Is Your Child Being Exposed to Cold and Flu Germs, or Worse?

In addition to knowing how to choose a suitable childcare provider, parents also need to know if the health of their child is a primary concern of that provider, especially at this time of year. In addition to a stringent Quality Assurance program for health and safety, the...

Indonesia investigating suspicious bird flu cases: official

""In the last three to four months, we have had four cases where the poultry in the victim's neighbourhoods (tested) negative for the virus," said Bayu Krisnamurthi, head of Indonesia's National Avian Influenza Committee."The number is significant enough for us to intensify...

Indonesia confirms 115th human bird flu infection

"The virus is usually transmitted to humans from infected birds. Scientists fear however that the virus could mutate into a form easily transmissible between humans, sparking a global pandemic that could kill millions. The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed more than 200...

Study Shows Why the Flu Likes Winter

It's long been thought the flu was a winter illness due to the being in the proximity of others without adequate fresh air. It turns out that the air may be the culprit."Researchers in New York believe they have solved one of the great mysteries of the flu: Why does the...

Bird flu pandemic could cost 2 trln dollars : World Bank

""The global economic costs could be between 1.5 to two trillion dollars,"Peter Harrold, acting Vice President of the World Bank, was quoted by AFP as telling an international conference on avian flu in New Delhi that wraps up Thursday.International donors have pledged 2.3...

Bird flu detected in Saudi Arabia

"The ministry said tests were carried out after 1,500 birds died in the farm, which had a total of 50,000 birds. The ministry learned of the deaths on Monday. "All of the birds at the farm were subsequently culled and the area disinfected, with measures taken to ensure other...

Wife of dead bird flu victim declared suspected sufferer

"The woman, identified as M (30), was hospitalized after she had taken her husband, the late Muhammad Nabih (31), from Pekanbaru to Tebing Tinggi for burial, Burhanuddin Agung of the Riau provincial health office said here on Monday. The couple were residents of Simpang Groga...

Bird flu death toll rises to 91

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A resident of Bengkalis in the Riau province, Sumatra, had died of bird flu recently raising the number of people in Indonesia who passed away after suffering from the disease to 91. In a press statement on Monday the Indonesia health ministry...

Indonesia confirms 91st bird flu death

""The number of cases (of bird flu in Indonesia) is 113, of which 91 have been fatal," he said. Nurdin added that it was unclear whether the man had come into contact with poultry, the usual method of transmission of the disease to humans. Many Indonesians keep chickens or...

Indonesia confirms 90th bird flu death

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 30-year-old Indonesian woman who died at the weekend was infected with bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country worst affected by the virus to 90, a health ministry official said Monday. "Both tests are positive," Suharda Ningrum, from the...