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...rea increased from 20 to 50 percent, suggesting an intensified storm track in the Pacific. "This pollution directly affects our weather," he explains. "During the past few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in atmospheric aerosols mostly sulfate and soot from coal burning especially in China and I...A public health lesson from 9/11: To curb the flu, limit flights
...likely cases of person-to-person transmission, has intensified debate over whether flight restrictions should be imposed to curb emerging flu pandemics. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States government are considering such restrictions. Using data on influenza mortality from the Cente...How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change
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...eeded, which combines a focus on fertility with an intensified effort to prevent the spread of HIV. Professor Cleland states: "In the face of the uncertain future trends in African HIV/AIDS epidemics, HIV prevention should remain a major public-health priority throughout the region. But we believe that AIDS is n...KwaZulu-Natal's successful fight against malaria
...AL was introduced to the area in 2000 alongside an intensified effort to control mosquitoes with insecticides. Reviewing data from four health care facilities representative of the province, the researchers found that admissions for malaria had declined by 89% in the year following the changes. By 2003 the decli...Scientific breakthrough will help protect astronauts and spacecraft
...y radio waves caused the particle acceleration and intensified the belts. "This new information will help spacecraft operators and space weather forecasters who must predict when satellites and missions are most at risk from radiation events allowing them to take measures to protect instruments and systems fro......re at high risk of relapse and are most in need of intensified treatment to improve their chance of survival. The retrospective clinical study, performed jointly by the Centre for Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCC&BD)at Sydney Children's Hospital and Children's Cancer Institute Australia, was recently p...