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Thursday

The International Organ Trafficking Market

With tens of thousands of Americans on a waiting list for donations, there is a thriving international black market for organs. Lindy Washburn, senior writer at The Record, and Nancy Scheper-Hughes, director of Organs Watch, explain the exchange of money for human organs.

The International Organ Trafficking Market

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Sunday

In Africa, Bringing AIDS Treatment Closer To Home

Charles Kibe, right, a volunteer who works with HIV/AIDS-infected people in the Korogocho slum in Nairobi, Kenya, attends a patient at a health clinic in December 2007. Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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In Africa, Bringing AIDS Treatment Closer To Home

The results of a five-year clinical trial underline problems with forcing rural Africans to travel to cities for routine lab tests. The findings could lead to new protocols that free up money currently used for testing to provide treatment for more African HIV/AIDS patients.

In Africa, Bringing AIDS Treatment Closer To Home

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Monday

Swine Flu Hits Pandemic Level

Officials Scramble To Prep Swine Flu Vaccine By Fall

For the first time ever, U.S. health officials will vaccinate Americans against two flu strains in one season. They're aiming to have an H1N1 vaccine ready by the fall, but slow growth of the vaccine strain means there likely won't be enough for everyone until December.

Officials Scramble To Prep Swine Flu Vaccine By Fall

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Sunday

Environment

Birds' Survival Relies On World's Largest Crab Orgy

Mating season for horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay brings millions of crabs onto the beaches. It's a feast for tens of thousands of migratory shorebirds, including the red knot, but lately their population has been dropping.

Birds' Survival Relies On World's Largest Crab Orgy

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Friday

Research News

Pigs Harbor A Form Of Ebola Virus

Reporting in the journal Science, researchers say they've found a form of Ebola virus in pigs in the Philippines. The strain doesn't harm humans, but there's concern it may mutate. USDA foreign animal disease expert Michael McIntosh explains how the virus was found and what happens next.

Pigs Harbor A Form Of Ebola Virus

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Sunday

Swine Flu Pandemic: What May Lie Ahead

Swine flu has been out of the headlines lately, but it's still making people sick in more than 100 countries. In fact, the World Health Organization recently named it the first official pandemic since 1968.

Swine Flu Pandemic: What May Lie Ahead

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Tuesday

Saturday

Research News

Using Weather Satellites To Predict Epidemics?

Scientists can use weather satellites to track things like sea surface temperature and cloud cover, but how can that stop disease from spreading?

Using Weather Satellites To Predict Epidemics?

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Thursday

Swine Flu Hits Pandemic Level

WHO Declares Swine Flu A Pandemic

The H1N1 virus has spread to a number of countries and is not stoppable, says World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan. But the agency cautions against overreaction; so far the strain remains mild.

WHO Declares Swine Flu A Pandemic

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Tuesday

World

One Doctor's 'Six Months In Sudan'

Dr. James Maskalyk went to contested border town in Sudan with Doctors Without Borders. He treated patients and fended off a measles epidemic with limited resources. His six-month stint affected him more than he expected.

One Doctor's 'Six Months In Sudan'

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Thursday

Tuesday

Swine Flu Update

Despite deaths reported in New York, the uproar over swine flu seems to have faded. Where are we now? Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, a doctor with the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, discusses the behavior of the H1N1 virus.

The CDC's Anne Schuchat Discusses The Virus On 'All Things Considered'

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Health

Official: Flu Cases Likely Much Higher Than Reported

Dr. Anne Schuchat, deputy director of the CDC's Science and Public Health Program, told NPR on Tuesday that the 5,000 confirmed flu cases in the United States is "a great underestimate."

The CDC's Anne Schuchat Discusses The Virus On 'All Things Considered'

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Monday

Swine Flu Hits Pandemic Level

Swine Flu Bumps Up Price Of Chinese Spice

Spice prices in a dusty covered market in Shanghai may seem an unlikely barometer of the level of public panic about new pandemic flus. But many people in China believe that star anise, used in the production of the drug Tamiflu, is a silver bullet against swine flu.

Swine Flu Bumps Up Price Of Chinese Spice

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