Better Drugs Needed To Fight A Pandemic http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/02/webster-better-drugs-needed-to-fight.html For those interested in influenza, whatever Robert Webster of St. Judes...
Malaysia Receives Prepandemic Vaccine http://www.farminguk.com/?show=newsArticle&id=12288 This article is of interest because of its discussion of pandemic versus prepandemic vaccines. Needless...
Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/02/27/8560781.html So Baxter Labs did use live bird flu virus, and they did inoculate ferrets with a mix of...
Second bird flu death in Vietnam http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7914044.stm That hugh sign in the background of this story is ominous. Can't imagine seeing a bill board like that while...
Webster on China's Silent Bird Flu Infections http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/02/webster-on-china-silent-bird-flu.html India http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=211145&postcount=1...
Soap and Water Hand Washing Superior to Alcohol-Based Rubs in Reducing Presence of Influenza A http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/588330?src=mp&spon=24&uac=127954CG It does not sound like...
Questions about bird flu contaminated vaccine -- or something http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/02/questions_about_bird_flu_conta.php#more The Reveres over at Effect Measure weigh in on the...
Officials investigate how bird flu viruses were sent to unsuspecting labs An almost unbelievable story of how a major vaccine manufacturer somehow contaminated a seasonal flu vaccine (H3N2) with the...
Hospitalized Indonesian Paramedics Raise Pandemic Concerns http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02240902/H5N1_Indo_Paramedics.html Reports of health care workers becoming infected with bird flu is a...
The Influenza Pathogenesis Study What happens when you become infected with the flu? Exactly how does a flu virus invade your immune system to cause the symptoms that make you sick, and can even kill...
Pandemic Flu - Children at Risk http://readymoms.org/ I would be remiss if I did not point people towards what can be done to prepare for a catastrophic situation such as a severe pandemic. One of...
Vietnam Reports Bird Flu Fatality http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/02/vietnam-reports-bird-flu-fatality.html This is the young woman mentioned in the post from 2/11/09. She never recovered. She...
Second Bird to Bird Outbreak in Bali http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/02/bali-second-b2b-outbreak-in-10-days Bird flu is endemic in Indonesia and that includes the beautiful island of Bali....
The Hidden Outbreak http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/13/china-bird-flu-markets-economy-0213_asia_05.html Forbes article regarding the possibility that the Chinese are hiding information on bird flu. If I...
http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/02/background-noise.html Lots of strange information lately regarding bird flu. Of course, this is the time of year that there are many outbreaks in bird...
Egypt http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02090901/H5N1_Egypt_Toddler_2.html This is the second toddler recently diagnosed with bird flu in Egypt. The first child recovered. Egypt vaccinates its...
What Do the Japanese Know That We Don't Know? http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aMTBGqYHJE4M&refer=technology Why Panasonic made this decision is open to interpretation....
Chinese expert issues new bird flu warning http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/06/content_10775326.htm I am behind on the bird flu news lately due to other obligations and illness. Meanwhile...
When a recession and a pandemic collide http://www.scottmcpherson.net/journal/2009/2/5/when-a-recession-and-a-pandemic-collide.html Scott McPherson is the CIO (Chief Information Officer) of the...
What Is Going on in China? http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/02/china-denies-h5n1-outbreaks-in-poultry.html Everyone remembers how the Chinese denied the rumors of a new infectious disease in their...
France - Low Pathogenic Bird Flu Outbreak http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/02/france-an-outbreak-of-h5n3.html This is the same type of flu (H5N3), a low pathogenic one, as what was just found...
Canada - Low Path H5N2 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=206917&postcount=111 At last a diagnosis! Canada gets to say it is still free of any highly pathogenic bird flu. A highly...