" The government rejected advice from its expert advisers on swine flu, who said there was no need for the widespread use of Tamiflu and suggested that the public should simply be told to take paracetamol. An...
opinion by Babel-Fish | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 350 views | 3 recommendations | 0 comments
It’s been a very relevant factor that drugs have been released on to the world market place that have really bad side effects. At present one such drug is being actively advertised by some governments and...
opinion by Babel-Fish | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 441 views | 18 recommendations | 7 comments
Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations; Pulitzer, Polk, and Peabody Award-winning writer, revealed in a radio interview on Wednesday, that Egypt has an avian flu problem, but no swine flu cases. She said they set out to slaughter...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 135 views | 17 recommendations | 4 comments
I recently noticed many people wearing "Medical Masks" at places like Airports and Malls. I have even noticed people wearing them out in the open, as they stand with no one around. Because of this, I would like...
opinion by Ivan Esquivel | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 20939 views | 30 recommendations | 6 comments
When the avian flu scare arrived, no one questioned it. This time, things are different. Those with some brains, a memory and internet ingenuity are on the case. Let’s...
This simply could be the making of the "Pandemic Cocktail" needed for the FEMA Camps to reach full capcity across the Continental United States. A perfect concauction of a pandemic that needs total...
Scientists have inched closer to developing a universal flu vaccine after identifying human antibodies that inactivate various invluenza viruses, including bird flu. Dr. Wayne A. Mrasco of Harvard Medical...
created by Terri Potratz | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 343 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
" The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is investigating the possibility of an H5 avian influenza outbreak on a turkey farm in B.C.'s Fraser Valley. Agency spokesperson Monika Mazur says testing done at the...
created by con10t | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 144 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
As we move into the annual flu season, it's time to line up for that little shot in the arm. Influenza is a serious viral disease that often reaches epidemic proportions in N. America during the winter...
created by Barbara McPherson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 366 views | 27 recommendations | 4 comments
""A few H7 strains of the flu virus have started to evolve some of the traits they would need to infect people easily, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta has discovered.
"An alarming situation has arisen in India where the bird flu epidemic has taken hold and spread further.
At present it has been confirmed in the Indian state of West Bengal with most of the districts in that...
created by globaltoo | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 512 views | 12 recommendations | 5 comments
"Officials in India's most densely populared state fear that an outbreak of bird flu could be devastating.
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in Malda, infecting poulty in seven of the 19...
created by jdkk | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 374 views | 21 recommendations | 5 comments
Now this is a great idea: We're already voluntarily linked via social networking, but there is no real emergency-situation support. After all, Skype doesn't even support 911 calls. "Google.org's technology project...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 466 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
Putting aside for a moment whether an outbreak of Pandemic avian flu (H5N1) is on the horizon or not, the recent outbreaks in China (where no concrete connections have yet been proven) and in Pakistan (where a small chain of human to human transmission has occurred...
created by djsblack | 4 years ago 379 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Jakarta (Digital Dementia News Services) – Scientists, physicians and health authorities attending a conference in Jakarta heard dire predictions of a new pandemic threat poised to emerge from the poultry...
created by Lcantu | 5 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1833 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments