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Zurich has unveiled its list of the “Top Ten Megadisasters” of the past decade. The usual suspects pretty much (listed chronologically — not by their “overall business impact,” which is the basis for the list). 1. 9/11 – 2001 2. SARS – 2003 3. 2003 U.S. / Canada power outage – 2003 4. 2004 Indian [...]
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After the overblown hype given to a potential H1N1 swine flu pandemic last year — not to mention SARS before it — most people will be reticent to believe the threat the next time a similar outbreak starts to spread. But according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, the risks of animal disease [...]
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The swine flu vaccination for children isn’t strong enough, so it’s being recalled. Despite yesterday’s passage of Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (HR 4173) in the House, regulators across the globe are still dragging their feet on financial sector reform. Paul Volcker continues to tell everyone who will listen — and even those who [...]
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It has been recently reported that two H1N1 patients in Maryland and one in Virginia have been hospitalized with a drug-resistant form of the virus. Cases have also popped up in Seattle and Duke University where patients were resistant to Tamiflu, one of the drugs used on the sickest patients. The problem isn’t relegated to [...]
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