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The Difference Between Highly Pathogenic and Low Path Flu Viruses http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=161500&postcount=22 A simplified explanation that is adequate for understanding...
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Arkansas - USA http://www.recombinomics.com/News/06040801/H7N3_AR.html H7N3 now being reported in Arkansas. Tyson Foods is spinning out reassurances to the public that none of the birds have entered...
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The UK http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/06/uk-h7-outbreak-highly-pathogenic.html All of the news lately seems to be about H7 viruses. Today we are hearing about a highly pathogenic avian influenza...
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World Health Organization [WHO] H5N1 avian influenza: Timeline of major events http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/Timeline_08_05_20.pdf They do not list every H5N1 event but give a good...
Where do the presidential candidates stand on pandemic preparation? http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/1/01420/75347 At least some of them have thought about
Hong Kong experiments with anti-H5N1 cocktails http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/06/hong-kong-exper.html They used Relenza, Celebrex, and NSAIDs. It improved the survival rate, at least in...
Commentary: Pandemic flu vaccine program needs help http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3555398 The same issue keeps appearing with all aspects of pandemic planning, namely the lack of transparency...
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"...the job of the media, everywhere, should be to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable" - Crawford Kilian When peer reviewed journals fail to peer review, and the media doesn't even...
Health and Human Services's Next Webcast June 4th on Pandemic Issues http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/05/hhs-next-webcast-on-june-4th.html Why do you suppose HHS is going thru the trouble of...
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Human H7N2 Reassortant Sequences Withdrawn from Genbank http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05280801/H7N2_Pulled.html We were all wondering why it took over 4 years for the viral sequences to be...
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Looking Back to 2003 - Yonkers, NY Case of H7, Bird Flu http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04280802/H7N2_NY_ Reassortant.html If they are going to get serious about looking for these avian flu viruses...
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Other Bird Flu Viruses of Concern http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/05/study-h7-strains-evolving.html H7N2, H7N3, and H7N7 have already caused some human infections, and one death. Follow the link...
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Nepal Worries and Waits... http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/05/nepal-we-are-on.html If I was a gambler, I would bet that it is already present, and that they just are not aware of it yet. The...
Get Pandemic Ready: Why Three Months? Part 1 http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/05/get-pandemic-ready-why-three-months-pt.html Get Pandemic Ready: Why Three Months Part 2...
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Bangladesh Prepares http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/05/bangladesh-prep.html They have needed all the help that they could get since at least March 2007. I guess it takes some time to set...
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With permission from Effect Measure: The Reveres on Bangladesh The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of...
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the plot thickens. we now find that bangadesh waited one and a half months to send a negative sample to cdc in atlanta. they tested a child with mild flu who had no exposure to any farm because he...
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A Big Bang Theory for Pandemics An interesting piece by Scott McPherson, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Florida House of Representatives....