Avian Flu Diary
Covering Pandemic Influenza, H1N1 `Swine Flu', H5N1 `Bird Flu' and other Emerging Infectious Diseases with an emphasis on Individual and Community preparedness.
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Sep 02, 10 08:40AM# 4862 A story today out of Thailand that blames gulls, not storks, for introducing bird flu to that nation and possibly spreading it across south east Asia. nbsp...
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Sep 02, 10 07:45AMSince this is day two of National Preparedness Month and with Hurricane Earl expected to force thousands of coastal residents from their homes in the next 24 hours, this see ms...
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Sep 02, 10 05:36AM# 4860 Arkanoid Legent has a story this morning from the Asahi Shimbun in Japan with this attention getting headline: Mutated avian flu can infect humans BY...
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Sep 01, 10 02:25PM
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Sep 01, 10 10:10AM# 4858 In what appears to be a case of `use it, or lose it’, Taiwan’s Centers For Disease Control announced today that they will begin to distribute soo n...
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Sep 01, 10 05:32AM# 4857 Timing is everything. Last Saturday this exact subject came up over dinner with a dear friend after I announced my intention to get my flu sho t...
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Sep 01, 10 03:45AM# 4856 Today marks the first day of National Preparedness Month, a national drive to get Americans better prepared to deal with disasters and emergencies. As...
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Aug 31, 10 10:07AM# 4855 The vaccination rate among health care workers (HCWs) against seasonal influenza runs abysmally under 50%, and in recent years there have been multiple calls...
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Aug 31, 10 09:00AM# 4854 Title Quote, a variation of several refreshingly informal and candid tweets from FEMA Director Craig Fugate on Twitter over the past few days. Photogra ph...
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Aug 31, 10 06:31AM# 4853 Long-time readers of this blog are aware of a number of conflicting studies that have come out in recent years regarding the relative efficacy of surgical ma sks...
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