(e! Science News) Pathogens can now be easily tracked in time and space as they evolve, an advance that could revolutionize both public health and inform national security in the fight against infectious diseases.
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From the trenches,
Celeste
Upcoming FAO meeting. Can’t be our Constitution it must be the UN Constitution.
Rome, Italy 28-Apr-2010 / 29-Apr-2010
Meeting Code: CC-705 90
Washington State is giving away $1 million dollars
Home of the Indian Lottery
The US Department of Energy and Washington State Department of Commerce have so much cash they are are teaming up to pay you to dispose of your energy & water hog appliances to Save the Planet and stimulate the economy at the same time.
If these two agencies have so much cash to give away maybe they should consider dumping all those energy/carbon taxes they are considering and give legal Americans a real tax cut?
10 Minute Citizen: Strapped for cash and considering this program? Think about that energy efficient toilet that never really flushes. That will cure you.
If you are interested in the escalating manifestions occuring at the OIE that will impact global agriculture here is the link:
An online “information dashboard†that can improve the nation’s response to a major disease outbreak has earned the 2010 Science & Technology Impact Award from the Department of Homeland Security.
HHS and the CDC are crafting new regulations that will incorporate public health lessons learned since 2005, Pearson said in the statement after, “There were a lot of questions about how plausible it was to treat airports as a place where you could stop and inspect and quarantine people,” Baker said Thursday. She did not elaborate and referred questions to HHS. HHS spokeswoman Vicki Rivas-Vazquez said late Thursday the department had no further comment.
Technology called “laser etching,†developed in part by ARS researchers, uses lasers to “tattoo†produce and could someday replace current labeling practices. A carbon dioxide laser beam is used to etch information into the first few outer cells of the peel on grapefruit, creating a mark that can’t be peeled off, washed off, or altered in any way. Continue reading
In the last couple years have you been having sinus trouble that just won’t quite? It seems to get worse and then dies down only to come back? I was reading: Figuring Out Puzzling Animal Diseases on Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF)—found in bison, sheep, and cattle. It would seem logical that if it is present in animals it could be zoonotic (can be transmitted to humans). Continue reading