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...reasons that public health officials, epidemiologists, and infectious disease specialists have indicated that people should not be overly concerned. One expert told NPR, "We've seen swine influenza in humans over the past several years, and in most cases, it's come from direct pig contact. This seems to be different," said Dr. Arnold Monto, from the University of Michigan. "I think we need to be careful and not apprehensive, but certainly paying attention to new developments as they proceed...
...grew nervous about jeopardizing their academic standing and took immediate steps to counteract this possibility, Arbuthnott said. “At first, it was very disconcerting,” Sonia Coman ’11 wrote in an e-mail. “But gradually I succeeded in establishing contact with my professors, who kindly helped me to find solutions for each course affected by the strikes,” Coman wrote. With more and more universities remaining closed for extended periods of time, Arbuthnott said he was forced to drop a class he initially signed...
...says it's too early to raise alarms about a pandemic flu, but officials are watching the new virus closely and aggressively, since the geographic distance between the infected patients suggests that it can be transmitted easily from person to person (apparently none of the patients had come into contact with pigs). The CDC is working with the World Health Organization to keep track of any additional cases to determine whether and when a warning of a pandemic would be warranted. In preparation for such a scenario, the CDC has created a seed stock of a vaccine against the swine...
...response," says Commander Erin MacDonald, chief of the Coast Guard's office for Search and Rescue Policy. (Of course, if you run out of gas on a sunny day, don't expect the Coast Guard to come racing over to tow you to shore. It will give you contact info for a towing company or put out an alert to good sea-maritans who might be able to help you out gratis, but the Coast Guard itself will only tow you in as a last resort - in which case you'll get unstranded for free.) In fact, the only time...
...reporting duo, who were reported to have been filming a story about North Korean refugees living in China, has been in custody for about one month in a guesthouse in Pyongyang. The women reportedly have had contact with officials from the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang, which articulates American interests in North Korea since the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with Pyongyang...