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  1. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    egypt reports bird flu

  2. How Swine Flu Killed the Young and Healthy

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    How Swine Flu Killed the Healthy - ScienceNOW (hat tip flutrackers/tetano) Swine flu rears its head again | Herald Sun So why does this happen with some young people but not most like this formerly...

  3. Temple University Hospital, is it a good place to work?

    indigo girl replied to Saranya101's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Absolutely true! It was NEVER boring. It's a cultural delight with great food, and much more easy to access than some cities like NYC where parking always seems to be an issue. I found it really easy...

  4. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    Indonesia Indonesia: The Long Wait For Test Results Not always easy to find the H5N1 virus even though it may be there. There is quite a history of this little problem occurring when docs were pretty...

  5. Temple University Hospital, is it a good place to work?

    indigo girl replied to Saranya101's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    About that parking garage, or any garage for that matter even here in Tampa, Florida, no gargage is absolutely safe if you are there alone at night. I do know of someone that was attacked at Temple's...

  6. Temple University Hospital, is it a good place to work?

    indigo girl replied to Saranya101's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Wait one. What shift are you planning on working? Temple is in one of the very worst neighborhoods in Philly. It is true that I have not lived in Philly in 12 years but, I did work the neighborhood...

  7. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    Japan to Cull 20,000 Chickens as Bird-Flu Outbreak Discovered Japan to Cull 20,000 Chickens as Bird-Flu Outbreak Discovered - BusinessWeek (hat tip crofsblog) Japan: Gearing Up To Tackle Bird

  8. Every now and then I'm reminded...

    indigo girl replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for posting this, Mike. I can so relate to what you have been feeling. I work in psych, and see much of the same sort of cases you have described. It is so easy to get discouraged. It is good...

  9. Magnet - Turnoff For Anyone Else?

    indigo girl replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds exactly like the facility I left a few months ago. It sounded so great on paper, but I felt like a prisoner there. It was a marketing tool, for sure, and the nurses on my psych unit found...

  10. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Flu: Bird Flu Falls Off the Radar, but Cases Show It's Still a Threat Flu - Bird Flu Falls Off the Radar, but Cases Show It's Still a Threat - NYTimes.com I continue to be fascinated by this disease,...

  11. Magnet - Turnoff For Anyone Else?

    indigo girl replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    My experience with a magnet workplace was not good. It seemed to be more about looking good on paper. We looked great on paper yet more than 40 employees left my unit in 5 years, and the hospital did...

  12. When Pigs Flu

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    When Pigs Flu Two different studies on flu viruses infecting pigs came out recently which gives us plenty to think about. What they found is that we should be monitoring pigs more closely and here's...

  13. Surviving the Flu

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    For one college student, H1N1 was real and nearly took her life | The Columbus Dispatch Unfortunately, she was not the only patient to have this complication. Influenza can be a very serious disease...

  14. Reasons for Flu Vaccine Reluctancy

    indigo girl replied to Kimberly111-13's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't know about that article. Sound kind of flimsy. They don't give any sources at all for what they claim has happened. Narcolepsy? 6 cases in France and some cases in Sweden and Finland out of 6...

  15. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    The Ongoing Bird Flu Flap in Indonesia The Ongoing Bird Flu Flap In

  16. Spike in US Pneumonia and Influenza Deaths in Week 37

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    Spike In US Pneumonia and Influenza Deaths in Week 37 As I am posting this, I am facing a difficult night at work. My colleague is out with what she thinks may be the flu. She has not been tested but...

  17. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    south sulawesi, and east java, indonesia first we have this story: a bad week for indonesian chickens and now this one: watching indonesia

  18. Chikungunya Virus

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    French Riviera sees new case of chikungunya virus AFP: French Riviera sees new case of chikungunya virus I was not aware that this was a problem outside of Italy. (hat tip

  19. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    USSR Russia - Virus killed 1000+ birds in Krasnoyarsk lake -

  20. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    Spain Spain: H5 Avian Flu In Doves I am having a little problem understanding how and why this happened. The virus is a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), and an H5. Highly pathogenic means a...

  21. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    Indonesia: Two New Reports Two New Reports Out Of

  22. Study: Receptor Binding Changes with H1N1 D222G Mutation

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    Study: Receptor Binding Changes With H1N1 D222G Mutation Warning! This is not for the faint of heart or anyone not really "into" micro or or virology. Mike Coston over at Avian Flu Diary does a great...

  23. EID Journal: Co-Infection by Influenza Strains

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    EID Journal: Co-Infection By Influenza Strains So, why should we care? Well, for one thing because stuff happens like antiviral resistance, for example. Here is a scenario showing one way for this to...

  24. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    Ferreting Out the Transmissibility of H5N1 More at: Ferreting Out The Transmissibility Of Aerosolized

  25. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    cairo, egypt - case #112 h5n1: egypt: a new case of human h5n1 if she is not responding to tamiflu, let us hope that they will use relenza or peramivir for this unfortunate woman. as we all know by...