Also In Global Health News: India’s Right To Information Law; Flu Treatment Study; Haiti Food Aid; U.S. Commits $88M … New York Times Examines India's Right To Information Law The New York Times examines India's Right to Information law and how it has "newly empowered" the country's poor. The law enables citizens to file requests for information on pending housing stipends, government pensions or "almost any information from the government," according to the newspaper. "The law has not, as some activists hoped ... [News Source]

Swine flu strikes PM, five other officials. Prime Minister Hun Sen contracted the A(H1N1) influenza virus late last week, and five other government officials – including a deputy prime minister and two senior ministers – have since exhibited signs of it, according to a statement issued by Health Minister Mam Bunheng. [News Source]

Mexico declares end to 14-month swine flu scare. The government of Mexico lifted the alert for swine flu Tuesday, officially ending the health emergency in the country where the illness first appeared 14 months ago. [News Source]

Researchers take a step toward universal flu vaccine Researchers at a small Seattle biotech company, Theraclone, have discovered rare anti-flu antibodies that target a potential vulnerability in flu viruses. [News Source]

Researchers take a step toward universal flu vaccine Researchers at a small Seattle biotech company, Theraclone, have discovered rare anti-flu antibodies that target a potential vulnerability in flu viruses. [News Source]

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Sirnaomics receives NIH SBIR grants to advance siRNA therapeutics for critical human diseases Sirnaomics, Inc. announced today that the company has received two SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grants from National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), of National Institute of Health (NIH). Sirnaomics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company founded in early 2007, is dedicated to developing RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics for ... [News Source]

Times @ 25: The news that touched our lives Floods, flu, farming, Plan A and Sumas Energy 2 - the Times family was there to record some of the biggest milestones in the past 25 years that have helped shape Abbotsford's unique character. [News Source]

U.S., China open Shanghai Epidemiology Center for chronic, epidemic diseases Chinese and U.S. health officials opened an epidemiology center in Shanghai Tuesday to train experts to deal with and prevent chronic and epidemic diseases, the Associated Press reports. [News Source]

Study finds body’s potential universal flu defense WASHINGTON - The human body makes rare antibodies effective against all flu viruses and these might be boosted to design a better universal flu treatment, researchers reported on Monday. [News Source]

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