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[Estate Legacy Vaults Blog] On Borrowed Time: Marcia Cross, the [the Government Accountability Office's] director for health care, told lawmakers that federal officials have yet to determine what role the federal government will take in purchasing supplies of vaccine against bird flu and other flu strains. The government has also not cemented which population groups would be priorities for emergency vaccination in the event of an outbreak or finalized plans for possible quarantines or travel restrictions.

 [CODE THREE] H5N1: DESTROYER OF EMPIRES: WHO recommends enough antiviral (Tamiflu) for one quarter of the population. But the drug is expensive ($39 to treat flu if recognized within 48 hours, the only time the drug is effective for treatment) or about $160 for a 6 week course of prophylaxis. Vietnam, the country with the highest case count and millions of infected birds, has 84 million people but only 2000 treatments. Cambodia's population of 14 million has only 300 courses of treatment, mostly donated.

[Lawprofessors.typepad.com] HealthLawProf Blog: Bird Flu: UN officials are warning that the bird-flu outbreak in Asia poses the "gravest possible danger" of becoming a global human threat.  At a conference under way in Ho Chi Minh City chaired by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, the current situation of the virus is being assessed -- and many experts say the bird-flu virus has become more complex and could develop into a human virus.

[Bigblog.com] Search: Time running out to stop bird flu @ Big Blog: AMID ominous signs that H5N1 bird flu is acquiring the ability to spread more readily among people, many health authorities are pinning their hopes on Tamiflu, the only available antiviral drug known to block the replication of the virus. But can the drug really help stop an emerging flu pandemic?

[Bigblog.com] Search: EU Warned To Protect Against Bird Flu @ Big Blog: AMID ominous signs that H5N1 bird flu is acquiring the ability to spread more readily among people, many health authorities are pinning their hopes on Tamiflu, the only available antiviral drug known to block the replication of the virus. But can the drug really help stop an emerging flu pandemic?

[Bigblog.com] Search: Menacing changes seen in Vietnam bird flu @ Big Blog: AMID ominous signs that H5N1 bird flu is acquiring the ability to spread more readily among people, many health authorities are pinning their hopes on Tamiflu, the only available antiviral drug known to block the replication of the virus. But can the drug really help stop an emerging flu pandemic?

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