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TwitterAlmost one in eight workers will have to take time off sick with swine flu in the next few weeks, according to official figures due out today.This could leave many businesses struggling to run as normal and cripple public services and transport over the summer.And chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson is expected to announce that 30 per cent of the population is likely to be infected during this first wave of the pandemic.Official government figures also suggest that between 0.1 per cent and 0.35 per cent of those with the virus will die, with up to 100,00 people a day likely to be infected at its peak.An unwell girl at home in a duvet with tissues (file picture) Nearly one in eight people will be off work with swine flu, it has been predictedThe Department of Health revealed that every schoolchild will be vaccinated against swine flu by Christmas.Its draft priority list to decide the 30million Britons who will be first to get the jab puts three to 16-year-olds at the top. Health authorities have been told to draw up schemes to ensure all pupils get the injections, most likely at school or at their GP’s surgery. But there was confusion last night about when the vaccine will arrive.
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Swine flu pandemic to force one in eight to take time off work sick
July 16th, 2009 
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May 17th, 2009 admin Following a list of mainstream media websites that get maximum “link love” from bloggers. Or in other words, these 50 websites are the top sources of news for bloggers and thus are linked (or cited) most frequently from blogs. With a few exceptions like BBC, Telegraph, Daily Mail & Guardian, most of the online media sites that tend to get most links from blog are based out of America.
Posted in News Tags: Cbs News, Christian Science Monitor, Cnn Money, Daily Mail, Dallas Morning News, Google News, Guardian Uk, International Herald Tribune, Jose Mercury News, Mail Guardian, Mainstream Media, National Public Radio, Ny Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, San Jose Mercury, San Jose Mercury News, Telegraph Daily, Telegraph Uk, Wall Street Journal Comments OffDo These Mysterious Stones Mark The Site Of The Garden Of Eden?
March 1st, 2009 admin The site has been described as ‘extraordinary’ and ‘the most important’ site in the worldFrom The Daily Mail:For the old Kurdish shepherd, it was just another burning hot day in the rolling plains of eastern Turkey. Following his flock over the arid hillsides, he passed the single mulberry tree, which the locals regarded as ’sacred’.
Posted in Science News Tags: Bells, Daily Mail, Eastern Turkey, Exposed, Flock, Garden Of Eden, Hillsides, Hot Day, Locals, Mulberry Tree, Peeping, Rectangles, Sheep, Stillness Comments Off‘Eye of God’: The nebula that watches our tiny world from 700 light years away
February 28th, 2009 admin The ‘eye of god’ – also known as the Helix nebula – is so huge, it would take abeam of light two-and-a-half years to cross itFrom The Daily Mail:It stares down at us from the depths of space, watching our tiny world from 700 light years away.Scientists have nicknamed the image – captured by a giant telescope on the Chilean mountains – the eye of God.In fact, it shows the death throes of a star similar to our sun, before it retires as a ‘white dwarf’ believed to be the final evolutionary state of a medium-sized star.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Beam Of Light, Chilean Mountains, Cross Daily, Daily Mail, Death Star, Death Throes, Evolutionary State, Eye Of God, Giant Telescope, Helix Nebula, Image, Light Years, Scientists, Sized Star, Stares, Sun, Tiny World, Two And A Half Years, Watches, White Dwarf Comments OffIntroducing The Gel-Filled Army Helmet That Will Crush Bullets As They Penetrate It
February 27th, 2009 admin Richard Palmer, CEO of Blue Divine Ltd, with ‘D3O’ shock-absorbing material which will be used to line new British Army helmetsFrom The Daily Mail:On the face of it a layer of orange jelly may not sound the best way to protect a soldier’s head from high velocity bullets and shrapnel.But the British Army’s standard-issue combat helmet is set to be upgraded with a liner made from gooey miracle gel, which responds to a sudden impact by locking instantly into a solid form – absorbing huge amounts of energy harmlessly.A UK-based technology company was today celebrating a £100,000 contract from the Ministry of Defence to develop its D3O shock-absorbing gel to help save the lives of British troops fighting on the frontline in Afghanistan.Read more ….My Comment: The use of nanotechnology at a basic level.
Posted in Science News Tags: Army Helmet, Army Helmets, Blue Divine, British Army, British Troops, Bullets, Ceo, Combat Helmet, Daily Mail, Frontline, High Velocity, Ministry Of Defence, Miracle Gel, Nanotechnology, Richard Palmer, Shock, Shrapnel, Soldier, Sudden Impact, Technology Company Comments OffWhy Women Cannot Read Maps
February 25th, 2009 admin Are we lost? Women tend to describe directions as ‘right of’ and ‘left of’ landmarks, while men are better at reading maps, a study foundAre We Lost? Why Women Are Worse At Reading Maps But Can Find Those Misplaced Keys — Daily MailWomen are worse at reading maps but better at finding lost items, research into how the sexes perceive beauty has revealed.U.S Scientists asked 10 men and 10 women to view a series of unfamiliar pictures. The participants were told to give their impressions of the images and whether or not they found them beautiful.The scientists also used a technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG) to measure changes in the magnetic fields generated by active neurons in the brain.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: 10 Women, Daily Mail, Images, Impressions, Landmarks, Lost, Magnetic Fields, Meg, Men Women, Neurons In The Brain, Participants, Reading Maps, Scientists, Sexes Comments OffStargazers Hope For Glimpse Of Green Comet
February 24th, 2009 admin The comet contains the gases cyanogen and diatomic carbon, which give it its green colour. (Paolo Candy/Cimini Astronomical Observatory)From The Independent:It’s green, about 300,000 miles wide and some 38 million miles away, and tonight a comet called Lulin could be visible to the naked eye.At around midnight, UK space scientists and amateur stargazers will be looking due south for a glimpse of the unusual celestial body as it reaches its nearest point to Earth.Discovered only a year ago, the comet gets its green colour from a poisonous, cyanide-like gas in its atmosphere.Read more ….More News On LulinComet Lulin making nearest approach toward earth, one-time only — China ViewBest chance to view Comet Lulin is here! — Scientific AmericanGreen light for a close encounter: ‘Jupiter-sized’ comet to streak past Earth tonight — Daily Mail OnlineHow To See Comet Lulin As It Passes Earth — Space Daily
Posted in Science News Tags: Amateur Stargazers, Astronomical Observatory, Atmosphere, Candy, Celestial Body, China, Close Encounter, Comet, Cyanogen, Daily Mail, Due South, Earth Space, Encounter Jupiter, Glimpse, Million Miles, Naked Eye, S Green, Scientific American, Space Scientists, Uk Space Comments OffAtlantis Revealed At Last… Or Just A Load Of Old Googles?
February 21st, 2009 admin False hopes: Google said the grid-like markings, thought to reveal the location of mythical underwater city Atlantis, are an artifact of its map making processFrom The Daily Mail:For centuries the story of Atlantis has captured the imagination – a fabled city of great beauty, culture and wealth that was suddenly swallowed up by the ocean.Its location – or at least the source of the legend – remained a tantalising mystery.
Posted in Science News Tags: Artifact, Beauty Culture, Black Sea, Centuries, Cornwall, Daily Mail, Fabled City, False Hopes, Google, Googles, Imagination, Map, Mystery, Story Of Atlantis, Underwater City, Waves Comments Off