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[fluFactor] Personal Finances and the Bird Flu: But in a question that I posed to Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt this morning I was told that if a pandemic does hit the United States, the economic net that many families will hope to find will probably be limited to existing programs such as unemployment, welfare and food stamps. The message here is that families need to put together a financial disaster plan and that they won’t be able to count on the government to intervene on their behalf.

[Aaron’s Soapbox] links for 2006-06-08: The Little Bookroom’s travel books take readers off the beaten path and provide an imaginative entrée into the world’s best-loved cities: London, Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, and New York.

[Birdflu.blogtopper.com] Bird Flu Protection Tips in America: “In the wake of a cluster of avian flu cases that killed seven members of a rural Indonesian family, it appears likely that there have been many more human-to-human infections than the authorities have previously acknowledged,” writes Donald G.

[Sciencenewsblog.com] Science News Blog -- Bird Flu / Avian Flu: "There is more and more evidence building up that wild migratory birds do play some role in spreading the virus, but personally I believe -- and others agree -- that it's not a major role," said Ward Hagemeijer, a wild bird ecologist with Wetlands International, a conservation group in Wageningen, Netherlands. "If we would assume based on this evidence that wild birds would be a major carrier of the disease we would expect a more dramatic outbreak of the disease all over the world." Unfortunately, bird flu doesn't appear to be having much difficulty in spreading -- with or without the help of migratory birds.

[Healthnewsblog.com] Health News Blog -- Bird Flu / Avian Flu H5N1: "It is very important to keep in mind that avian influenza is currently a problem almost exclusively in BIRD populations and in limited areas of the world," Smith said in the webchat, hosted by the U.S. Department of State. "Remember that despite millions of exposures, only 126 human cases have been documented to date and there is currently no evidence of person-to-person transmission of this virus."

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[Birdflu.wordpress.com] Bird Flu News Digest: WWMT - BATTLE CREEK (NEWS 3) - They’re some of Binder Park Zoo’s most popular exhibits but, the minute the deadly strain of the H5N1 bird flu lands in the U.S., the zoo’s birds will be off-limits to the public. “They would be out of sight,”

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