Archive for the ‘big pharma’ Category

Google-mapping infectious diseases

Monday, March 1st, 2010

When making educated decisions on the need for vaccination, pet owners are often keen to hear of disease occurrence. Traditionally, without centralised monitoring of diseases, like those recorded… Read more

Tick prevention: cost versus benefit

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Desperate in our search for status on a global stage, we Australians love punching above our weight in sport, and take pride in our lethal fauna. Snakes, sharks and crocodiles are the obvious ones… Read more

The power of n….. disease in populations

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Sure statistics are a bore for many, but they’re a powerful tool, especially in an age when computerised records of large populations can be linked and crunched with increasing power. ‘n’ represents… Read more