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UK: "Risk register" will call pandemic the #1 threat
Via The Telegraph: Flu pandemic ‘biggest threat to Britain’s security.’ Excerpt:. The first “annual risk register” will also warn of the threat to the UK of …
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How many countries suppress disease statistics?
We’re now well into the second month of a very effective flu-news blackout from Indonesia. But that country may not be the only one that suppresses unwelcome health news. Via The New York Times: New Study Raises Estimate of HIV …
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The lessons of anthrax
But I can well imagine that if or when H5N1 can move efficiently from human to human, some champion liar will try to leverage public fear for political gain. The only vaccination against such fear will be profound skepticism: Strong …
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Whatever happened to horse flu?
This reinforces my belief that even if H5N1 never goes pandemic, what we learn from studying it—and what we do …
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Hong Kong : Live chicken imports to double
Via the Hong Kong government website: Live chicken imports to double. The supply of live Mainland chickens will be doubled to 16000 a day from August 3, the Food & Health Bureau says, adding the supply of Mainland day-old-chicks will …
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Another flu blog
It’s evidently been around since March, but my blog searches failed to find it. I’m adding it to the H5N1 Bloggers list. If anyone is aware of blogs in the hot-zone countries that deal even occasionally with H5N1, please let me know.
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FAO working to raise awareness in Egypt
Via Daily News Egypt: FAO workshop highlights importance of biosecurity in fighting avian flu. Excerpt:. Biosecurity is vital in combating avian flu, said officials from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). …
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A new, improved Relenza?
If approved, the medicine could provide a new treatment for flu, a disease causing 250000 to 500000 deaths worldwide a year. Previous studies also showed the medicine fights the H5N1 version of bird flu, which world health officials say …
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The long loud silence out of Indonesia
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Thailand: Four test negative for H5N1
Deputy permanent secretary Dr Paijit Warachit said he ordered the mobile rapid diseaseinvestigation unit to collect blood samples from the four for testing against the H5N1 strain of the virus at Nakhon Sawan’s provincial Science Centre …
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