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Bird Flu Becoming Endemic in South Korea? http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805130009.html [hat tip croftsblog] Something has changed in South Korea, and it's not for the better....
Taking Responsibility for Yourself and Your Family http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-you-have-cpo.html We can blame our jobs, and the govt for not preparing us, but ultimately, we have to look...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
The Possible Consequences of Hoarding Information on Viral Sequences http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05120801/H5N1_Saudi_Falcon.html Dr. Henry Niman predicts how H5N1 will evolve based on looking at...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
All Poultry Culled in South Korean Capital http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/05/korean-officials-reportedly-cull-all.html In 1997 when Dr. Margaret Chan, the current Director General of the WHO, was...
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Second, and Larger Bird Flu Outbreak in South Korean Capital http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/05/s-korea-2nd-bird-flu-outbreak-confirmed.html This would be like finding it in Washington, DC for us....
Japan to Conduct Clinical Trial of Prepandemic Vaccine and Begin Using It http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20080511a1.html This is a very significant decision, and merits some attention. It is...
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H5N1 False Negative Soldier in South Korea Is Cause for Concern http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05100801/H5N1_Korea_Soldier_False.html Wait a minute! Is this like being a little pregnant? Nothing...
Thanks, Sharona. Here is why I think that the Tamiflu resistance in Canada is not linked with widespread treatment of Canadian patients with Tamiflu. The viral genetic marker, H274Y is associated...
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Bird Flu Spread to Capital of South Korea http://tinyurl.com/3qh3e9 H5N1 has been found in some birds in Seoul, causing a small number of worried residents of the city to come in to be checked for...
Better anti-viral drugs urged by 70 scientists at pandemic conference http://tinyurl.com/3qrxdb (hat tip PFI/helblindi) Did he really say almost 1/4 of Canadians are showing resistance to Tamiflu?...
Lloyd's of London weighs in on pandemic issues Another great essay from Scott McPherson: http://tinyurl.com/69dfzj The last of Lloyd's Top Ten things to remember in a
Pandemic triage recommendations overdue, necessary, welcomed http://tinyurl.com/4zr9pt Wow! This is quite the thought provoking essay by Scott McPherson, CIO of the Florida House of Representatives....
I agree that your child needs you, and that is your first duty. Remember though that most of the bird flu victims are under age 40 so he is at greater risk than say an older over 50 volunteer, for...
True, if you survive, you might be immune, but there were people in the 1918 epidemic (another bird flu), who were infected more than once. Also, we are seeing that survivors of H5N1 tend to be...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
http://tinyurl.com/4hgswf http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=153263&postcount=33 If you watch the video for a few minutes, you will see whooping swans surrounded by many, many pintail...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Bird Flu Spread of the H5N1 Strain http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/health/birdflu/map_flash.html Interactive website shows spread of H5N1 with outbreaks (in birds), human cases, human...
An H5N1 Virus Neutralization Strategy http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0801367105v1 The first confirmed human cases in Turkey occurred in early January 2006, and gave Europe a wake up call....
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S. Korea: 66% Of Provinces Affected http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/05/s-korea-66-of-provinces-affected.html Bad news continuing in South Korea, and who knows what going on in North Korea since...
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Strange News from India http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/05/tripura-humans.html A very odd story, indeed that this many villagers are under medical observation with fevers, though supposedly...
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Testing the Wrong End of the Bird http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05020802/H5N1_Alaska_Tell.html There were all kinds of puns that I wanted to make about this, but I will let someone more clever do...