http://www.csfb.com/home/research_and_commentary/html/docs/31951188.pdf US existing home sales reached second highest level ever.
Our European economists expect the overall business climate number to
rise, with future expectations flat and an improvement in current conditions.
We currently do not expect a significant negative shock to the region's
tourism industry.
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west_nile
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause mild,
flu-like symptoms in people.
The virus is spread to other animals or people by mosquito bites.
It is estimated that less than 1% of mosquitoes in regions affected by
West Nile Virus are actually infected.
The chance of being infected is extremely rare.
Ontario residents should contact their local Health Unit office to report
the dead bird.
Check the blue pages of your telephone book, or visit the Ontario Public
Health Unit web site at www.alphaweb.org/phunit.
When West Nile Virus reached New York, 25 horses showed signs of encephalitis
(inflammation of the brain).
ags
http://www.tradewithvision.com/research/hightower/ags.pdf market, support, outlook, resistance, report, traders, bullish,
contracts, funds, futures, wheat, corn, bird flu, demand.
NEAR-TERM OUTLOOK: The death toll from bird flu reached 12
and there is some concern that two sisters in Vietnam who died last month
could have caught the disease from their brother.
The extreme overbought condition of the market basis the weekend COT report
and ideas that China will shift demand to South America if demand resurfaces
added to the negative tone.
CATTLE: 2/02/04 The futures discount to the cash market, a friendly Cattle
inventory report and winter weather in the plains are factors which could
limit the downside in cattle early this week but the overall trend looks
to remain down until there is evidence that the export markets will open.
sars_factsheet
health, SARS, symptoms, suspect, health officers, disease,
travellers, Canada, Emergency, medical health officers, communication,
health professionals, response, requiring.
What is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)?
Severe acute respiratory syndrom e (SARS) refers to a group of respiratory
symptoms.
SARS is reportable under the Health Act commu nicable disease regulations,
which requires laboratories and health professiona ls to report all communicable
dis ease cases to the local medical health officer.
If necessary, medical health officers can issue orders requiring an individual
suspected of having SARS to remain at home; in the event the individual
does not co mply, they can obtain a court order.
If a probable or suspect case flew while having symptoms, all airline
passe ngers who were seated within two rows of are contacted, advised
to mon itor their health for symptoms and instructed to contact public
health official s if they develop symptoms.
dhan2b
outbreak, health, hospitals, Hong Kong, reports, acute respiratory,
Hong Kong SAR, pneumonia, illness, authorities, Hanoi, China, disease,
patients.
12 March 2003 | GENEVA -- Since mid February, WHO has been
actively working to confirm reports of outbreaks of a severe form of pneumonia
in Viet Nam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China, and
Guangdong province in China.
Early laboratory findings may include thrombocytopenia (low platelet count)
and leucopenia (low white blood cell count).
In some, but not all cases, this is followed by bilateral pneumonia, in
some cases progressing to acute respiratory distress requiring assisted
breathing on a respirator.
Today, the Department of Health Hong Kong SAR has reported on an outbreak
of respiratory illness in one of its public hospitals.
Three other health care workers self-presented to hospitals with febrile
illness and two of them have chest x-ray signs of pneumonia.
wholehogissue86
http://www.porkinfo.com/wholehogissue86.pdf hog, food, pork, meat, marketings, animals, regulators, pigs,
imports, farms, country-of-origin, industry, agriculture, herd.
The total number of hogs on Canadian farms declined for the
second consecutive quarter.
A record 5.8 million pigs have been slaughtered in Canada in each of the
last two quarters.
Moscow decided in January to restrict poultry meat, beef and pork imports
by setting quotas, saying it wanted to enhance domestic production (see
Whole Hog issues 78 and 79).
An epidemic of swine fever is only possible if each pig production unit
transfers the swine fever virus to an average of more than one other pig
production unit.
An agreement between the At issue is the way hog manure Easley said (16
April) he wants state Attorney General's Office is treated.
Andrew Read
science, Dick, interview, stories, Dublin, news, scientists,
journalism, Irish, solar flares, malaria, picture, grant, Dick edits.
Science journalism, I discovered, is almost the opposite of
being a University Professor.
My thanks to the BA and especially Nick Hillier for making it happen,
the senior management in the School of Biology at Edinburgh, for their
convincing impressions of support, the other Media Fellows for such good
laughs and stimulating company, and especially Dick Ahlstrom at the Irish
Times.
(Only weeks later do I realise its the wrong mossie species). The junk
DNA story looks great too. I dominate the page and all the images. I kid
Dick that his story on science policy is letting the page down. Am hugely
gratified that my stories have not been cut. Best of all, the 'career
embellishment' quote is there!
Also agree with Dick I'll check out the bee stories and see where they'll
go.
newspaper
OSU, students, Oklahoma, Cowboys, house, candidates, Thompson,
Edwards, president, faculty, members, editor, education, college.
David Schmidly, president of OSU, will oversee a strategic
planning process to develop goals toward research in the near future.
The retirement issue at Oklahoma State University has recently brought
about a lot of controversy between university faculty and administration.
Although reading seems to be a dying past time, movies have become a medium
through which books can be enjoyed.
All of the Democratic candidates support abortion rights, and either oppose
or voted against the partial birth abortion ban.
Jared Janes Managing Editor Chris Brecht Asst.
There is a fine line between speech protected by the First Amendment and
hate speech.
70
http://www.hemnz.org.nz/pdf/70.pdf infections, health, influenza, humans, hospitals, virus, communication,
patients, SARS, Hong Kong, pandemics, disease, flu, epidemics.
Commentating on SARS is a high-risk occupation while the causes
and evidence of the spread are still not fully understood and analysed.
