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Survivors of spanish flu may hold key to bird flu
photo: WN / Sweet Radoc	Australian Broadcasting Corporation This is a transcript from The World Today. The program is broadcast around Australia at 12:10pm on ABC Local Radio. You can also listen to the story in and and formats. Survivors of spanish flu may hold key to bird flu The World Today - Tuesday, 19 August , 2008 12:46:00 Reporter: Jennifer Macey BRENDAN TREMBATH: US researchers have gone back in time to find a way to treat a potential outbreak of bird flu. Scientists collected blood samples from...
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Nesting seabirds plague small California town annually

The News Tribune
WILLOWS, Calif. - Nobody knows why the birds have staked their claim on this farm town 90 miles north of Sacramento. But it's the third consecutive year and, by all accounts, the worst. "The community has had enough," said Steve Holsinger, Willows'...

Grand composer who created on the cheep

The Australian
OLIVIER Messiaen's composition classes at the Paris Conservatoire were legendary. Throwing open the windows, he would exclaim to his startled students: "Ecoutez les oiseaux!" Listen to the birds! The French composer, born in December 1908 and whose...

Check out these birds while there's still time

The Charlotte Observer
Spend a day watching and learning about hummingbirds before they fly south for the winter. The second annual Reedy Creek Nature Center Hummingbird Festival will take place 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday at Reedy Creek Park, 2900 Rocky River Road. The...

In pursuit of poultry perfection

The State
I have to tell you about this great cookbook I found: Simon Hopkinson's "Roast Chicken and Other Stories" ($24.95, Hyperion). Hopkinson is a former chef based in London, and this cookbook, first published in the UK in 1994, was named the most useful...

Antibodies from 1918 flu live on

The Press Democrat
Scientists tested the blood of 32 people aged 92 to 102 who were exposed to the 1918 pandemic flu and found antibodies that still roam the body looking to strangle the old flu strain. Researchers manipulated those antibodies into a vaccine and found...

1918 flu antibodies: The body remembers, decades after the fact

The News Tribune
WASHINGTON - Nearly a century after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry superpotent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system. Scientists tested the...

Protection against deadly flu

News24
Washington- Nearly a century after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system. Scientists tested the...

Killer flu takes a turn for the best 90 years on

Sydney Morning Herald
NEARLY a century after the most lethal flu disappeared, survivors of the virus carry super-potent protection in their bloodstreams, demonstrating the durability of the human immune system. Scientists tested the blood of 32 people aged 92 to 102 who...

Blood still carries protection against killer 1918 flu

USA Today
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Nearly a century after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918...

Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Immune 90 Years Later

Healthfinder
Finding could lead to new strategies for fighting future pandemics, researchers say. By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter this article to news version (SOURCES: James E. Crowe Jr., M.D., professor, pediatrics, microbiology and immunology, Vanderbilt...

Blood protects against long-gone killer 1918 flu

San Diego
WASHINGTON - Nearly a century after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system. Scientists tested the...

Antibodies still protect 1918 flu survivors

MSNBC
Study demonstrates the durability of the human immune systemThe Associated Press WASHINGTON - Nearly a century after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus,...

Airport boss heads to the departure gates

NZ Herald
Don Huse says turning the first sod for the new runway was a highlight. Photo / Dean Purcell Don Huse will depart from Auckland International Airport's top job on Friday and expects to go "cold turkey" for a while. After 18 years in the airport...