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Breaking News on Bird Flu
Quick diagnosis of flu strains possible with new microchip test (press release)Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a microchip-based test that may allow more labs to diagnose influenza infections and learn more about the viruses causing illness. The FluChip successfully distinguished among...
Analysis of Spanish flu cases in 1918-1920 suggests transfusions might help in bird flu pandemic (press release)Transfusions with blood products taken from people who had recovered from Spanish influenza may have reduced risk for death and improved symptoms of hospitalized patients who contracted Spanish influenza complicated by pneumonia. Early treatment was superior to later treatment.
Researchers studied...
Lessons from SARS May Help Prepare for Bird Flu (press release)Lessons learnt from SARS epidemics in China may help us prepare for new epidemics, such as human avian flu, say experts in this week’s BMJ.
Mainland China experienced three outbreaks of SARS between November 2002 and May 2004. The first outbreak resulted in a pandemic and caused huge financial loss...
Bird flu study highlights need to vaccinate flocks effectively (press release)Incomplete vaccination of poultry flocks could make the spread of deadly strains of avian flu such as H5N1 worse, scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Warwick have found. The research shows that even though the available vaccines are effective on individual birds, the disease is likely to...
Voluntary household interventions can reduce death and disease burden from pandemic influenza (press release)A scientific study suggests that the number of infected individuals and deaths from influenza during the first year of a pandemic could be substantially reduced by a combination of voluntary household-based quarantine and isolation of actively infected individuals in a location outside the household...
Bird flu pandemic remains top threat to global health, says WHO(NewsTarget) The World Health Organization held its 57th annual Western Pacific Region meeting in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday, where the organization's Acting Regional Director for the Western Pacific, Richard Nesbit, said the H5N1 strain of bird flu is still the No. 1 threat to global public health...
While Concerned, Most Americans Do Not Expect Widespread Human Cases of Avian Flu in U.S. in the Next Year (press release)The latest national poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Project on the Public and Biological Security finds that at the moment, the majority of the American public is concerned about the threat of avian flu, but only a small proportion is very concerned. However, should cases...
Bird flu may have been mistaken for SARS - doctors (press release)A Chinese man who died of pneumonia in 2003 and was at first classified as a SARS victim might have in fact died of avian influenza, Chinese researchers reported on Wednesday.
But in a confusing development, at least one of the researchers asked that the letter reporting the case be withdrawn from...
H5N1 Vaccine Could Be Basis For Life-saving Stockpile (press release)Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have announced that a vaccine they developed a few years ago against one antigenic variant of the avian influenza virus H5N1 may protect humans against future variants of the virus. Vaccines based on this model might therefore be suitable for stockpiling...
Modeling Shows Containment Could Delay, Not Prevent, Pandemic Flu (press release)New research from scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and the University of Washington in Seattle suggests that containment can buy time to prepare, but containment alone is not enough to stop a flu pandemic from occurring.
Through mathematical modeling, the researchers show...
Using Cell Phones to Teach Pandemic Flu Preparedness (press release)A team from the University of Illinois at Chicago has developed the first interactive tool using mobile phones to educate the public about pandemic flu.
The free, interactive media -- called Mobile PanFlu Prep -- will be demonstrated at the Local, State and Federal Public Health Preparedness Summit...
Purdue Veterinarians Discuss Bird Flu Issues for Pets (press release)Pet owners can combat animal illness with cleanliness and educated observation, and wellness veterinarians from Purdue University recommend the same procedure in the case of bird flu.
"Commercial products can kill viruses because the flu is not resistant to disinfectants," said Steve Thompson, director...
Experimental vaccine protects lab animals against several strains of H5N1 (press release)Nations are preparing to stockpile vaccines against H5N1, the strain of influenza virus that experts fear could cause the next flu pandemic. But will these vaccines remain effective as the virus mutates? Researchers present good news in the July 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available...
US Approves Wild Bird Avian Flu Surveillance Network (press release)In an effort to improve the tracking of avian influenza, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded $5 million in support for a new initiative that will monitor wild bird populations for the disease around the globe, according to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation...
Bird flu spiraling out of control in Indonesia(NewsTarget) While Indonesia discovered its first bird flu outbreak fairly late in comparison to some other infected countries, it has endured one of the fastest spreads, with 42 human H5N1-caused fatalities reported since the first case was confirmed a year ago.
Until the latest Indonesian death...
Healthcare staff not prepared for flu pandemic (press release)Nearly half of health workers surveyed would not go to work during an influenza pandemic. The results of a survey of health workers in Maryland, USA, published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health reveal that the staff's perceived importance of their role in the response to a pandemic is...
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Practical Bird Flu Tips
Tip #1 The wrong thing to do is nothing. Prepare for bird flu with the seriousness of a category 5 hurricane.
Tip #2 Antiviral tinctures and herbal products are cheap today compared to what they'll cost after the pandemic arrives. Stock up now.
Tip #3 Don't rely on modern medicine to save you. No vaccine exists, and Tamiflu may not work. Hospital beds will be overrun with sick patients. You may be on your own.
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Bird Flu Quotations
"We truly feel that this present threat is likely to stretch our global systems to the point of collapse."
- Dr Mike Ryan, director of epidemic and pandemic alert and response at the World Health Organization
"A pandemic, or worldwide outbreak of a new influenza virus, could ... overwhelm our health and medical capabilities, potentially resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths, millions of hospitalizations and hundreds of billions of dollars in direct and indirect costs."
- White House document, National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza (NSPI)
"It's the most dangerous influenza virus that I've ever seen."
- Richard G. Webster, flu researcher at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
"Even now, there is little to no excess capacity to absorb more patients, but when pandemic flu arrives there will be a tidal wave of patients arriving in clinics and ERs nationwide. If it happens tomorrow, the system will collapse."
- Dr. James A. Wilde of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia
"Society just can't accept the idea that 50 percent of the population could die. And I think we have to face that possibility."
- Robert G. Webster, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Webster is one of the world's leading infectious disease experts and is credited with being the first to discover the link between bird flu and human flu.
"Given the high level of global traffic, the pandemic virus may spread rapidly, leaving little or no time to prepare."
- World Health Organization
"The threat of a pandemic is the most important public health issue we face today. The signs are worrisome."
-Bruce Gellin, director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' national vaccine program
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Bird Flu Infection Map
Total Human Fatalities: 194
Details by country
US Govt. estimates of an outbreak:
• 47 million infected
• 207,000 deaths
• 734,000 hospitalizations
• Workforce affected: 25% - 40%
• Economic cost: $166.5 billion
U.S. Bird Flu Poll Results
(Harvard School of Public Health)
If human outbreaks occur:
- 75% of people will avoid travel
- 68% will skip their jobs and stay home during the outbreak
- 71% will skip public events
- Only 2% have begun to prepare
Analysis: The U.S. economy will temporarily shut down, causing severe disruptions in essential services and basic infrastructure, including electricity, gasoline, food, emergency services, law enforcement, telecommunications and more.
Inevitable during an outbreak: National Guard called in to run essential services. Gunpoint quarantine of infected communities or neighborhoods (already happening in India). Skyrocketing street value of antiviral drugs, herbs and medicines, as well as preparedness items.
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