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[Just a Bump in the Beltway] Getting Ready: No human cases of avian influenza have been reported in the U.S., but 109 people in Asia have been infected by chickens, and 55 of them have died. Experts say the virus, labeled H5N1, could rapidly spread from human to human if it were to combine with an existing human flu virus.
[PetsHub.com] France boosts protection against bird flu: France will increase its stocks of medicine, vaccinations and protective masks amid concerns about a potential outbreak of bird flu in Europe and a possible resulting human pandemic, the prime minister's office said Tuesday. strain that could evolve from bird flu,'to ensure vaccinations for the
[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.
[Observer.guardian.co.uk] The Observer | International | Europe hunt widens for infected birds: 'We could have detected the virus two months earlier, when the birds flew to Siberia from the south of the Asian continent,' said Sergei Netesov, deputy head of the Vektor State Scientific Centre of Virology and Biotechnology in Novosibirsk. 'This would have allowed us to forecast the situation's development and start anti-epidemic measures earlier.'
[Zpluspartners.com] Z + Partners - Weblog: Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 strain of avian flu could mutate so that it is passed easily from one person to another. If that were to happen, it would have the potential to trigger a lethal pandemic on the scale of the 1918-19 Spanish flu in which 20 million to 40 million people died.
[Msnbc.msn.com] Bird flu seen as bigger threat than SARS - Bird Flu - MSNBC.com: Fears of a global outbreak of bird flu have grown since the deadly strain of .An outbreak of easily spread bird flu among humans could be disastrous, .
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