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1889 Pandemic Didn’t Need Planes to Circle Globe in 4 Months By Alexis Madrigal April 26, 2010 | 6:25 pm | Categories: Medicine The 1889 Russian flu pandemic circled the globe in just four months, captivating the world, despite the lack of airplanes or hyperventilating cable news stations. If that was possible, closing down air traffic in the event of a new pandemic might not do much, argue the authors led by Alain-Jacques Valleron, an epidemiologist at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale in Paris. “The rapid progression of the 1889 pandemic demonstrates that slower surface travel, even with much smaller t...

New Alzheimer vaccine to be tested in Europe Print AFP/File – A woman is pictured holding the hand of a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease. A new vaccine … Fri Apr 23, 10:39 am ET VIENNA (AFP) – A new vaccine against Alzheimer's, developed by the Austrian biotechnology firm Affiris, will soon be tested in six European countries, the company announced Friday. Some 420 patients will be recruited to take part in clinical trials in Austria , Croatia , Czech Republic, France,...