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[Intuitive Innovations from Illuminations] The H5N1 strain of avian influenza (Flu) is considered by the World Health Organization and other health experts to be the biggest single disease threat to the world. Since starting in Hong Kong in 1997, it has spread in flocks of poultry across Asia and is now in Turkey Romania, Greece, and the United Kingdom.
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[Kira Zalan Blog] World Health Organizations Irresponsible Cry for Attention: It seems that the UN is attempting to regain influence by making outrageous statements in public. As entertaining as it is to watch an ineffective and corrupt bureaucracy collapse on itself, the billions of dollars contributed to the UN budget would undoubtedly be better spent on increased funding for scientific research.
[I66.com] The News Blog@i66.com » Bird Flu: Medical researchers weren’t common then, and in fact many of the basis of laboratory research in the field of epidemiology in this country occurred as a result of the efforts to find out exactly what the influenza was and why. Littered in the mix are some pretty harrowing descriptions regarding the disposal of the many dead, both in Philadelphia (which was particularly hard hit) and Boston, as well particular accounts from survivors who had the disease and their experiences surviving it.
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[Guardian.co.uk] Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Greece becomes first EU ...: Sir John Skehel , director of the MRC's National Institute of Medical Research, said it was important to know whether other people had caught the flu from birds. "We would like to know precisely how the Chinese are responding to such a widespread infection of their chickens, how they are looking at their birds, how they are looking at their human beings for having potentially been infected.
[Avianflu.futurehs.com] Avian Flu » Greece: News, Thirty nations join crisis talks to avert pandemic - World - smh.com.au, The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News - 23-Oct-05 - Tamiflu hoarding targeted, Avian flu warrants caution, not panic, from travelers, Avian flu means don’t let wild, domestic birds flock together, People’s Daily Online —
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