Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:00:00 PST Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101116/11074311893/dailydirt-flu-season-is-here.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101116/11074311893/dailydirt-flu-season-is-here.shtml

The Khan academy has a lesson on what the flu is, making sure everyone knows the difference between the flu and a cold. It'd be cool to see online classes for all kinds of medical information -- and maybe even medical degree badges....? [url]

The 2013 flu vaccine wards against three strains: H3N2, H1N1 and Influenza B. However, the vaccine this year has been labeled only "moderately effective" by the CDC. [url]

Flu season comes around during the winter generally and not spring, summer or fall. But why? It could be the humidity; the flu virus survives well in warm, low-humidity air -- just like the conditions in most homes in the winter. [url]

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]]> urls-we-dig-up http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20101116/11074311893 Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:10:54 PST Mike Masnick http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20101124/04161712007/does-wifi-make-trees-sick.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20101124/04161712007/does-wifi-make-trees-sick.shtml some people sick. Unfortunately, the evidence shows that in double-blind studies people can't tell if there's WiFi (even if they do appear to really feel sick when they think WiFi is present). However, a new report is claiming that WiFi is making trees sick, and that the impact is pretty widespread. Having just had to take down a (rather large) tree in our yard that suddenly died, this made me pay attention -- but it seems quite unlikely it had anything to do with WiFi. In this study, it seems like the findings are extremely preliminary and involve a very small scale test, which appeared to show that WiFi radios had more of an impact than other sources of electromagnetic radiation. It could be quite interesting to see further testing in this area, but it seems a bit early to conclude anything specific about WiFi.

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