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Stay Home if You Are Sick, Please http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/10/up-close-and-little-too-personal.html We say this every year. I know, I know, you can't stay home because your workplace...
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as the chief information officer for the florida house of representatives, scott mcpherson does not blog often. he is a very busy guy. he is very knowledgeable about a great many subjects,...
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UPDATE South Korea - It's Not HPAI It's not the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus that is causing the current problem in South Korea, but a low path H5N2. I stand corrected for saying that there is no...
CDC takes notice of Akron's flu plan Organization hopes to use ideas as role model for other communities to prepare for pandemic http://www.ohio.com/news/30480434.html (hat tip
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Testing for Avian Flu in New York State http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=183782&postcount=1 Taking advantage of duck hunter's kills, the DEC in NY State is testing for H5N1 in...
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New Zealand Two weeks ago, New Zealand found a low pathogenic form of H5N1. This virus is found in wild birds in the US also, but was never noted in New Zealand prior to these cases....
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South Korea http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/10/south-korea-testing-ducks-at-farm-for.html Here's hoping that this is not H5N1. South Korea had great difficulty controlling the virus the last time...
Three reasons to consider getting the pneumonia vaccine sometime soon: As we move into flu season in the year 2008. Consider the wisdom of trying to protect yourself from the secondary infection that...
And the Answer Is . . . At Least Two Weeks It is worth noting that, in this Webcast we are hearing probably for the first time that the Red Cross is inferring that you might actually need 6 to 12...
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southeastern russia http://www.recombinomics.com/news/09260801/russia_fujian_again.html with permission from recombinomics: re-emergence of fujian h5n1 in southeastern russia recombinomics commentary...
What Japan Is Doing http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/09/japan-national-police-agency-releases.html http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/09/japan-pre-pandemic-vaccination-priority.html...
http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/09/reminder-hhs-telecast-on-personal.html It is actually amazing that the govt is reaching out to give citizens this information. Too bad they are not making more...
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Morgellon's Syndrome I found this article over on Avian Flu Diary. His blatant plug, as he calls it, explains why this is well worth reading as McKenna has both excellent credentials, and is well...
Fifty foot waves, oh dear... I work on the 7th floor. If we experienced a 50 foot wave, we would drown with our patients. They say that we can not evacuate our hospital so we would have to stay....
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Australia waits for H5N1 I knew that Australia was in close proximity to Indonesia but just 3 klicks from New Guinea is way closer than I realized. It is rather hard to believe that at least some...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080912/ap_on_re_us/ike I hope that they are making the right decision. I live in another hurricane prone state, not in Texas. If a hurricane was coming towards my...
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Togo, West Africa http://www.recombinomics.com/News/09100802/H5N1_Togo_Uvs.html What's Going On in Pakistan? http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/09/pakistan-bird-flu-jitters.html For some...
Pandemic PPE for the Japanese HCW First of all, I can not imagine working in this kind of get-up, but I would wear it if I had it available and I were being exposed. And, second, who is going to...
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Southern Sudan? There are unconfirmed reports of the appearance of H5N1 in Southern Sudan possibly putting Kenya at risk. http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/08/kenya-on-bird-f.html No way to...
Uncovering Influenza's Achilles Heel http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/08/uncovering-influenza-achilles-heel.html Basic research is where it's at. Some day in the not too distant future, this...
Updates in Pandemic Planning for Japan http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/08/japan-health-ministry-seeks-major.html http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/08/japan-plan-to-add-3600-ventilators.html...