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Drug-resistant malaria

By Robert Merkel on June 2, 2009

While we’re all worrying about swine flu, here’s something else to worry about – drug-resistant malaria. At the moment artemisinin-derived drugs, such as artesunate, are the main therapy available against malaria. It’s currently very effective. But it seems that in [...]

Posted in Developing world, Medicine, Poverty, Science | Tagged artemisinin, combination therapy, malaria, resistance | 4 Responses

Journos, Moral Panics and "Facebook Parties"

By dk.au on September 2, 2008

The old days of Press Release Policing are looking decidedly numbered. No longer can you just get some coppers and cameras together on the 6pm news unleashing a bit of the ultraviolence in an effort to scare the kids and [...]

Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Consumerism, Crime, Culture, Disasters, Media, Urbanism | Tagged Capitalism, Channel Warehouse Party, Corey, facebook, gift economies, inthemix, journalism, moral panics, resistance, state, violence | 16 Responses

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