Interesting Stuff

• The U.S., Russia and Canada are jostling in the frigid Arctic to state claim on developing the world’s largest untapped oil and natural gas. Estimated 90 billion barrels of oil and 2 trillion cubic feet of gas.
• Hospitals in the U.S. provided $36.4 billion in uncompensated care in 2008. Up $2.4 billion from 2007.
  
• Vampires are in. Watch your blood supplies!
  
• 60 Watt light bulbs account for 50% of the domestic incandescent bulb market. LED bulbs by Phillips would save enough electricity to light 17.4 million homes.
  
• To date one in six Americans have been infected with H1N1—50 million cases, 200,000 hospitalizations, 10,000 deaths.
  
• HHS has developed a number of resources for flu prevention including communications toolkits for child care and early childhood providers and universities; guidelines and recommendations for schools and employers and consumer tips and questions and answers. These and other materials about seasonal and H1N1 flu are available at www.flu.gov.