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February 8, 2010
 

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2009 H1N1 Influenza
Most Americans Think Swine Flu Pandemic Is Over, a Harvard Poll Finds (NY Times) Most Americans do not intend to get the swine flu vaccine, assume the pandemic is over and think the flu threat was overblown, according to a poll released Friday by the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Swine Flu Still Out There, Officials Caution (Reuters) H1N1 swine flu is still circulating around the world and still killing people, although it is on the decline everywhere, global health officials said on Friday.
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Government Affairs
House Overwhelmingly Approves Cybersecurity Bill (USA Today) The House of Representatives today approved the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, a major piece of legislation addressing rising cyberattacks, by a 422-to-5 vote.
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Public Health Preparedness and Response
China Finds 170 More Tons of Tainted Milk Powder (AP/Physorg) China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed.
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Global Health and Biosecurity
Bad Malaria Pills in Africa Raise Fears (AP/Sydney Morning Herald) Many of the most effective malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality, raising fears of rising drug resistance by a disease that kills a million people each year, a US report says.
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Other 21st Century Threats
U.S., Japan to Hold Meetings on Nuclear Forensics (Global Security Newswire) The United States and Japan are expected to hold meetings in Washington this month geared toward encouraging collaboration on nuclear forensics, government sources from the two nations told Kyodo News on Saturday (see GSN, Jan. 26).
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New Methods Aim to Keep E. Coli in Beef Lower All Year (USA Today) The dead of winter may not be the time when most people's thoughts turn toward the allure of a hamburger on the grill. But from a food safety standpoint, it's probably the safest time there is to eat ground beef.
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