We're heading into the home stretch of the mid-term election season. In this hour, Ira talks with computer scientist Avi Rubin about the plusses and minuses of electronic voting.  Critics say that with just weeks to go before the election, some serious flaws in electronic voting systems have yet to be resolved.  

We'll also get an update on preparations for this year's flu season. Responding to vaccine shortages in recent years, many more doses of flu vaccine are available this year. Those doses are starting to make their way to vaccination clinics around the country. Will you be rolling up your sleeve for a flu shot?

And finally, we'll hear about new research into respiratory illnesses among some of the first responders to the World Trade Center catastophe. Scientists are looking at the effects of  the dust from the collapsing, burning buildings, and how that dust may have interacted with an enzyme deficiency in some of the rescue workers to produce what has come to be known as the "World Trade Center Cough.'  Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (2-3 Eastern). Teachers, find more information about using Science Friday as a classroom resource in the Kids' Connection.

Guests:
Aviel D.  Rubin
Author, "Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting" (Morgan Road Books, 2006)
Professor, Computer Science
Technical Director, Information Security Institute  
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

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Anthony Fauci
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

David L. Heymann
Acting Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases
Representative of the Director-General for Polio Eradication
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland

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Jacqueline Moline
Associate Professor, Community And Preventive Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine / General Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Books/Articles Discussed:

"Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting"  by Avi Rubin. Morgan Road Books, 2006.

 

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