http://news.canarydatabase.org Sun, 29 Oct 2006 05:37:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Peter recently attended EcoHealth One and gave this presentation, featuring aspects of the "Shared Risk" model and the example of Avian Influenza, and an overview of how the Canary Database supports studies of each. http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/20 We're happy to announce our first Canary Database Reports podcasts, hosted by Peter and Dan. Episode one features an introduction to the Canary Database, from its origins to its latest features. Episode two features a discussion of our recent paper on Animals as Sentinels of Bioterrorism Agents. We think ... http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/17 The Canary Database now attempts to create links to library full text link servers (known in libraries as "OpenURL resolvers") for many hundreds of libraries. If you're using the Canary Database from an academic campus, there's a good chance you'll see links from articles in our database back to ... http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/16 Animal Diseases as Warnings: Wider Tracking of Wildlife Illnesses Aimed at Detecting Bio-Attacks Authors: D'Vera Cohn Journal: Washington Post Year: 2006 Pages: B03 ... http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/15 Tackling the Animal-to-Human Link in Illness Authors: Lawrence K. Altman Journal: New York Times Year: 2006 ... http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/14 Animals as Sentinels of Bioterrorism Agents Authors: Rabinowitz P, Gordon Z, Chudnov D, Wilcox M, Odofin L, Liu A, et al. Journal: Emerg Infect Dis. Year: 2006 Volume: 12 Issue: 4 ... http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/13 New at canarydatabase.org is the ability to save records that interest you. Registered users can save any record with a single click, and can save records into different sets however you like. For example, if you're studying sheep as sentinel animals, and separately preparing a paper on animals as sentinels ... http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/11 The presentation given by Dr. Rabinowitz at CSU recently is now available online here. http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/9 Dr. Rabinowitz is leading a seminar on animals as sentinels of human environmental health hazards today at the Lory Student Center at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Welcome seminar attendees! http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/8 New Haven, Conn. — Yale School of Medicine has launched a state-of-the-art database funded in part by the National Library of Medicine, called the Canary Database, containing scientific evidence about how animal disease events can be an early warning system for emerging human diseases. There have long been reports of animals ... http://news.canarydatabase.org/archives/7