Prevention By Mayo Clinic staff Bird flu vaccineThe Food and Drug Administration has approved one vaccine to prevent infection with one strain of H5N1 bird flu virus. This vaccine isn't available to the public, but the U.S. government is stockpiling it and will distribute it in the event of an outbreak. It's intended to help protect adults ages 18 to 64 and could be used early in such an outbreak to provide limited protection until another vaccine...

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Seorang Lagi Pegawai Kastam Ditembak

Semakin banyak pula kes tembak-menembak sejak akhir-akhir ini. Dengan kes ragutnya, rompakannya sehinggalah membawa kepada pembunuhan. Berita terkini yang baru sahaja Berita Semasa terima. Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kastam, Dato’ Hj. Shaharudin telah pun meninggal dunia. Sebabnya?  Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kastam, Dato’ Hj. Shaharudin Ibrahim telah ditembak tiga das tembakan yang mana salah satu darinya terkena dikepala. Sebelum ini keadaannya...

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Symptom-Free Bird Flu Case Suggests Wider H7N9 Spread

Bird flu was found in a 4-year-old Beijing boy who has no symptoms of the infection, health authorities said, suggesting more people may be catching the H7N9 influenza virus than reported. The first asymptomatic H7N9 case was discovered by health- care workers searching for possible cases, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau said in a statement on its website today. The boy’s parents are poultry and fish sellers, and their neighbors...

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'Smart guns' could be next step in gun control

A proposal to expand background checks failed in Washington, but several entrepreneurs say they have a different answer to curbing gun violence. They're using technology to create guns that only fire in the right hands. These so-called smart guns can recognize a watch, a ring or even just a grip. For more than a decade, researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have been working on a grip-recognizing gun similar to the one James Bond...

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Dr Mahathir tidak menguntungkan BN, tetapi membantu Pakatan Rakyat — Aspan Alias

APRIL 15, 2013 15 APRIL — Kalau kita fikir betul-betul Pakatan Rakyat patut berterima kasih kepada Dr Mahahir kerana membantu barisan alternatif itu dari dalam Umno semasa pilihanraya kali ini. Dr Mahathir sekarang sedang sibuk berkempen untuk Umno yang kebanyakan tindakan beliau itu menjadi “counter productive” untuk Umno. Keadaan ini ditambah pula dengan tindakan beliau berkehendakkan Ibrahim Ali, Presiden Perkasa menjadi calon BN dalam pilihanraya...

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Horsemeat scandal's prime suspect revealed

This is the tycoon Dutch ­authorities suspect may have flooded Europe with 50,000 tons of beef ­contaminated with horsemeat. Willy Selten has become a leading suspect in the food scandal which has seen tainted meat sold by British supermarkets in ready meals and burgers. Selten, who lives in a £1.5million house near Oss, Netherlands, owns two wholesalers being probed by officials. The Dutch government initially denied any involvement in the...

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China H7N9 strain bird flu toll reaches 10

The death toll from the H7N9 strain of bird flu has climbed to ten as another patient infected with the virus loses life in China. Chinese authorities said the victim, a 74-year-old retired man, fell prey to the infection in Shanghai on Thursday. China formally launched a research project on Wednesday for developing a vaccine for the H7N9. The project, jointly undertaken by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Health...

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