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[Flu Symptoms Blog] This virus is in a continuous genetic development and as time goes by our treatment options become more and more restrained. Scientists need to move fast in finding an effective vaccine against bird flu, because the viruses have the ability of changing their status and of developing very fast, gaining even the possibility of transmitting themselves from one person to another.

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[Saved ...Not Fried] Bill Perkins - H1N1 swine flu called 'moderate' pandemic in ...: We're still continuing to watch the H1N5 situation, the avian influenza, to make sure that doesn't start spreading through the world. So we are always on our guard 100 percent of the time to monitor these things." On Aug.

[mens scarves] Are Dogs Safe From the Bird Flu? - mens scarves: This has raised concern that this strain of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus may be capable of infecting dogs. An unpublished report from 2005 by The National Institute of Animal Health in Bangkok indicated that dogs could be infected with the virus, but the associated disease was not detected.

[Knight Science Journalism Tracker] Knight Science Journalism Tracker » Blog Archive » Reuters, others ...: bird_flu_antibodies.jpg Encouraging developments on the detection and potential treatment of the dreaded avian influenza came over the long weekend (and the sub-tracker is still playing catch-up). Reuters' Maggie Fox seemed to be alone .

[Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews] Of Swine And Men - Science News: Early results from animal studies suggest that pandemic H1N1 isn’t eager to reshuffle its genetic deck, even when the influenza is infecting the same cell as another virus at the same time ”” a prime opportunity for gene segments to get combined in new ways. Perez and his colleagues infected ferrets with seasonal influenzas and the H1N1 strain and found no signs of new viruses, the team reported online August 25, 2009, in the non-peer-reviewed journal PLoS Currents: Influenza.

[Dprogram.net 'Countering Propaganda'] Dprogram.net 'Countering Propaganda' » Blog Archive » Startling ...: “On page 2, paragraph 32 of the patent publication we read, quote: “The influenza virus [that the 'invention vaccine' is designed to protect against] may be a reassortant strain, and may have been obtained by reverse genetics techniques. Reverse genetics techniques allow influenza viruses with desired genome segments to be prepared in vitro using plasmids.” The remnant of the paragraph then goes into very specific detail as to the actual mechanics of how the pandemic virus was actually created by Taubenberger’s Ft.

[grain.org RSS (English)] GRAIN | Seedling | 2009 | Indonesia fights to change WHO: Dr Muladno, the Planning and Development Coordinator of Indonesia’s National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (Komnas FBPI), told GRAIN that the government is aware of outbreaks at large farms, even though these are not reported: he mentioned a specific outbreak at a large farm in Subang that was happening at the time but was not being talked about. There is still no legal obligation for companies to report bird flu outbreaks on their farms, and health inspectors cannot legally enter an industrial farm without the owner’s permission.

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[Peer Review on Science Blogs] Swine flu: what you don't know, hurts us all : Effect Measure: I'm in full agreement with WHO at the moment and the only screwup I see to date is the inability of various monitoring bodies to miss the spike in 20-40 demographic flu victims in Mexico in March or earlier. Maybe Mexico shared some blame but I wouldn't expect a developing nation to have developed nation flu surveillence;

[Below The Beltway] Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Judge Napolitano On ...: s has stated and provided a link that shows MA Health and Human Services does not plan forced vaccinations, but that is not what the problem is about. Right now there is no declared health “emergency”, when the emergency is declared the law as recently passed will take effect and you will be forced to take the pretty much untested vaccine, or go to jail.

[GlobalSecurity Blog] GlobalSecurity Blog - James Der Derian, Director: Global Security ...: Reflecting the highly disproportionate toll that war takes on civilians, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy stated at the 54th meeting of the UN General assembly that ”˜The search for global peace increasingly turns on issues of personal safety.’ Taken up by feminists, anti-globalization activists, and NGO’s, human security is mobilizing a global audience if not yet enjoying state adherence.

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