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U.S. and other countries fail to adequately monitor pigs for flu

Posted on May 26th by Tom Yulsman. •
Lack of surveillance could contribute to emergence of a deadly pandemic At a teleconference with reporters last week timed to coincide with release of a new study, a team of ...
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Flu-CAFO link: ‘Blogs deserve credit for calling press into action’

Posted on April 30th by Tom Yulsman. %
But the Columbia Journalism Review also criticizes "finger-pointing tone" and lack of substance Bloggers have been calling on the mainstream news media to be more aggressive in investigating the possible link between ...
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What mainstream media aren’t telling you about the swine flu outbreak

Posted on April 27th by Tom Yulsman. 7
A mother sow nurses her piglets in a confined animal feeding operation, or CAFO. (Source: Wikimedia Commons.) . Industrial-scale hog operations may raise the risk of human ...
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Flu outbreak spreading worldwide; initial response poor

Posted on April 25th by Tom Yulsman. •
Possible link to massive hog farming operation in Mexican town   This simulation shows how a moderately contagious pandemic flu could spread in the United States. Each dot portrays a Census tract ...
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