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Reconstruction of a Mass Hysteria: The Swine Flu Panic of 2009

Swine flu kept the world in suspense for almost a year. A massive vaccination campaign was mounted to put a stop to the anticipated pandemic... more >>

CDC Uses Shopper-Card Data to Trace Salmonella

Source: Cryptogon

Via: PhysOrg: As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time – the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries. With permission from the [...] more >>

CHINA: A growing epidemic of fake medications in Asia

Source: CorpWatch - Latest Articles

Asia is seeing an "epidemic of counterfeits" of life-saving drugs, experts say, and the problem is spreading. Malaria medicines have been particularly hard hit; in a recent sampling in Southeast Asia, 53 percent of the anti-malarials bought were fakes. more >>

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Reclaim the Future 5: A vast day/night party event in a liberated, occupied space in London, 5 September 2009

from email, updated 6 September 2009: "Reclaim the Future 5 is a vast all-day all-night information and party event in a liberated, self-managed occupied venue somewhere in London on Saturday 5 September 2009.
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