An avian flu cross originating in China was identified in Hong Kong and
reported in February this year.
Many U.S. hospitals already maintain isolation rooms for airborne infections
such as tuberculosis and some are making their own preparations for treating
SARS, but the healthcare workers union says a mandate is crucial because
such preparations are voluntary.
Concord Repatriation General Hospital (CRGH) in Sydney was one of the
Australian hospitals that responded to the Bali Bombing Disaster Response.
The first two patients to be treated at CRGH, both with severe burn and
blast injuries, arrived together by helicopter early Tuesday morning following
their transfer from the Royal Darwin Hospital.
module_01
http://cd.emb.gov.hk/sars/tg/module_01.pdf Hong Kong, atypical pneumonia, spread, disease, globalization,
tthhee, ooff, Health, Chinese, Europe, hotel, Spanish, global village,
gglloobbaalliizzaattiioonn.
Why has the spread of atypical pneumonia aroused intense response
around the globe?
The Spanish army had launched a colonial According to the World Health
Organization invasion into America, relying on advanced (WHO), the first
case of atypical pneumonia weapons to defeat the natives there.
He infected people staying on the same floor of the hotel and their visitors.
The disease then spread to other parts of Hong Kong, to Singapore, Toronto
in Canada and Hanoi in Vietnam.
The virus causing the disease is considered by the Chinese University
of Hong Kong to be a member of the Paramyxoviridae family.
Your answers to questions 1 to 4 have already brought out certain features
of globalization.
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ooff nneeww tteecchhnnoollooggyy ((ee..gg..
respiratory_virusHO
virus, influenza, genus, infection, respiratory, antigens,
antibody, RSV, Pneumonia, coronavirus, disease, transmission, Influ, host.
Type of virus: Influenza A, B, C Animal host: swine.
equine, duck etc (Omitted for human) Geographic origin: Turkey, Bangkok,
Hong Kong, England Strain number: 1,2, 3..
Viremia stage Persistent respiratory tract infection Non-respiratory site
infection: CSF, pericardial fluid, WBC, liver etc. Neurological diseases:
acute and chronic diseases e.g. multiple sclerosis, Gullain-Barre' syndrome.
new_influenza_treatment
SARS, Hong Kong, PRB, influenza, Tam, treatment, flu, coronavirus,
fractions, PRB Pharmaceuticals, virology, inhibiting SARS, emerging viruses,
Prince.
Hong Kong, November 24, 2003 -- PRB Pharmaceuticals (PRB) today
announced that Hong Kong influenza sufferers will be the first in the
world to receive Vira-38° - a highly-effective and non-toxic broad
spectrum antiviral treatment designed to provide a multi-pronged attack
against influenza -- when it launches the treatment here early next month.
"Flu is responsible for over 1,000,000 deaths around the world each
year and imposes a considerable health burden in the form of hospital
and other health care costs, as well as lost productivity.
In separate in vitro testing undertaken by world-renowned virologist and
SARS expert Dr. John Tam, two of the anti-viral fractions in Vira-38°
have been shown to be effective at inhibiting SARS CoV, the coronavirus
responsible for the global outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS).
Number5Week07
http://www.bccdc.org/downloads/pdf/epid/Number5Week07.pdf influenza, ILI, reports, outbreak, Influenza Surveillance,
Epidemiology Services, schools, laboratory, viruses, British Columbia,
virus, Vancouver, immunized-cases, absenteeism.
ILI outbreaks in schools have been reported.
Influenza A has been isolated from specimens submitted from Williams Lake
and Vancouver (most patients were seen in hospitals).
Services, BCCDC, tested a total of 49 respiratory specimens for influenza
and other viruses.
Health Canada received 1,800 reports of laboratory tests for influenza,
including 137 (7.6%) influenza A detections and 32 (1.8%) influenza B
detections.
This season, in Europe and the United States, influenza B virus has been
the major influenza virus in circulation.
Schools and work sites: greater than 10% absenteeism on any day, most
likely due to ILI.
Residential institutions (Facility): two or more cases of ILI within a
seven-day period.
ebns011404
Star, Philippine, president, investors, government, trade,
energy, elections, telecom executives, BusWorld, power, pB1, Purisima,
sugar.
As the newlyappointed Trade chief, Purisima committed to spend
the next six months of his term helping local and foreign investors improve
their businesses in the country by encouraging entrepreneurship, addressing
problems of multinational firms, and developing information and communications
technology sector.
The Secretary also said he will continue the programs of Roxas based on
President Arroyo's eight-point agenda.
The government concluded renegotiations of all the power supply contracts
of the National Power Corp with its independent power producers, resulting
to a nominal and present value savings of $2.9 billion and $1.03 billion,
respectively, Energy Secretary Vince Perez Jr.
Export revenues from Philippine Economic Zone Authority-registered companies
increased by 23.4 percent in the January to November 2003 to $25.09 billion
compared to the $20.34 billion recorded in same period in 2002.
cdi2502q
disease, health, outbreak, infection, meningitis, reporting,
virus, strain, vaccine, chickens, deaths, haj, Hong Kong, humans.
An outbreak of meningitis that has spread across Africa has
infected about 38,000 individuals and killed at least 3,500.
Burkino Faso and Benin are particularly affected, reporting 10,987 cases
and 7,532 cases, respectively.
Bulgarian health authorities identified the virus in a 13-month-old Roma
child in the Black Sea city of Burgas on 17 April 2001.
This is India's third outbreak since 1998 of a highly fatal illness involving
the brain or the kidneys and attributed to measles virus.
Investigations had ruled out vector-borne infections common in India,
such as cerebral malaria or Japanese encephalitis.
The boils appeared between 10 days and 4 months following the pedicure,
and in some cases, the infection was not responsive to antibiotics.
