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Anthrax Attack Requires Early Detection & Quick Response
A large attack on a major metropolitan area with airborne anthrax could affect more than a million people, necessitating their treatment with powerful antibiotics. A new study finds that in order for a response to be effective, quick detection and treatment are essential, and any delay beyond three days would overwhelm hospitals with critically ill people.

Mate Selection: How Does She Know He'll Take Care Of The Kids
Throughout the animal kingdom brilliant colors or elaborate behavioral displays serve as "advertisements" for the process of attracting mates. But, what do the ads promise and is there truth in advertizing? Researchers at Yale theorize that when males must provide care for the survival of their offspring, the males" "advertisements" will always be honest - and they may devote more of their energy to caring for their offspring than to attracting females.
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Inovio Biomedical Universal Dengue DNA Vaccine Demonstrates Strong Immune Responses Against All Four Serotypes
Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced that the company"s first SynCon™ dengue virus DNA vaccine induced neutralizing antibody responses against all four distinct serotypes of dengue viruses that are transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. Currently there is no commercially available vaccine or antiviral drug against dengue virus infections. The results were published in Vaccine, July 3, 2009, in a paper entitled, "Development of a novel DNA SynCon tetravalent dengue vaccine that elicits immune responses against four serotypes" (Ramanathan MP, Kuo YC, Selling BH, Li Q, Sardesai NY, Kim JJ, Weiner DB).
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AARP Presses Lawmakers To Support Long Term Care

AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond released the following statement on the Association"s support of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act provisions included in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee"s health reform bill: "Each year, more American families struggle with the staggering cost of long-term care. The long-term care provisions in the HELP bill taken from Chairman Kennedy"s CLASS Act make up an important part of reforming our broken health care system and putting more people on track to get the health and long-term care they need throughout their lives. At the same time, these important provisions could take some of the burden off of struggling Medicaid programs. "Combined with private insurance, personal savings, other public programs and care from friends and loved ones, the CLASS Act provisions will help offer peace of mind to American families and help them pay for the services and supports they need to live independently. "We look forward to working with Chairman Kennedy and his colleagues to include the HELP committee CLASS Act provisions in any final comprehensive health care reform legislation this year." On tuesday, AARP sent a letter to members of the Senate HELP Committee urging them to support the CLASS Act provisions as a part of comprehensive health care reform. For a copy of the letter, please contact AARP Media Relations at the number above. AARP


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