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Chen Qi |The World of Micro-Organism | Virus | Swine flu | H5N1 ...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:05:26 +0000

[Chen Qi |The World of Micro-Organism | Virus | Swine flu | H5N1 | H1N1 |Bird flu| Pandemic] Meanwhile, the health minister of Buenos Aires province, Claudio Zin, told the press that according to official statistics, "five percent of the swine flu cases can be serious," and that the rest of the cases normally heal without the need to hospitalize the patient. As a result of the winter season, Zin said, the outbreak of swine flu is expected to peak in two weeks.

Bird-flu outbreak likely in Quang Ninh province | Look At Vietnam

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:02:30 +0000

[Look At Vietnam] The US Government has pledged US$7.3 million to Viet Nam for bird flu prevention. The assistance agreement was recently signed by the two governments through the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Ha Noi.

Avian/Pandemic Influenza Daily Digest: NEJM -- Severe Respiratory ...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:05:29 +0000

[Avian/Pandemic Influenza Daily Digest] WHO Avian Influenza Cumulative Case Totals. Avian/Pandemic Influenza Conferences. Visitor Map. AI Daily Digest Links. The contents of this blog and related maps contain open source and unclassified information on confirmed and suspected ...

BC given all clear on avian influenza : Columbia Valley News

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:03:08 +0000

[Columbia Valley News] VICTORIA - Earlier this week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed that Canada has achieved a national disease-free status for avian influenza, based on the standards of the World Organization for Animal Health, announced Agriculture and Lands Minister Steve Thomson.

Medclinician Swine and Avian Flu News » Blog Archive » Possible ...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:04:30 +0000

[Medclinician Swine and Avian Flu News] Okay-more backup - you gotta realize that is why I am here on my own- because I broke this story. And was told quote “you have no evidence at all for this story- that is the one saying that up to 500,000 New Yorkers had Swine Flu in May.” Of course they couldn’t tell us in May- no it has to be - they had the flu and are now better.

Experts: `Mild' Is A Misleading Term For This Pandemic

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:03:29 +0000

[Avian Flu Diary] TORONTO - Officialdom's mantra about swine flu - "it is overwhelmingly mild" - might seem incongruous if we knew the number of children, teens and young adults in ICU beds right now alive only because a breathing machine has taken over for their ravaged lungs.

WHO: No Sign Of H1N1 Mutation (Yet)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:03:22 +0000

[Avian Flu Diary] "The virus is still very stable," WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan told reporters at a news briefing in Moscow when asked if there were any signs of the virus mixing with other strains such as avian flu.

Johns Hopkins Summer Flu Report

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:02:27 +0000

[Avian Flu Diary] From the first reported cases in Mexico, the H1N1 influenza virus spread globally with frightening speed. This timeline, based on WHO statistics, shows how the virus leaps borders and continents, spreading from a handful of cases to tens of thousands in a matter of weeks.

AVIAN FLU!!!! « The Vintage Poster Blog

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:04:39 +0000

[The Vintage Poster Blog] Until then, all your D-Day/Zombie Apocalypse/End of Days fantasies can be experienced by simply looking at this poster. It’s like having Hell deliver a happy message to your doorstep every morning…and who doesn’t want that sort of moral reassurance in their life?

Pandemic Information News: Egypt: Although avian flu is endemic ...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:03:16 +0000

[Pandemic Information News] Ismail Mohammad Reza viruses-time professor of the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, the College has Talaptna since the 1998 establishment of Bank of viruses and issued a decision of the Minister of Agriculture set up a committee of professors of agriculture and veterinary medicine to develop the foundations for the establishment of gene bank of Isolates Alaatarat or viral genes on the model of bank assets, plant and animal their inception, which has been the ministry.

Canada Discussing Vaccine Priorities

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:03:47 +0000

[Avian Flu Diary] Unlike normal seasonal flu, the H1N1 virus appears to be disproportionately infecting older children and young adults. So far the largest number of confirmed cases have occurred in people between the ages of five and 24.

Flu Wiki - Main - Flu Wiki

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:02:30 +0000

[Flu Wiki | Main / All Recent Changes] No one, in any health department or government agency, knows all the things needed to cope with an influenza pandemic. But it is likely someone knows something about some aspect of each of them and if we can pool and share our knowledge we can advance preparation for and the ability to cope with events.

Egypt Announces 81st Bird Flu Infection

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:04:56 +0000

[Avian Flu Diary] Sahin said that the onset of symptoms the child had been on 15 this month, the impact on income, on Tuesday, the hospital admitted suffering Kafr al-Sheikh, a rise in temperature and after being nominated for the birds suspected of being infected with bird flu, he said, adding that once suspected of being infected with the disease was given the drug Tamiflu, and a stable condition and is being transferred to a hospital facility Bakrie.

Thinking Made Easy: BIRD FLU ON HONGKONG'S TOURISM

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:03:18 +0000

[Thinking Made Easy] (1998), what makes the bird flu so worrisome is that the virus responsible for the Hong Kong deaths and chicken slaughter contains a unique combination of proteins on its outer shell that renders it unrecognizable to the human immune system and therefore able to wreak its destruction before the body even a previously young and healthy body. This is what makes it alarming notwithstanding the few fatality count.

Not Another CONspiracy: Swine Flu Vs. Bird Flu

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:03:52 +0000

[Not Another CONspiracy] Bangladesh GDP depressed by bird flu measures 16 Jun 2009 - WorldPoultry.net - Bangladesh GDP depressed by *bird flu* measures 16 Jun 2009 WorldPoultry.net, Netherlands The culling of poultry in the farms during the last two years for .