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People practice coughing into their sleeves as a way to try to control the spread of the H1N1 swine flu virus, during a meeting for workers at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Baltimore, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Another reason to cover your cough: pets at risk

Fri Nov 6, 4:56 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who think they may have H1N1 flu need to stay away from work, avoid sneezing on their spouses and children and now, they have someone else to worry about infecting too -- their pets.

  • A sockeye salmon scurries through shallow water in the Adams River while preparing to spawn near Chase, British Columbia northeast of Vancouver October 11, 2006. REUTERS/Andy Clark
    Canada to investigate disappearing Pacific salmon Thu Nov 5, 8:23 PM ET

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada will launch an investigation into why far fewer sockeye salmon than scientists had predicted returned to the Fraser River on the Pacific Coast this summer.

  • Hu says China seeks peaceful use of airspace Fri Nov 6, 8:57 AM ET

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China supports the peaceful exploration and use of space, President Hu Jintao said on Friday, days after its top air force officials sparked concerns with talk of a "Great Wall of steel in the blue sky."

  • A man wears a protective mask as he takes the escalator in a subway in Kiev November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
    WHO says pandemic flu on rise in China, Japan Fri Nov 6, 12:07 PM ET

    GENEVA (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

  • Company sequences whole human genome for $1,700 Thu Nov 5, 7:24 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Want to know your entire DNA sequence? A California company has done it for as little as $1,700.

  • Scientists halt brain disease with new gene therapy Thu Nov 5, 3:36 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have managed to halt a rare and fatal brain disease with an experimental gene therapy technique using a deactivated version of the AIDS virus, a study published on Thursday showed.

  • Study suggests peat CO2 credits more valuable Fri Nov 6, 2:03 PM ET

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesia-based study shows carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market and strengthening a case for their protection.

  • Space junk storm will up mission costs: experts Wed Nov 4, 5:58 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to avoid them will add greatly to the costs of future space flight, British space experts say.

  • Bypass surgery safer using heart-lung pump: study Thu Nov 5, 4:36 AM ET

    BOSTON (Reuters) - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping the heart and using a heart-lung machine to keep the patient alive, researchers reported on Wednesday.

  • A ball of twisted metal, purported to be fallen space junk, is pictured in James Stirton's farm in southwestern Queensland in this undated handout photograph received March 28, 2008. REUTERS/James Stirton/Handout
    Pentagon eyes crash analysis on 1,300 satellites Tue Nov 3, 6:11 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday it is now tracking 800 maneuverable satellites on a daily basis for possible collisions and expects to add 500 more non-maneuvering satellites by year's end.

  • U.S. eyes "intent" of China's space programs Tue Nov 3, 5:32 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military needs to deepen dialogue with China to better understand the intent of its space programs, a U.S. general said on Tuesday, after a Chinese commander announced plans to develop offensive military capabilities in space.

  • French intellectual Claude Levi-Strauss in a 1971 photo courtesy of UNESCO. REUTERS/UNESCO/Handout
    French anthropologist Levi-Strauss dies at 100 Tue Nov 3, 1:22 PM ET

    PARIS (Reuters) - French intellectual Claude Levi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology, has died at the age of 100, his publishing house Plon said on Tuesday.

  • Pigs stick out their snouts through a fence at a farm in the countryside on the outskirts of Havana September 18, 2007. REUTERS/Claudia Daut
    Pig DNA mapped: may help with vaccines Tue Nov 3, 4:39 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An international team of researchers said Monday it had mapped the DNA of a domestic pig, work they say could help lead to better breeding techniques as well as improve vaccines against diseases such as swine flu.

  • A male African lion stalks through the bush in the Addo Elephant Park January 3, 2008. REUTERS/Alex Grimm
    One of Tsavo's lions ate mostly human prey Tue Nov 3, 4:39 AM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two man-eating lions terrorized Kenya during the building of a railroad bridge over the Tsavo River in the late 19th century, but only one was making regular meals of human prey, researchers said on Monday.