Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu Mixed Results from Experimental Bird Flu Vaccine March 30, 2006 • An experimental bird flu vaccine has potential to offer protection from a pandemic, according to a study in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. But the research also suggests the effective dose is much greater than originally thought, and it works in only half of all patients. Mixed Results from Experimental Bird Flu Vaccine Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5312047/5312048" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu Why Is Avian Flu So Hard to Catch? March 24, 2006 • New studies show that the avian flu virus doesn't pass easily between humans. Two different teams of scientists think they know why. Their studies appeared this week in Nature and Science and detail what makes this disease different from human flu viruses. Why Is Avian Flu So Hard to Catch? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5299790/5299791" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Mixing Up Meds to Treat Depression March 24, 2006 • Results of the nation's largest depression study are out this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, and the message largely backs up what psychiatrists and patients have known for a long time: You may have to try many different drugs before you find the one -- or ones -- that work. Mixing Up Meds to Treat Depression Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5299796/5299797" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Moving a Diabetes Cure from Mice to People March 24, 2006 • What will it take to get a diabetes treatment that works in mice to clinical trials? Moving a Diabetes Cure from Mice to People Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5299793/5299794" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Global Warming 'Weather Makers' Seeks to End Climate Debate Fresh Air March 22, 2006 • Discussions of global warming and climate change often center around anecdote and cyclical analysis. Scientist Tim Flannery seeks to clarify current — and future — conditions in The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth. 'Weather Makers' Seeks to End Climate Debate Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5293273/5293278" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu U.S. Farmers Prepare for Arrival of Asian Bird Flu March 20, 2006 • The U.S. government announces that it is expanding efforts to test wild and domestic birds for the deadly Asian bird-flu virus. Experts say it is a matter of when, not if, the virus arrives in the United States. We visit two Maryland chicken farms to see how U.S. farmers are preparing for the threat. U.S. Farmers Prepare for Arrival of Asian Bird Flu Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5290920/5290921" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Drought Threatens Millions in Horn of Africa March 20, 2006 • In the Horn of Africa, a drought is killing livestock across a wide swath of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. The United Nations estimates that more than 6 million people in the region are at risk of running out of food and water as a result of the drought if aid doesn't arrive soon. Drought Threatens Millions in Horn of Africa Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5286826/5290321" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News New Research Could Aid Asthma Sufferers March 17, 2006 • New research reported this week in The New England Journal of Medicine looks at the role of the immune system in causing asthma and finds a particular type of immune cell -- overlooked in the past -- that appears to be associated with asthma. New Research Could Aid Asthma Sufferers Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5286340/5286341" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Third Mad Cow Case Confirmed in U.S. March 17, 2006 • U.S. Agriculture officials confirm that a cow in Alabama died of mad cow disease. Are testing and tracking procedures adequate to protect against the spread of the disease? Third Mad Cow Case Confirmed in U.S. Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5286337/5286338" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Untangling Results of Women's Health Study March 1, 2006 • Fifteen years and 160,000 women later, the Women's Health Initiative completes its research and assesses results. Guests review the most definitive study yet on older women's health. Untangling Results of Women's Health Study Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5239946/5239947" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu Bird Flu Forces London's Beloved Ravens Indoors February 24, 2006 • As the bird flu spreads across Europe, The Tower of London has moved its ravens indoors to protect them. The six birds are usually found on the lawns outside the castle, but are now in cages in one of its towers. Yeoman Raven Master Derrick Coyle talks with Melissa Block about the decision. Bird Flu Forces London's Beloved Ravens Indoors Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5232302/5232303" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu A Hunt for Life-Saving Lessons from a Grim Past February 20, 2006 • The great flu pandemic of 1918 killed 50 million people -- more than any other disease outbreak in the history of the world. John Oxford, a prominent British professor, wants to know why the disease was so deadly -- and what the current generation needs to rise to the challenge of a global epidemic. A Hunt for Life-Saving Lessons from a Grim Past Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5222034/5222045" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu What's Behind Bird Flu: The Chicken or the Duck? February 16, 2006 • Health officials say migratory waterfowl like ducks and geese are spreading the H5N1 bird flu virus from Asia to Europe and Africa. Bird experts aren't so sure; they point to an illegal trade in infected poultry. What's Behind Bird Flu: The Chicken or the Duck? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5219935/5220015" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Slate's Medical Examiner: A Man-Made 'Red Flu'? February 13, 2006 • The global threat of an outbreak of avian flu has researchers focused on studying how influenza spreads. In their studies, some scientists have found evidence that the "red flu" of 1977 was man-made. Madeleine Brand talks about those findings with Dr. Sydney Spiesel, a Connecticut pediatrician and Slate contributor. Slate's Medical Examiner: A Man-Made 'Red Flu'? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5203816/5203817" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Spread of Bird Flu Expected in Africa February 9, 2006 • Now that the deadly bird flu virus has spread to poultry in northern Nigeria, experts say it is almost certain to spread further in Africa. Nigeria's poultry population is estimated at 140 million birds, and the nation appears ill-equipped to stamp out the virus. Spread of Bird Flu Expected in Africa Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5198038/5198039" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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