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April 16 - April 30, 2007 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Mon., 4/16 Public engagement and vaccination policy: Scientists at the CDC are using public focus groups to develop vaccination policy.
Tue., 4/17 FDA approves FluMist: The U.S. FDA recently approved a nasal spray flu vaccine that should be widely available for the next flu season.
Wed., 4/18 The ice flu cometh: Viruses frozen in polar ice may be released back into circulation as the global temperatures continue to rise.
Thu., 4/19 Microbes from hell: Scientists looking for signs of life within a South African gold mine discovered microbes that live off radiation, water, and minerals in rocks that are 125° F.
Fri., 4/20 Corn fever: Switching from foreign oil to ethanol made from corn will require a significant economic trade-off.
Mon., 4/23 Colonizing bladders: Patients who require catheters might soon be getting them coated with harmless bacteria that can help prevent infection.
Tue., 4/24 A new look at how colds may spread: Scientists used to believe that colds spread through the air, but new research shows that it can also be spread by touch.
Wed., 4/25 Disease detectives of last resort: The CDC’s Unexplained Death Project pulls together researchers from a variety of scientific disciplines to discover the cause of unexplained deaths.
Thu., 4/26 A microbe world in amber: Italian fossils offer researchers a rare glimpse at microbes from 220 million years ago.
Fri., 4/27 Eye on the prion: Researchers have discovered that they can genetically create cattle that don’t have the protein that may be responsible for causing mad cow disease.
Mon., 4/30 Antimicrobial food coatings: Researchers have learned that adding oregano oil to an edible film, that can be used to wrap food such as sushi, can prevent E. coli from growing.
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