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Save Birds by Promoting Wind Energy9 May, 2009 10:53 am A new study shows that wind farms and nuclear power plants are substantially better for avian wildlife than fossil-fueled power stations.Trouble for Birds21 Dec, 2007 11:41 am 6-14% of birds are likely to go extinct in the 21st century as a result of habitat loss, hunting, pet trade, and introduced animals like cats that kill...Global Warming Creates a Stairway to Heaven21 Dec, 2007 11:41 am Climate change is leading to increased temperatures, especially noticeable in mountains and other cooler climes. Many animals and plants,...The Most Conservative Protein of Flu Virus: Death Sentence or Life Saver?5 Sep, 2007 01:30 pm If there were ?popularity awards? for viral proteins, the two most likely candidates would be two proteins exposed on the surface of influenza (flu) virus...Bird Ranges? Shifting North: A Possible Signature of Global Climate Change?1 Aug, 2007 10:18 am A recent study published in the journal Conservation Biology, by A. Hitch and P. Leberg, found evidence supporting previous findings that birds?...Phylogeography Tracks Bird Flu?s Long March28 Mar, 2007 11:48 am ?Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected.? -Sun Tzu, The Art of War (6th century BC)...Identification of Step in Flu Virus Replication Supports Development of New Vaccines28 Dec, 2006 12:28 pm As public health officials around the world keep a nervous eye on the spread of avian influenza H5N1, scientists are focusing on vaccine development...New Research Predicts Pathways Of Past And Future Spread Of H5N1 Avian Influenza14 Dec, 2006 01:01 am The spread of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza into Asia, Europe and Africa has resulted in enormous impacts on the poultry industry and presents...The Need for Better Quality Data to Understand Avian Influenza in Wild Birds23 Nov, 2006 05:11 pm Since H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza was first isolated from poultry in China in 1996, this disease has been shown to be spread by infected poultry...Primary Health Care Comes Second in Pandemic Planning23 Nov, 2006 05:10 pm No one knows when the next influenza pandemic will happen. But the odds of it happening in the near future are shortening. H5N1 influenza,..."We should all join together and understand what is happening in a more efficient manner"13 Sep, 2006 11:14 am Ilaria Capua, is one of the authors of the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data launched in late August. She describes this initiative for...Big hope for the production of Tamiflu - a bird flu drug - on large scale1 Jun, 2006 06:00 pm Elias Corey, professor at Harvard University and Nobel Prize winner in 1990 for chemical synthesis, is co-author of a letter published in the Journal of...?This virus is very unusual in its high virulence for a broad spectrum of animals that occasionally includes humans?31 May, 2006 06:50 pm Earl Brown, professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa, Canada, reviews for Scitizen what we know and what we ignore about the Avian... |