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[Bird Flu Breaking News] Emergency Filtration Products Receives Final Avian Influenza Report: Emergency Filtration Products Receives Final Avian Influenza Report.

 [newstin - Bird Flu] Emergency Filtration Products Receives Final Avian Influenza Report: (EFP) (PINKSHEETS: EMFP) today received the final report for the assessment of virucidal effectiveness of treated masks (the NanoMask filter media) using avian influenza virus from the independent testing laboratory which conducted the test.

[Passport to Texas] Avian Influenza: We’re talking about a strain of avian influenza, which is the highly pathogenic H5N1. It really came to bear when the outbreaks started occurring in Southeast Asia and started moving through into Europe.

 [Threat of an Avian Influenza Pandemic] Response to Readings: The article on ethics was also interesting in relation to risk communication and the subject of Avian Influenza.  Ethical issues are an important matter because what ethics really are is the distinction between right and wrong dictated by morals, which are the ideas of right and wrong.  Risk communicators must be careful as to try to be morally right, while also doing what is in their best interest.  This can come into play when trying to communicate the risk of an Avian Influenza pandemic because the risk communicators should get as much information to the public as possible, but also must take into account that a panic may ensue if that information is very unnerving.  On the other hand if the public finds out they withheld information they would be very upset and their trust of the government, or whoever the risk communicator is, would surely decline.

[Bird at MyPetLover] The Importance Of A Bird Flu Mask: The most common ones are N-95 filtering respirators which have been approved by NIOSH (also called as Filtering Facepieces) as being effective drastically cutting down exposure risks to airborne viruses like SARS or Avian Influenza. The usage of masks is recommended to people working in high contamination situations, like health care workers attending to patients, or field workers involved in destroying the infection sources, etc.

[everyzing RSS - life and health issues] Mapping 'Hot Spots' for Emerging Diseases: Outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola, SARS, HIV and avian influenza are on the rise, researchers report in the journal Nature. They say that areas in which humans and animals come in very close contact are a key .

[Emergency Preparedness Information] Should I Worry About the “Bird Flu”?: The bird flu (Avian Influenza or H5N1) became a threat to humans when it became apparent that cases of the flu were being transferred from birds to humans. (Humans can potentially become affected with the bird flu by coming in contact with infected birds.) If you are not immunized against the bird flu, it is extremely hard to survive it.

 [Conrad Review] The Madagascar pochard returns: Anatidae migration in the Western Palearctic and spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus. Emerging Infectious Diseases 12, 1650-1656.

[Medical News and Health News Blog] Next Safety Delivers Personal Protection Respirator To Protect ...: Revolutionary filters used in Next Safety’s Personal Respirators trap airborne particles as small as 25 nanometers. Since most biological pathogens, including those for the avian influenza virus, known as H5N1, are in the 100 nanometer range, these infectious pathogens are removed from the air breathed through the respirator which may help eliminate the spread of a pandemic.

[For the Birds - Backyard Birding, Bird Flu, Photos, Etc.] The Nano Mask - Protection against the Avian Flu: Many people are wondering if this product would protect them in the event of an avian flu pandemic. While it is unknown whether the Nano mask would protect against the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza, tests have been done on the H9N2 .

 [My Blog] "101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian": then by default: The more plant foods you eat the less room you have for the animal foods that clog arteries with cholesterol, strain kidneys with excess protein and burden the heart with saturated fat. The American Dietetic Association acknowledges a relationship between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk of coronary-artery disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and certain types of cancer.

[easyVegan.info] Kinship Circle: LETTER / Don’t Let Animal Fighting Bill Die In ...: I was dismayed to learn that despite unanimous passage in the Senate and 324 co-sponsors in the House, Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner blocked H.R. 817, stating “Congress and the FBI have better things to do with their time…”

 [MBN, Monte Bubbles Network] Sprite Redefines Itself: Dr Omi was speaking at a press conference here to launch a new book on what happened during the SARS outbreak, produced by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific. Dr Omi said he hoped the 300-page book, written largely by experts involved in the battle, would serve as "an enduring archival reference, giving future generations the guidance they will need when facing similar public health threats."

 [The Unreasonable Man] Diigo->Unreasonable 04/17/2007: WHO Fact File: Avian influenza. Brain, Senses, Facts. D-World facts. Life's top 10 inventions. Evolution. Intelligent Design. Creationism. And Flying Spaghetti Monsters. FMPro 6 Web book. BookTalk. Libraries: What Crisis? ...

 [MBN, Monte Bubbles Network] Jaime Pressly Hosts 'VH1 Rock Honors': The Ministry of Health in China has confirmed the country's 17th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case occurred in a 21-year-old male migrant worker employed in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.

 [Louis J. Sheehan] revival: By contrast, village life is one big, messy block party, crackling with sex, intrigue, and poultry. In these cultures, interrupted or polyphasic sleep is the norm, which jibes with findings about still other cultures, like the Temiars of Indonesia and the Ibans of Sarawak, 25 percent of whom are apparently active at any one point in the night.

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