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...relief money. The floods, however, are nothing short of a tragedy and have rapidly become a symbol of the government's incompetence and corruption. The numbers are staggering: 142 dead (57 in Jakarta), 385,000 displaced, damage estimated at more than $200 million, 80,000 people suffering from diarrhea, influenza and cholera, and only 265 doctors made available at government health posts. "The only help we've received from the government is when they loaned us four rubber boats to transport our things," says Andi Sayuti, head of the neighborhood rescue effort. "And even those were taken back after...
...viruses, which mutate and leap between species. New strains are constantly evolving as viral genes are swapped between host bird species. "The 1997 strain was a reassortment from three viruses from goose and, we think, the quail," says Kennedy Shortridge, a University of Hong Kong microbiologist who has studied influenza since...
...immune system sends in a second wave of cells. These represent what is known as the innate immune system. Unlike the first wave of defenders, which are crude killing machines, these cells are preprogrammed with biochemical weapons that can target specific types of invaders, including common viruses like influenza and rhinovirus (which causes the common cold...
...paper, published in the Sept. 15 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggested how strains of influenza that arise in animals can eventually gain the ability to infect humans...
...vaccine is that it protects against most flus--not that you're worried about contracting anthrax. While inhalational anthrax has killed only four people so far, many more could be at risk from flu-related complications. There's no need to compound the tragedy by making this year's influenza epidemic any worse...