Preparing for a pandemic

Article Abstract:

An influenza pandemic, by definition, occurs only when the influenza virus mutates into something dangerously unfamiliar to the immune systems and yet is able to jump from person to person through a sneeze, cough or touch. Steps taken in order to cope with this influenza include surveillance, vaccination, rapid response, and the treatment available to treat the sick patients.

United States, Prevention, Influenza

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What's in a Name? Not much at the moment, thinks biologist Kevin de Queiroz, but names could be made to reflect our modern understanding of life's origins and complexity

Article Abstract:

PhyloCode has been proposed by biologist Kevin de Queiroz and others to replace the system for naming organisms established by Carl von Linne in the 1700s. PhyloCode would group organisms based on phylogeny, or evolutionary relationships, rather than on shared characteristics. The scientific community has yet to adopt the method.

Terminology, Taxonomy (Biology), Phylogeny, Phenetics

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Cooping up avian flu

Article Abstract:

The H5N1 avian flu strain, which has passed from birds to dozens of people in Asia, will inevitably adapt to spreading from person to person leading to a pandemic. Computer models are used to determine how the adapted flu might spread.

Asia, Health aspects, Risk factors, Asians, Avian influenza

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