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More Dolphins Stranded on Cape Cod

Tue, 2012-02-07 18:24 — Jphl

More Dolphins  on  Cape Cod Stranded: the  Count 129!

Video  Viewable on Youtube Click on link or View from Article

More Dolphins are predicted to come ashore. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

that manages the dolphin rescue is very concerned.  The large numbers of group strandings

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Video - BP Oil Commercials Cover Up Environmental Distress

Tue, 2012-01-31 22:52 — Kathy Gilbeaux

clickorlando.com - CBS Newspath - January 31, 2012

Scientists say dolphins dying at alarming rate

53,000 barrels of oil each day. Nearly 5 million barrels in all.  That's how much oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico because of the BP oil disaster.

It's easily the worst marine oil spill in history and 10 times that of the Exxon Valdez disaster.

But BP's most recent television commercials seem to indicate all is well with the Gulf of Mexico.

Scientists say it is not, because dolphins are dying at an alarming rate.

(VIEW THE VIDEO AND READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE)

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Analysis of Warning Process: Swine-Origin Triple Reassortant Influenza A(H3N2) Virus In USA

Wed, 2011-12-21 23:39 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by James Wilson, M.D. - Biosurveillance - December 21, 2011

We have been monitoring the situation with swine-origin triple reassortant influenza A(H3N2) virus (S-OtrH3N2) inside the United State for some time now.  Recent reports of likely human-human transmission sparked debate, discussed here in this post.

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Rare 'Survivor' Dolphin Gives Hope for Finding Cause of Deaths Since BP Spill

Sun, 2011-11-27 22:53 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Kaija Wilkinson - gulflive.com - November 27, 2011

Institute Director Moby Solangi watches a sickly dolphin make circles in its pool at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (The Mississippi Press/Kaija Wilkinson)

GULFPORT, Mississippi -- A sickly, stranded dolphin that was found in Alabama and transported to Gulfport to convalesce and be studied could provide clues to a spike in dolphin deaths that has occurred over the past year.

The 2-year-old male is the first to be found alive since the BP oil spill last spring, according to Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, where the dolphin is being held.

The spike coincided with the spill, but to date no definitive link has been made between the spill and the deaths, which in south Mississippi and Alabama are three to four times what they are in a normal year.

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CDC Confirms Cases of New Swine Flu Virus

Sat, 2011-11-26 19:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Liz Szabo - USA Today - November 24, 2011

      

H1N1 strain of the swine flu virus Photograph: Photographer: C. S. Goldsmith an/AP

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed three cases of a new flu virus, which originated in pigs but apparently spread from person to person, in three Iowa children.

However, there's no reason to fear the beginning of a new pandemic, says Arnold Monto, a flu expert and professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

"I don't think this is anything to worry about for the moment," Monto says. "We have known that swine viruses get into humans occasionally, transmit for a generation or two and then stop. The issue is whether there will be sustained transmission (from person to person)- and that nearly never happens."

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Toward Precision Medicine: Building a Knowledge Network for Biomedical Research and a New Taxonomy of Disease (2011)

Sat, 2011-11-05 02:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux

 submitted by Jerome C. Glenn

             

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Obama To Announce Drug Shortage Resolution

Mon, 2011-10-31 21:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

Drug Information Association (DIA) - October 31, 2011

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4 Dead Dolphins Wash Up on Gulf Coast Beaches in 5 Days; Deaths Part of 'Unusual Mortality Event'

Wed, 2011-10-12 17:51 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Ben Raines - al.com - October 12, 2011

Photo - Courtesy of John C. S. Pierce

This dolphin was found on the Mobile Bay side of the Fort Morgan peninsula Saturday morning, one of four found since Friday. The death brings the total number of dead dolphins found since the BP oil spill to more than 400. Federal officials say an "Unusual Mortality Event" has been declared for the Gulf's dolphin population, which have been dying at a rate 5 to 10 times higher than average.

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama -- A dolphin carcass, bloated and violet in the morning sun, was found on Fort Morgan early Saturday, bringing the number lost since the BP oil spill to more than 400. 

Three other dolphins have washed up in Alabama in the past week, including a pregnant female on Dauphin Island and a mother and calf pair on Hollingers Island in Mobile Bay.

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FDA's Jensen Says Drug Shortages Largely Result Of "Quality Issues"

Mon, 2011-10-03 21:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

HealthDay (10/3, Gardner) reports, "Prescription drug shortages in the United States, which reached a record high last year, are getting worse, the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday." Valerie Jensen, associate director for the Drug Shortage Program within FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said that "so far this year, some 200 drug shortages have occurred compared to 178 in all of 2010." Jensen added that "many of the scarce drugs are injectables...used to treat serious conditions such as cancer. Some are only given in hospitals and are 'absolutely critical.'" Causes listed for the shortages include "quality issues, such as sterility or drug impurities," "delays or manufacturing capacity problems," "discontinuation" and "raw material shortages." The first is the largest cause by far responsible for over half of the shortages.

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Is 'Contagion' Fact or Fiction?

Wed, 2011-09-07 22:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Kim Carollo - ABC News - September 7, 2011

      

Jennifer Ehle stars as Dr. Ally Hextall in the film "Contagion." (Courtesy Warner Bros.)

There may not be any zombies, vampires or mutant monsters wreaking bloody havoc on innocent people, but the fact that "Contagion" has a premise that experts say is all too possible may make it the scariest movie of the season.

In the film, a star-studded cast battles a lethal species-jumping virus rapidly spreading sickness and death around the world. Director Steven Soderbergh said in interviews that he aimed for scientific and medical realism in the film. Producers and writers consulted with a number of leading virologists and shot some scenes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.

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