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Resistance To Flu Drug Widespread In U.S.: Study

 Resistance To Flu Drug Widespread In U.S.: StudyA flu shot is prepared in Chicago, Illinois. US President Barack Obama has vowed to fight for his budget proposals that include investments in clean energy and healthcare as he faces a tough battle moving the measures through Congress. (AFP/Getty Images/File/Tim Boyle)

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Virtually all cases of the most common strain of flu circulating in the United States now resist the main drug used to treat it, the U.S.…

NASA Says Climate Satellite Fails To Launch

photo1 NASA Says Climate Satellite Fails To LaunchFrom Yahoo News/Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A mission carrying a climate satellite into orbit failed on Tuesday when the satellite was not able to separate from the rocket, NASA said.

“The vehicle … landed just sort of Antarctica in the ocean,” John Brunschwyler of Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp, which made the rocket told a news conference.…

Researchers Unlock Secrets Of 1918 Flu Pandemic

 Researchers Unlock Secrets Of 1918 Flu PandemicPolicemen in Seattle wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the influenza epidemic in a National Archives photo dated December 1918. (National Archives/Handout/Reuters)

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly — a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia.…

'Death Map' Shows Heat A Big Hazard To Americans

photo1 'Death Map' Shows Heat A Big Hazard To Americans
From Reuters:

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Heat is more likely to kill an American than an earthquake, and thunderstorms kill more people than hurricanes do, according to a U.S. “death map” published on Tuesday.

Researchers who compiled the county-by-county look at what natural disasters kill Americans said they hope their study will help emergency preparedness officials plan better.…