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Companies to Put Focus On Indirect Tax
allafrica.com 12 hrs ago 1 related
Posted to the web 20 May 2008 Sanchia Temkin Johannesburg MOST large global companies believe governments will rely more on indirect tax, such as VAT or general sales tax, in the future, according to a study released by KPMG yesterday. "South African businesses are more concerned about tax risk...
Heather: "Guess that airborne virus!" starring Amy Winehouse
fresnobeehive.com 22 hrs ago 2 related
Now it's time for "Guess that airborne virus!" starring everyone's favorite junkie/tall hair enthusiast Amy Winehouse: Amy Winehouse just released into the atmosphere: A. SARS B. Crackonia, a lethal combination of crack cocaine and pneumonia C. Syphilis, which wasn't airborne...
1:00 PM (PT) - Infections: Fighting Back - Part 1
uwtv.org yesterday
Sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia and AIDS - and new diseases like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) - are a continuing danger to everyone. Some are effectively controlled with the help of modern technology. Other emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are appearing in...
Linking human and animal health
signonsandiego.com yesterday
This election season voters must decide which candidate will improve the nation's security and well-being. It is troubling, then, that a clear and present public health and security issue has been all but ignored by the campaigns – protecting citizens against pandemic disease threats and...
DNA vaccines boosted by dendritic cells
news-medical.net yesterday
The concept sounds ideal: vaccines made of DNA that could be taken in by other cells and give instructions for how to fight off different diseases. The reality, however, has fallen short. Although DNA vaccines have been around for about 15 years and shown lots of promise for HIV, SARS and...
INTERVIEW-SARS wake-up call now paying off for China
alertnet.org May 17, 2008
By Jason Subler BEIJING, May 17 (Reuters) - China's prompt, open response to the devastating earthquake that hit Sichuan province on Monday results in large part from tough lessons learned through the SARS epidemic in 2003, a senior government adviser said on Saturday. Beijing's quick...
Opening China
washingtonpost.com May 17, 2008 58 related
SHANTOU, China -- A small group of doctors and nurses just left for Chengdu loaded down with medicines to help in the aftermath of Monday's earthquake. This scene of homegrown assistance has been repeated all over China, because every Chinese knows the agonizing details of the story. Shantou is...
Changing Climate Could Alter Biology of Infectious Diseases
usmission.gov May 15, 2008
By Cheryl Pellerin Staff Writer Washington -- “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal,” say the international authors of Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, part two of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fourth assessment report. DIFFERENT PLANET...
No time to sit back
economist.com May 15, 2008 37 related
China has shown up Myanmar's generals. But it is not too late for outsiders to help the Burmese IT HAS taken another catastrophe, this one in China, to show the generals who run Myanmar how better to respond to a natural disaster. Ten days after a cyclone struck Myanmar (formerly Burma) on May...
Quake death toll grows as rescuers dig deeper
cnn.com May 14, 2008 1,218 related
China announced grim news Wednesday from the epicenter of this week's earthquake: About three-quarters of one town's residents have perished. The official death toll has surpassed 12,000, but an unofficial tally of individual communities provided by the news services is closer to 20,000.