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 [Anti-ageing.us] Anti-Aging Medicine & Science Blog: Avian flu Confirmed In North ...: Recent sequences from Niger indicate the H5N1 there is distinct from the H5N1 in Nigeria, indicating the infections arrived via migratory birds. Other African countries in the eastern Atlantic flyway include Cameroon, and the Ivory Coast, where H5n1 has been detected.

 [Guardian.co.uk] Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Q&A: Bird flu: The Department of Health (DoH) would have the main responsibility for coordinating the UK's emergency response, with the support of the Health Protection Agency (HPA) - the UK-wide authority responsible for combating the spread of infectious disease. The DoH would establish a national operations room to support the local response to outbreaks and coordinate vaccine distribution to affected areas.

 [Pbs.org] NOVA | scienceNOW | January 10, 2006: Links & Books | PBS: The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention offer this informative Web site on the possibility of a pandemic flu. Find fact sheets, health tips, emergency planning checklists, and other useful links.

 [Gee, your ADD smells terrific!] Little. Yellow. Different. Funky Chicken.: A local deejay is attempting to lighten the mood after the arrival of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in early May. Twenty-one-year-old DJ Lewis has invented a wacky bird flu dance that is sweeping nightclubs in the West African country’s major city of Abidjan.

 [Words of Power] Hard Rain Journal 6-30-06: Bird Flu Update --... : The risk of bird flu mutating into a form more easily spread between people is still high and there could be an increase in human infections at the end of the year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday. In a report analysing more than 200 known bird flu cases, the United Nations agency identified three peaks in human infections since 2003, all concentrated during the winter and spring seasons in the northern hemisphere.

 [Effect Measure] A bad six months for bird flu: Since January, at least 54 people have died from the H5N1 avian influenza strain in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq and Turkey, according to the World Health Organization. That compares with 19 fatalities in Vietnam and Cambodia in the first six months of 2005.

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