By Tan Ee Lyn
Reuters Tue May 30, 2006 JAKARTA - Scientists are worried about a sudden flurry of human bird flu cases in Indonesia, warning that a failure to control the situation may raise the chances of a virus mutation and lead to a pandemic.
However, local experts say all six of the recent infections in humans were probably linked to diseased birds: investigations found that in three cases, the victims fell sick a few days after chickens died in their villages. Three of the six died. "To me, the most likely cause is H5N1 from animals," said I Nyoman Kandun, director-general of communicable disease control. |
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Mon May 29, 2006 Your sexual desire or lack thereof could be in your genes, scientists announced today. The discovery might change how psychologists view sexuality.
The researchers found that individual differences in human sexual desire can be attributed to genetic variations. The study is the first to provide data to show that common variations in the sequence of DNA impact on sexual desire, arousal and function, the researchers said. |
By MARGIE MASON
AP Medical Writer May 30, 2006 JAKARTA, Indonesia - The world continues to lose an ugly battle to HIV/AIDS that shows no sign of letting up after 25 million people have died a quarter-century into the epidemic, the head of the U.N.'s HIV/AIDS joint program said.
"I think we will see a further globalization of the epidemic spreading to every single corner of the planet," UNAIDS head Peter Piot told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Geneva. |
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