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Trish Keenan, Lead Singer of Broadcast, Dead at 42: A Musical Tribute [VIDEOS]
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsTrish Keenan, who was the lead singer of the electronic-music band Broadcast, has died from complications related to pneumonia. She was 42. Broadcast formed in the mid-'90s in England. The group's first album, "The Noise Made by People," was released in 2000; the group followed up with 2003's "Ha-Ha Sound" and 2005's "Tender Buttons." In 2009, the band released the mini-album "Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age," a collaborative effort with the band the Focus Group. Keenan developed pneumonia after a bout with the H1N1 swine flu, which has hit the United ...
Is Swine Flu Poised for a British Invasion of the US?
By David Knowles - AOL NewsHere it comes again. An outbreak of H1N1 flu has hospitalized 302 people in England and accounted for 14 deaths in recent weeks, the Guardian reported. Making matters worse, many British citizens, including health workers, have yet to receive flu shots this year after the frenzy of attention paid to H1N1 subsided at the conclusion of last year's pandemic season. This year's flu shot covers both seasonal and the so-called "swine" flu strains, but vaccination rates have been 2.5 percent lower this year than last, the BBC reported. "It was ill-advised not to have the public awareness campaign ...
Tobacco-Based Vaccines Could Pwn Future Pandemics
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Nov. 4) -- Pandemics and bio-terror threats might one day be a health hazard of the past. A massive undertaking by the U.S. military is rapidly transforming vaccine production, yielding fast-tracked approaches to wipe out new illnesses before they spread. The military's been after better bio-threat prevention methods since 2005, but it was only last year that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched its Blue Angel program to come up with quicker responses to emerging flu viruses. H1N1 (the virus originally referred to by the media as "swine flu") was the catalyst for ...
H1N1 Declared Over; Experts Ponder Lessons
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Aug. 10) -- More than a year after swine flu was declared a global pandemic, leading to a flurry of fast-tracked vaccine production, travel restrictions and public health advisories, the world has finally entered a "post-pandemic period." That's the word from the World Health Organization, which today downgraded H1N1 from pandemic status on its six-stage alert system. The virus has killed an estimated 19,000 people worldwide so far, compared with the 500,000 the WHO estimates die during a typical flu season. "The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course," Margaret Chan, WHO's director ...
Reader Feedback: Patriotism, Church, College, Swine Flu and More
By not in system - AOL News(April 22) -- Editor's note: Below is a sampling of reader feedback we received to op-eds published on AOL News over the past week. The comments have been edited for length and clarity. A Modest Proposal for Anti-Government Crowd -- By Alan Colmes Alan seems to be under the false impression that tea party members in general are, as he refers to them, "anti-government" and should secede from participating in anything that requires federal funding. I can assure Mr. Colmes that tea party members are NOT anti-government. We believe an effective government should be limited in power, and reminded ...
Leftover Flu Vaccine May Need to Be Thrown Out
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyTens of millions of doses of unused swine flu vaccine may have to be discarded, but as many as 91 million Americans took their medicine -- which seems to have worked, diminishing the impact of the pandemic as the flu season winds down. However, more than 70 million vaccine doses, already in vials and syringes, will have to be pitched if not used before their various expiration dates pass, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The taxpayer-funded $1.6 billion program apparently helped prevent widespread flu deaths in the United States, but also left many frustrated with delayed deliveries and ...
Health Officials Worry Over H1N1 Uptick
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(March 30) -- An outbreak of H1N1 cases in Georgia and mini-surges in other Southeastern states have federal health officials urging vaccinations and vigilance to thwart the threat of a third wave of the flu. H1N1 has been largely contained across most of the country. But in Georgia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of those sick is higher than it was in October, when the second wave of the flu swept the nation. In the last week alone, the state has seen 40 hospitalizations. That's more than any other week since last fall. Specialists with the CDC are ...
Thousands of Doses of Kids' H1N1 Vaccine Recalled
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA (Dec. 15) -- Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday. The recall is for about 800,000 pre-filled syringes intended for children ages 6 months to nearly 3 years. The shots, made by Sanofi Pasteur, were distributed across the country last month, and most have already been used, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Doctors were notified of the voluntary recall Tuesday. Dr. Anne Schuchat, a CDC flu expert, said parents don't need ...
Is the Business Community Pro-Swine Flu?
By David Corn - Politics DailyThis is cold. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the major business lobby, opposes legislation to provide workers paid sick leave -- even as flu season approaches. That's not only Scrooge-like. It's bad for public health. Allowing workers to stay home when they're ill has always been a good idea. They recover quicker. And who wants all those germs in the workplace? But it's more important when a nation is trying to prevent a pandemic. Health officials have been urging Americans to call in sick if they contract the flu, for that is one of the best ways to keep the spread of H1N1 in check. But plenty ...
Automatic Holy Water Dispenser: Faith and Science Mix!
By David Gibson - Politics DailyAnd a bit of Italian style helps, too, as this Reuters report shows. The invention is not only terracotta (how long before Pottery Barn starts selling it?) but it keeps alive a tradition that was in danger of succumbing to swine flu fears, as we have reported before. The terracotta dispenser, used in the northern town of Fornaci di Briosco, functions like an automatic soap dispenser in public washrooms -- a churchgoer waves his or her hand under a sensor and the machine spurts out holy water. "It has been a bit of a novelty. People initially were a bit shocked by this technological innovation ...
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