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Preparing for a Flu Outbreak

By Kerry Grens on Tuesday, August 23, 2005.

The threat of a global influenza outbreak is simmering, and public health officials in New Hampshire are preparing for it to boil over.

A strain of avian flu that has been sweeping through Asian poultry farms has made the leap to Europe.

And health officials expect the bug eventually to reach the states.

Today (Tuesday) the state’s Department of Health and Human Services held the second in a series of legislative briefings on how the state is gearing up to combat a potential flu pandemic.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Kerry Grens reports.

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Congressman Charles Bass

By Jon Greenberg on Tuesday, August 23, 2005.

New Hampshire's 2nd District Congressman joins us to talk about the issues from progress and challenges in Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel, the economy, the newly passed energy bill and the fate of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. He'll also take your calls. Join host Jon Greenberg for an hour long discussion with Congressman Charles Bass.

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The Mighty Oak

By Shay Zeller on Tuesday, August 23, 2005.

Oak trees grow in all temperate climates of the world and their use has defined some cultures in surprising ways. In his book Oak: The Frame of Civilization, author William Bryant Logan looks at the influences of the mighty oak tree from a philosophical, scientific, and historic standpoint.

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