Most dangerous viruses

HIV blood killed haemophilia patients
...the clotting agent Factor 8 and these supplies were taken from US prisoners. Specialists testing new blood products were neglectful of the danger and used blood from the donors who were infected with dangerous viruses. The official data to prove the terrible incident disappeared. As the government officials said, documents were deleted or not exposed to the public due to its confidentiality. From one of the letters...
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Storm virus attacks blogs
...n, said that some bulletin boards were already spammed. The threat of the Storm worm is that it can mask spam under a real user's post. Anti-virus programs are not always effective at detecting the dangerous malware as this virus is dynamically repackaged and is able to change its appearance and mislead anti-virus solutions. ...
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Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men
...thnic, cross-section sampling of the population living in the United States, gathered routinely by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the data from the period of 1999-2000, most recent years that the levels of the dangerous chemical were available, 1,451 adult men had data on chemical’s exposures, obesity, as well as waist circumference. A significant number of these men, and namely 651, in addi...
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Pills Against Insomnia Cause Sleepwalking
...Ambien and Lunest are often prescribed sleeping pills. These pills, however, cause the most strange side effects. The Food and Drug Administration reported yesterday such strange behavior as eating or driving while asleep. These reports have provoked the F.D.E. to order the drug makers to make certain fliers for such sleeping drugs, where patients could read detailed instructions on how to use them. The investigation of...
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Alcohol kills faster than ecstasy
...at government's drug policy was not paying enough attention to modern state of affairs and didn't take notice of the scientific findings. There should be no surprise that ecstasy drug was placed almost at the end of the list. One person a day dies from acute alcohol poisoning in comparison to 10 people a year who die from ecstasy overdose. A new classification brings to light many issues concerning drug policy with...
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New Saliva Test to Save 1,000 Unborn Babies Each Year
...t a woman dies of pre-eclampsia. The only way to cure this condition is to deliver the baby. This, however, puts some infants at risk of death, due to the fat that they are being born prematurely. Most women that are at risk include: first-time mothers, women who are over their 40s, women that suffer from obesity and those that have a family history of pre-eclampsia. The pre-eclampsia was, for the first time, ident...
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Plastic Blood and Airplanes Shifting Shapes – Close to Reality?
... replaced expensive organic materials, bioplastic produced from plants will probably replace materials dangerous for the environment. There already exists the Toyota Motor's I-unit, an electric car almost fully produced from material derived from sugar cane, corn, and the kenaf plant growing in Africa. Plastics has greatly revolutionized our life during the past 100 years. Who knows what it holds for us in future, bes...
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Breakthrough - Healing Water to Regenerate Wounds Faster
...hat developed the "super-oxidized" water is called Oculus and it is located in California. The water was filtered through a salt membrane and according to the scientists from Oculus their water kills viruses, bacteria and fungi. The new type of water has shown good results against MRSA. New Scientist magazine reported that scientists from UK are already testing the water on patients that have diabetic foot ulcers. ...
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Russian Mine Blast at Novokuznetsk (coverage)
...collect more coal for their country. However, the scenario was rewritten at approximately 7:30 AM Moscow Time (4:30 AM GMT). At approximately 520 meters (about 1700 ft) deep down the mine a highly dangerous gas - methane - exploded. By the end of that day 38 people were reported dead and the rest 179 miners were evacuated - 7 of them with serious injuries; one of them was in a critical condition with a serious head ...
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Farmer Feeds Viagra to Oysters to Create the Ultimate Aphrodisiac
...ssful). It is worth mentioning that selling oysters in Australia requires strict regulations. Pfizer, a pharmaceutical giant that produces Viagra, ordered the farmer to stop using the name of the most famous anti-impotence drug in his marketing campaign. However, May outlined that not one obstacle would stop spreading his idea around the world. He plans to sell his exclusive Sydney Rock Oysters around the world. A...
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Bird Flu - Back to Europe
... were cases of H5N1 type of avian influenza detected in Germany. This was reported by the German Ministry of Consumer Right Protection, Food Supplies and Agriculture. The H5N1 type of bird flu is the most dangerous type of this virus to people. Tests in German laboratories for microbiology have proven that three swans were infected by the dangerous H5N1 strain in a lake near Nürnberg, in the Southern land of Bava...
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And now, it's banana flavored too
...Drug dealers develop new trends in cocaine flavors. Sacramento police reports growing traffics of flavored cocaine in the US. Yolo County is where the most recent arrests were made. Six people being affected in drug affairs were arrested with three pounds of fruit flavored powder. The police reported strawberry and coconut as most popular flavors. Roy Giorgi, commander of Yolo Narcotic Enforcement Team, said the ne...
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British Invents Anti-Paedophilies Software
...iations and The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center - the Government's anti-child abuse agency. They consider any protective measures against child abuse online a "golden opportunity". Most children now surf the web without parental supervision and as many as one in seven kids is approached by web sex offender. Mr.Hildreth now offers the program for free to the first 10,000 people registering on his site...
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Chinese Deliver Live Rats to Restaurants
...at meat is 136 yuan (that is $A20,7). Hunan local governments have been trying to stop the rats invasion. The rodents have already demolished about 1.6 million hectares of crops. They can also spread dangerous diseases, as reported by Chinese media centers. Some scientists have blamed Chinese Three Gorges Dam project and climatic changes for rodents invading dry land in Hunan.
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