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Twitter now 100 mln active users, mobile surging

Twitter a tool to map epidemics
Washington: Marcel Salathe turned to Twitter to conduct a unique analysis of how the popular mircroblogging site records the spread of an epidemic or its users' receptivity to new vaccines. Salathe, assistant professor of biology, Penn State University, then tracked how the users' thinking correlated with vaccination rates and how microbloggers with the same negative or positive feelings seemed

AIDS epidemic in Asia-Pacific region: UN
New York, Aug 27 (IBNS) The AIDS epidemic in Asia and the Pacific is at a crossroads, says a United Nations report released on Friday, which adds that while the region has seen impressive gains in the HIV response, greater and sustained efforts will be needed.

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California porn film industry refuses to play ball with health officials
California health officials have not been able to complete an investigation into the prevalence of HIV in the porn film industry as the latter has refused to cooperate, say reports.

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Sticking power

Tokyo: Japans earthquake has caused some alarming flows in capital human as well as financial. Investment bankers are reported to be leaving Tokyo amid fears of an impending

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3 big developments make AIDS outlook more hopeful

In the nearly 30 years the AIDS epidemic has raged, there has never been a more hopeful day than this.Three striking developments took place Tuesday: U.N. officials said new HIV cases are dropping

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Amazon Indians hit by deadly epidemic in Venezuela

Venezuelan health workers say an epidemic that may be malaria has killed dozens of people, decimating three villages of the Yanomami Indians, whose struggle for survival in a remote part of the

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