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Mara Hvistendahl

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Name: Mara Hvistendahl

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Confronting Gendercide

India and China are not the only countries with lop-sided sex ratios due to sex-selective abortions. Georgia, a former member of the USSR in the Caucasus with a population of about 4.5 million, has a distorted sex ratio at birth of 114 boys to 100 girls. ... [Published Catholic Exchange - May 14 2013]

Entities: Abortion, Georgia, Sex, Mara Hvistendahl, Michael Cook

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

World Health Organization

H7N9: "An usually dangerous virus"

Via ScienceInsider, a good report by Mara Hvistendahl and Dennile Normile: H7N9 Is an 'Unusually Dangerous Virus,' International Group of Experts Concludes. Excerpt:An international team of experts concluded an investigative mission to China today with ... [Published H5N1 - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Virus, H7N9, Mara Hvistendahl, Influenza, World Health Organization

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Tracking H7N9 in the twitterverse

Far more than during the H1N1 pandemic, Twitter is playing a critical function in spreading information about the emergence of a new disease. We have been living with H7N9 for less than a month, and we still know very little. But we'd know far less without ... [Published H5N1 - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: H7N9, Mara Hvistendahl, Jason Anthony, Tom Watkins

First reported Apr 05 2013 - Updated Apr 05 2013 - 1 reports

McKenna: How to read H7N9

Via her blog Superbug, science writer Maryn McKenna discusses The New Bird Flu, And How To Read The News About It. It starts with a brilliantly concise history of recent outbreaks, and concludes with this (click through for many links):It will take a ... [Published H5N1 - Apr 05 2013]

Entities: H7N9, Twitter, Hong Kong, Influenza

First reported Jan 05 2013 - Updated Jan 06 2013 - 1 reports

The Rape Uproar In India

William Pesek assesses the evolving political crisis sparked by the gang-rape and subsequent suicide of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi: The immediate focus is on the six men accused of torturing a medical student so sadistically that they destroyed ... [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - Jan 05 2013]

Entities: India, Rape, Uproar Inc

First reported Dec 30 2012 - Updated Dec 30 2012 - 1 reports

China's Sexual Reawakening

Mara Hvistendahl argues that China isn't undergoing a sexual revolutionl; it's rediscovering its past: Roughly half of the emperors of the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 AD) kept young male lovers — a fact we know because imperial scribes dutifully ... [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - Dec 30 2012]

Entities: China, Sex, Mara Hvistendahl, Opium Wars

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Confronting Gendercide [Published Catholic Exchange - May 14 2013]
Georgians Wrestle With Abortion Issue As Gender... [Published Radio Free Europe - May 08 2013]
H7N9: "An usually dangerous virus" [Published H5N1 - Apr 25 2013]
Tracking H7N9 in the twitterverse [Published H5N1 - Apr 25 2013]
McKenna: How to read H7N9 [Published H5N1 - Apr 05 2013]
The Rape Uproar In India [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Jan 05 2013]
China's Sexual Reawakening [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Dec 30 2012]

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H7N9: "An usually dangerous virus" [Published H5N1 - Apr 25 2013] Via ScienceInsider, a good report by Mara Hvistendahl and Dennile Normile: H7N9 Is an 'Unusually Dangerous Virus,' International Group of Experts Concludes. Excerpt:An international team of experts concluded an investigative mission to China today with ...
Tracking H7N9 in the twitterverse [Published H5N1 - Apr 25 2013] Far more than during the H1N1 pandemic, Twitter is playing a critical function in spreading information about the emergence of a new disease. We have been living with H7N9 for less than a month, and we still know very little. But we'd know far less without ...
McKenna: How to read H7N9 [Published H5N1 - Apr 05 2013] Via her blog Superbug, science writer Maryn McKenna discusses The New Bird Flu, And How To Read The News About It. It starts with a brilliantly concise history of recent outbreaks, and concludes with this (click through for many links):It will take a ...
The Rape Uproar In India [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Jan 05 2013] William Pesek assesses the evolving political crisis sparked by the gang-rape and subsequent suicide of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi: The immediate focus is on the six men accused of torturing a medical student so sadistically that they destroyed ...
China's Sexual Reawakening [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Dec 30 2012] Mara Hvistendahl argues that China isn't undergoing a sexual revolutionl; it's rediscovering its past: Roughly half of the emperors of the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 AD) kept young male lovers — a fact we know because imperial scribes dutifully ...