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[Sciencebase Science Blog] Bird Flu Flap: A highly virulent and lethal human pathogen will not necessarily persist in a host population, of course, and whether or not a mutant H5N1 is the next big epidemic to which we succumb is certainly open to debate, it could just as easily mutate into a H2H form but be less lethal and so merge into the general strains of influenza to which we are exposed each year, killing thousands as opposed to millions. Meanwhile, some yet unknown pathogen emerges from a different niche and begins infecting people in ways that could not be foreseen (viz HIV), what about an airborne version of a virus with similar effects to HIV, that would certainly cap anything an influenza virus can do…
[Bird Flu Breaking News] UK Avian Flu Info Bulletin - Protection Zone Lifts: UK Avian Flu Info Bulletin - Protection Zone Lifts.
[Untitled] Bird flu ’still a major threat: The threat may be theoretical at present - but all of the infectious disease experts I have spoken to over recent years agree that it is not a matter of if but of when the next flu pandemic will occur.
[thepoultrysite - Industry News] BIRD FLU: World Bank Gives Uganda 17bn to Fight Avian Flu: GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.
[Pandemic Flu Central] Bird Flu is a Hoax or cover up?: “The case of “the impending pandemic of the Avian Flu” might as well have been a fictional mini-series made for television, but as usual, reality is stranger than fiction. It would be hard to make up a story as filled with greed and political corruption as this one.”
[NewsTin - Bird Flu] Macau: No H5N1 here: The Health Bureau (SSM) clarified in a statement yesterday that no infection cases of avian flu were found in Macau as opposed to the "false reporting" in a Hong Kong newspaper. A newspaper article published yesterday reported that "director of Macau Health Bureau admitted avian flu has sporadically spread".
[Bird Flu Breaking News] TIMOR-LESTE Porous border increases avian flu risks: TIMOR-LESTE Porous border increases avian flu risks.
[newstin - Bird Flu] TIMOR-LESTE: Porous border increases avian flu risks: Timor-Leste has managed to avoid a bird flu outbreak so far DILI, 26 June 2008 (IRIN) - With little capacity to prevent avian flu from crossing the border from the neighbouring Indonesian region of West Timor, health officials are concerned about possible outbreaks. To date, none has been reported in Timor-Leste, but health specialists say it is only a matter of time.
[Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN] Sleep Problems in Elderly May Be Helped by Tai Chi Chih: Lubroth said that more than 240 million birds have been destroyed because of H5N1, and for poor people who raise their own food, the scarcity of poultry as a cheep protein source could cause hardship and hunger.
[Latest Expert Blog Articles at http://www.healthedia.com] Branswell: Bird flu vaccines not subject to uniform testing: Via CTV.ca, a CP report by Helen Branswell: Bird flu vaccines not subject to uniform testing. Excerpt:A study comparing the tests being used by vaccine manufacturers to gauge the effectiveness of their H5N1 avian flu vaccines shows there is a lot of variation in the sensitivity of the tests, the British scientist leading the effort says.Differences in the sensitivity of the tests mean companies could be underestimating or overestimating the power of their vaccines as they try to work out what is the smallest protective dose, experts admit.As always with a Branswell story, the whole article des...
[The Antipodean Podcast Blog] Aust vaccine 'can fight bird flu pandemic': Aust vaccine 'can fight bird flu pandemic' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) An Australian-made vaccine to protect people against contracting avian flu can now be used in the event...
[medicineroom blog - your wellness zone] MOnkey cells used for bird flu vaccine. What do you think of this?: Despite this, Hartmut Erlich, vice-president of global research and development for Baxter’s BioScience, found adding an immune system booster called an adjuvant did not improve the vaccination, despite previously helping other bird flu vaccines.
[Latest Expert Blog Articles at http://www.healthedia.com] Haiti/Dominican Republic: The politics of avian flu: Excerpt:Bird flu may have come to Haiti from anywhere, and not necessarily from the Dominican Republic, Haitian Ambassador Jose Serulle said.His remarks come in the wake of insistent versions that avian flu outbreaks recently detected in Haiti stem from the presence of the pandemic in the Dominican Republic.Official Dominican media have ruled out this possibility, revealing that the country has already got rid of cases of the H5N2 virus reported in late...
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