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[Rob Brendle's Blog - The roBlog] The Politics of Bird Flu: The issue took on new urgency in February 2003, when two members of a Hong Kong family that had recently visited mainland China became ill with H5N1 flu, and one died. But what really concerned public health officials was the appearance that same month of a new disease initially mistaken for flu -- SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.
[My Heroic Bits] Monday Musings: The program, voiced over by Brad Pitt, discussed about bird flu and MRSA as well as issues such as drug delivery to patients of tuberculosis in Peru. Last week, the was also an hour of program devoted to global warming, which was hosted by Alanis Morisette.
[News Dissector Blog] The Media Dimension: that right to a third party, or pony up $105 million in stock.” email.BroadcastingCable.com BIRDFLU PHOTOS N SWEDEN “The first photographs of the H5N1 avian flu virus, taken by science photographer... Vanderbilt), he worked in the trenches for years for teen-oriented Channel One News and for ABC
[Night of the Living Blog (TM) (R) (C)] President Bush to announce plans to battle flu: , concern is growing that the birdflu strain known as H5N1 could trigger one if it mutates... strategy Tuesday to battle the next flu pandemic, whether it is caused by the worrisome Asian bird...
[Hootsbuddy's Place] H5N1 -- Drawing a line between concern and panic: It's nice to finally write a post about H5N1 that doesn't have to start with an explanation, thanks to recent publicity about avian flu. Unfortunately that same publicity has given rise to the usual spate of inappropriate responses, illustrating the old adage about "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing."
[The Coming Influenza Pandemic?] October 8 Flu Update: Effect Measure also has an op-ed in the Boston Globe from George Annas, from Boston University. Primary concern in the piece is the quarantine part of the plan.
[Bigblog.com] Search: Vietnam finds new strains of bird flu viruses @ Big Blog: Farmers, veterinarians and meat processors who routinely come into contact with pigs in their jobs have a markedly increased risk of infection with flu viruses that infect pigs, according to a study funded in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While the findings are not entirely unexpected, the strikingly higher risk of infection coupled with the fact that pigs can be infected by swine viruses, bird (avian) viruses as well as human flu viruses--thereby acting as a virtual virus "mixing bowl," especially on farms where pigs, chickens and people coexist--is a potential public health concern, the study authors assert.
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