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[Global Current Events Discussion Forum] Massachusetts Boy, 12, Dies of Flu - Global Current Events ...: Flu Clinic A special wing of the CE Lab set aside for discussing all issues related to influenza, especially matters related to the new H5N1 avian flu. Please use the subrooms as appropriate.

[Science Forums] Excessive use of antiviral drugs could aid deadly flu :Study: The researchers also were able to demonstrate that the resistance developed as a result of natural selection, because the avian flu virus strains experienced mutations that changed the M2 protein to evade the drug more often than one would expect by chance. Sometimes, dramatic changes to the genetic code occur when diverse strains of viruses shuffle whole genes among themselves in a process called reassortment.

[A Pandemic Chronicle] Vietnam: 3rd person H5N1-confirmed ”” A Pandemic Chronicle: In the treatment of groundwater, the widespread filtration plants for the elimination of iron and manganese are ineffective in eliminating viruses. The goals demanded by the WHO regarding elimination and inactivation of viruses cannot be met, even in Germany with its efficient plants for flocculation and filtration and the common disinfection procedures followed (chlorine and ozone treatment) - whose efficiency declines with decreasing water temperature - due to the fact that micro-organisms clumped in the water are only reduced to a limited extent (through chlorine, ozone treatment, and UV irradiation).

[Wish Everyone Good Health.] Bird Flu in America | Wish Everyone Good Health.: The only cases of bird flu in America, thus far, have been caused by a different strain of flu virus than the one that is currently sweeping through Asia, .Wash hands, cooking utensils, counter tops or cutting boards that have touched raw meat thoroughly.

[GLOBAL EPIDEMICS] Bird Flu (Avian Flu, Avian Influenza): Most H5N1 viruses that have caused human illness and death appear to be resistant to amantadine and rimantadine, two antiviral medications commonly used for treatment of patients with influenza. Two other antiviral medications, oseltamivir and zanamavir, would probably work to treat influenza caused by H5N1 virus, but additional studies are needed to demonstrate their current and ongoing effectiveness

[NoNAIS.org] NoNAIS.org » High Plains Says Mandatory: Idea of Tracking Animals · Avian Flu Response Irks Farmers · Accidental Hedonist · Sustainable Table · Downsize DC · TX Rep. Pat Rose · Traceability · NAISwatch · Privacy Campaigners Fear Mark · Idaho Observer · RFID Weblog on NAIS .

[Medclinician Avian Flu News] Bird Flu, Seasonal Flu, and Norovirus Update: The book is coming and will be a FREE download globally.  I am actually working on it a great deal sick in bed from the flu.  We are arranging bandwidth to handle millions of downloads. Like some of the best games, only this is far more serious than a game, a survival manual which may save your life and the lives of your family for at least a few days be a pure gift, after 3 years of work and research.

[Curing Death by Curing Aging] Putting a name to the fluke (2/13/2009): "Multi-disciplinary research teams engaged in public health research are increasingly adopting a 'One Medicine' approach involving medical doctors, veterinarians and biologists. This is the most effective way of tackling the understanding and control of such diseases," Dr Traub said.

[Peter Simpson Blog] Pure Water Hydration in an Avian Flu Pandemic - The Value of ...: When the combination to create a human to human strain occurs however, and isolated cases may already involve human to human transmission, the conditions precedent to a world wide pandemic will be met. Pandemic flu is defined as “a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza A virus appears in humans, causes serious illness and then spreads easily from person to person world wide.” (Source: Grattan Woodson, MD, FACP) The original Avian Flu (H5N1) represents a deadly strain for humans with a 50% mortality rate and many experts believe that the pandemic could be equally lethal..

[The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.] The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. » Blog Archive » Saving for ...: Activism, Advertising, Art, Ask the Ethicurean, Austin, Australia, avian flu, Baltimore, Bees, Beverages , Big Ag, biodynamics, Biofuels, Books, Brands, CAFOs, California, Chefs, Climate Change, Cloning, Community, Contaminated food, Cooking, Cornification of America, CSA boxes, Dairy, Digest .

[Blog yOur Mind] China warns of bird flu risk over Lunar New Year: Hong Kong’s top health official, York Chow, called on China to release the results of epidemiological tests into the three cases.

[Chicken Feeds] No Food Safety Issue: Cooked chicken does not transmit the avian flu virus. If the virus were present on chicken meat (which is very unlikely), it would be destroyed during the cooking process.

[The Ohio State University - Home page Events] Study: Excessive Use Of Antiviral Drugs Could Aid Deadly Flu: The researchers also were able to demonstrate that the resistance developed as a result of natural selection, because the avian flu virus strains experienced mutations that changed the M2 protein to evade the drug more often than one would expect by chance. Sometimes, dramatic changes to the genetic code occur when diverse strains of viruses shuffle whole genes among themselves in a process called reassortment.

[Healthy Empowerment] Alternative Health News Health Products at Health Truth Revealed: There is little doubt that, when the time comes, cases of ”˜avian’ influenza will be reported, a medical emergency will be declared and the mass vaccination machinery will be set in motion. If you have been reading The IO and checking our pending pandemic articles over the last decade against the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act and the Bioshield Act, you will realize that the medical emergency and pandemic preparedness plans are in place at every level of government in the U.S. Many communities in America have openly conducted city and county-wide pandemic preparedness plan exercises with public participation.

[The blog of Mikhail Tsyganov - RIA Novosti in Jakarta] RUSSIAN-INDONESIAN ANNUAL TRADE HAS EXCEEDED A BILLION DOLLARS: We have one more promising field of cooperation, considering that Indonesia has to fight different dangerous infections, such as avian flu. Our big medical corporation Mikrogen is already discussing with its Indonesian partners joint production of anti-avian-flu vaccines.

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