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http://robtdmckenzie-bme.blogspot.com [acronyms&Me.] Science News Article | Reuters.com: Global health officials fear it could mutate into a lethal strain that could rival the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed between 20 and 40 million..., of the University of Minnesota, Wednesday in a special section of the journal Nature devoted to avian flu

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http://gaysforlife.blogspot.com [Gays for Life] Have There Been 700 Bird Flu Deaths in China?: However, according to what we know so far, the actual deaths should be much more than 100, which is reported previously.I'm going to end this post with the same admonishment I end all my bird flu posts: we have no idea, really, what is going on in China. A pandemic could be about to explode or this could all be bunk, nonsense, hysteria, an elaborate practical joke, whatever...

Nature.comhttp://www.nature.com [Nature.com] Avian flu special The flu pandemic: were we ready? : Nature: Here's the transcript: "At this hour, the World Health Organization has declared a full-scale pandemic influenza alert, with person-to-person spread lasting more than two weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam. During previous influenza pandemics in the United States, large numbers of people were ill, sought medical care, were hospitalized and died.

[Crofsblogs.typepad.com] H5N1: To prevent potential outbreaks, Vietnam's Veterinary Department will focus on 3 measures, namely banning poultry raising in inner areas of cities and towns, building concentrated fowl slaughterhouses and distribution networks and vaccinating poultry against bird flu viruses, the report quoted the departmenthead Bui Quang Anh as saying.

Futurepundit.comhttp://www.futurepundit.com [Futurepundit.com] FuturePundit: Avian Influenza May Mutate Into Killer Human Pandemic: Public health officials are starting to sound downright scary in their pronouncements about the potential danger to humans of the H5N1 influenza strain which is spreading through populations of chickens, ducks, and other birds in Southeast Asia. Julie Gerberding, head of the US CDC, told a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that we are probably in a period equivalent to the historical period right before the 1918 influenza pandemic which killed tens of millions of people.

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