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04.09: Deadly Diversions Book Group
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
Join us as our mystery group meets to discuss The Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas.
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How Dengue Fever Could Hasten Malaria's Deadly March on Africa
2015-03-05 08:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Dengue fever is not to be taken lightly, but compared to malaria, it is a far less deadly mosquito-transmitted disease. Unfortunately, the illnesses tends to share very similar starting symptoms, causing frequent misdiagnoses in areas endemic for both diseases. Now new research is showing that these mistakes not only impact individual patients, but could be helping malaria become an even greater danger. "We believe dengue to be one of many diseases with classic fever and headache symptoms that...
Deadly guardrails on highways
2015-03-05 00:06:25| Railroads - Topix.net
Authorities across Canada are awaiting test results from the U.S. before deciding what to do about thousands of safety devices with alleged defects that could cause guardrails to rip through cars and motorists instead of protecting them in crashes. In the interim, several provinces have stopped installing the units, which would cost tens of millions of dollars to remove, while the town of Stratford, Ont., has launched a proposed $500-million class action against the manufacturer.
Deadly Frog Fungus Invades Madagascar
2015-03-03 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A deadly fungus which has been ravaging amphibian populations across the world has somehow found its way to the isolated island of Madagascar, according to new surveys. And that's the stuff of nightmares for conservationists, as the island happens to be countless frog species, 99 percent of which can be found nowhere else in the world. A study, recently published in the journal Nature details how the fatal fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) seems to have first appeared in the Madagascar...
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Denver Health gets $5M grant to study test for deadly superbug CRE
2015-02-22 08:36:24| Biotech - Topix.net
Denver Health Medical Center has received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the antibiotic-resistant "superbug" CRE, the cause of a recent lethal outbreak spread at UCLA Medical Center by difficult-to-clean medical scopes. Denver Health and Accelerate Diagnostics were awarded the grant to develop a fast and reliable diagnostic test to detect common bacteria directly from blood - and to determine antibiotic susceptibility - all within a few hours.
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