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[Untitled] Avian flu becoming more resistant to antiviral drugs, says ...: (NASDAQ: PPHM) today reported publication of data in Nature Medicine that supports the broad anti-viral potential of the company's novel anti-phosphatidylserine (anti-PS) antibody platform, showing that its PS-targeting drug bavituximab can cure lethal virus infections in animal disease models.

[Untitled] Michael Fumento.com - Weblog - Year-end Update on Avian Flu "Pandemic": Meanwhile, the bacterium methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, kills about 19000 Americans of all ages each year. The federal budget for avian flu is about $5.6 billion.

[Untitled] Bird Flu Monitor: Michael Fumento.com - Weblog - Year-end Update ...: The American Spectator : One Flew Over the Bird Flu's Nest: One avian flu blogger went so far last December as to predict a 50-50 chance of a pandemic within the next year. I offered the blogger and any other taker not 2 to 1 .

[Untitled] Avian flu becoming more resistant to antiviral drugs, says ...: The avian flu, an Influenza A subtype dubbed H5N1, is evolving a resistance to a group of antiviral drugs known as adamantanes, one of two classes of antiviral drugs used to prevent and treat flu symptoms, said CU-Boulder doctoral student Andrew Hill, lead study author. The rise of resistance to adamantanes -- which include the nonprescription drugs amantadine and rimantadane -- appears to be linked to Chinese farmers adding the drugs to chicken feed as a flu preventative, according to a 2008 paper by researchers from China Agricultural University, said Hill.

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[Prepared Citizens] Biosurveillance: Why A Head’s Up Approach Is Crucial To Saving ...: As of the July 25, 2008 FAO Avian Influenza Disease Emergency Situation Update, H5N1 pathogenicity is continuing to gradually rise in wild birds in endemic areas but the avian influenza disease situation in farmed birds is being held in check by vaccination.

[US News] How to Keep Your Family Safe From Bird Flu - On Parenting (usnews.com): Lastly, the celebratory pandemic flu exercises held by most states and counties trumpet how well they performed their mass flu vaccination drills. They never mention that in a pandemic, there won't be large amounts of vaccine to dispense -- and that the main issue will be guarding the small supply and the vaccinators against frightened angry masses.

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