Bird Flu Monitor > WHO Oversight Failures Raise H5N1 Pandemic Concerns
[Recombinomics Whats New] The commentary discusses the lack of WHO oversight on reports of H5N1 infections in human cases and clusters. (06/19/08 20:04)
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[ICG Spaces - community weblog] The triple canopy of infection, birds over cats over pigs ...: Wet markets run the gammet in quality, cleanliness and oversight:. For some customers, it is important to see the animal live before being sold.
[World News] WordPress database error: [Table 'seckibase.wp_fs_visits' doesn't ...: Unlike other Asian nations which have managed to contain the bird flu virus, Indonesia's gross oversight was to not begin exterminating poultry three or four years ago when the disease first began spreading, he said.
[Avalution Consulting: Our Perspective] Pandemic Webinar Q&A: Global and US officials reported no significant changes in this version of the virus compared to other human infection cases, so it does not appear that the virus mutated to become more easily transmittable.
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[MBN: The Monte Bubbles Network] United Nations News: MYANMAR: UN RIGHTS EXPERT TO PROBE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSES DURING CRACKDOWN New York, Oct 24 2007 6:00PM The United Nations independent human rights expert on Myanmar said today he would use his upcoming official visit to the troubled country to verify allegations of abuses during the recent Government crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, determine the numbers and whereabouts of those detained or killed, and collect testimony about what happened. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, the Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, told the General Assembly’s third committee (social, humanitarian and cultural issues) that although he has not been allowed into the country since 2003, he has received extremely worrying reports about the Government’s response to the protests, which began in mid-August after a sudden surge in fuel prices.
[A Journey Through The World of Pandemic Influenza] Guest Post: Globalization-What Were We Thinking: Note: For those who may be interested”¦a complete explanation is in the text”¦Deadly Feasts-The Prion Controversy and the Publics Health, by Richard Rhodes, Touchstone 1998.
[NYDISnet] NYDISnet for Jun 6: May 31, Andrew Speaker, an Atlanta lawyer, was detained under a federal isolation order at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, and then moved to Denver’s National Jewish Medical and Research Center for definitive treatment of his infection, an extremely drug resistant form of tuberculosis, which is often lethal. American officials and those in other countries are seeking to advise more than 100 passengers who sat closest to him on the longest flights and crew members to be tested for the infection.
[America Health Online] zen habits: The American court system is certainly beginning to pay more attention to the GM tidal wave, with judges demanding that the USDA conduct the proper oversight and not turn their heads when it comes to the shenanigans of agribusiness .
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