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Flu vaccine updated after last winter's misery
2015-09-21 04:33:04| Biotech - Topix.net
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden, right, receives a flu shot from nurse B.K. Morris during an event about the flu vaccine, Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington. It's time for flu shots again, and health officials expect to avoid a repeat of the misery last winter, when immunizations weren't a good match for a nasty surprise strain.
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Yes, a warmer Arctic means cold winters elsewhere. Here's how
2015-09-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Melting sea ice and warmer temperatures in the Arctic are to blame for the brutal cold snaps that have plagued parts of Asia and North America in recent years, according to new research by Korean and European scientists released Monday. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Geoscience, adds to the growing evidence linking rising Arctic temperatures to changing weather patterns across the globe. It also helps further debunk one of climate deniers' favorite arguments: cold weather...
08.11: Cat Winters
2015-07-15 01:03:13| Powells Books Events Calendar
From Cat Winters comes a masterfully crafted story of love, loss, and second chances. Set during the fear and panic of the Great Influenza of 1918, The Uninvited (William Morrow) is part gothic ghost-story, part psychological thriller. After being struck by the flu, 25-year-old Ivy Rowan rises from her bed only to discover the world has been torn apart in just a few short days. But Ivy's lifelong gift — or curse — remains. For she sees the uninvited ones — ghosts of loved ones who appear to her, unasked, unwelcomed, for they always herald impending death. Ivy is soon drawn into a new world of jazz, passion, and freedom, where people live for the day, because they could be stricken by nightfall.
California wildflowers losing diversity face warmer, drier winters
2015-06-22 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Native wildflowers in California are losing species diversity after multiple years of drier winters, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, which provides the first direct evidence of climate change impacts in the state's grassland communities. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is based on 15 years of monitoring about 80 sampling plots at McLaughlin Reserve, part of UC Davis' Natural Reserve System. "Our study shows...
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David Winters Sells Two-Thirds of Stake in Coca-Cola
2015-06-20 08:57:31| Railroads - Topix.net
Wintergreen Fund manager David Winters is a deep value investor. Like many investors, Wintergreen struggled in 2014 - not as much as some, though, with a -1.68% return for the year - but it returned nearly 17% in 2013.
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