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...render a drug ineffective. This is more likely to occur when an antiviral is widely used because resistant mutations are more likely to thrive and be passed on. A similar process has led to the widespread existence of antibiotic resistant bacteria such as MRSA. But it can also happen spontaneously: during this winter's flu season, when antivirals were not widely used, the dominant strain of influenza suddenly became resistant to Oseltamivir. Doctors are uncertain as to why. In a pandemic situation, when the drugs will be widely prescribed, many virologists believe that resistance will inevitably develop - they just hope...
...Asia - and to pigs. Pigs make particularly good biological mixing bowls since they can be infected by bird-, swine- and human-flu viruses and provide a hospitable environment for the viruses to swap genes and create entirely new strains in a process called reassortment. That is what may have happened with the A/H1N1 swine-flu virus, which contains genes from bird-, pig- and human-flu viruses. "When you get a large concentration of pig farms, people, wild birds and poultry, these things do happen," says Peter Daszak, the president of the Wildlife Trust and an expert on emerging diseases. (Read...
...Racial profiling] is a big concern, just knowing that these kinds of things happen on the Harvard campus,” said Alan A. Ibrahim ’11, president of the Asian American Association. “[It is] comforting to know that things are being done to prevent future incidents...
...misguided and horrendously expensive war in Iraq winds down, we are happy to see that President Obama is redirecting our military and reconstruction efforts to bring peace and stability to that war-torn country and hope that, if the situation stabilizes in that country, the same will happen in Pakistan’s frontier areas...
...rave reviews from a savvier journalistic colleague. In the years since - not wanting to be burned again - I've paid attention to the annual auto guide from Consumers Reports, checking to see whether Pontiacs rated better than the Honda or Toyotas I had become accustomed to buying. Didn't happen, although Pontiac had made some gains in recent years...