Hong Kong Flu Scare Closes Schools

Schools in Hong Kong will be closed until March 28 in order to avert the further spread of influenza that has claimed the lives of four children thus far. The closings affect all nurseries, kindergartens, and primary schools. Read more

Wise Ecology May Reduce Spread of Infectious Disease

For the first time ever, an international team of researchers has mapped out the areas around the world where infectious diseases, passed from animals to humans, have originated. Using data that dates back to the early 1940s, the study concludes that diseases that originate in animals, called zoonoses, are the biggest threat to humans today.
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