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Singapore: Public Involvement In Financial Sector Pandemic Drill

# 2277. The Singapore pandemic drill for their financial sector has been ongoing now for a week, and will run to the end of next week. Tomorrow, selected branches of banks in Singapore will involve their customers in the drill, …
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Bird Flu: Should I Be Worried?

In recent weeks, the alarm over Avian Flu, also know as Bird Flu has increased dramatically. It is important to understand the facts about this disease in order to interpret the news accurately and to avoid panic and irrational behavior …
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Singapore To Begin 2-Week Financial Sector Pandemic Drill

# 2261. Roughly a year ago the United State’s financial sector conducted a massive multi-week pandemic drill, sponsored by the Department of the Treasury, which tested the resiliency of our banking and financial centers during a crisis. …
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Bird Flu Vaccine Ready to License

The biotechnology research firm, Novavax, announced impressive results in a human trial of the vaccine it is developing for the H5N1, or Indonesian, strain of bird flu discovered in 2005. This particular strain of bird flu has made 385 …
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New Bird Flu Vaccine By Novavax Shows Encouraging Results

A new bird flu vaccine developed by Novavax from insect cell cultures has shown favorable results by spurring an immune response in the second stage of the human clinical trials. The Rockville, MD-based developer has been pursuing a partnership with General Electric to advance a new flu vaccine that could be swiftly produced in large […]

The Next Killer Flu - Can We Stop It?

Flu season is just around the corner once again. But this time, it may be coming disguised as a serial killer. There is deep concern that a new killer flu, nicknamed “Bird Flu,” may mix with ordinary flu and kill millions of people. This is how Robert Webster of St. Jude Children’s Research […]

Researchers Make Breakthrough Discovery On 1918 Flu Pandemic Furthering Quest For Protection From Bird Flu

Researchers Make Breakthrough Discovery On 1918 Flu Pandemic Furthering Quest For Protection From Bird FluAugust 18, 2008 - Topics flu, bird flu, research, study and medicineScientists have recovered antibodies to the virus that caused the devastating 1918 pandemic flu from the bodies of survivors and say …
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Allergies Suck

Months ago I thought I had bronchitis because I had this horrible cough. I got so tired from being unable to lay down without coughing that I finally broke down and saw a doctor for the first time in several years. Turns out it was allergies. She recommended loratadine, which is cool because […]

Scientists Say H9N2 Strain Poses New Bird Flu Threat

Scientists claim they have found a new strain of avian flu, the H9N2 virus, which could mutate to become more easily transmissible among humans and trigger a possible bird flu pandemic. According to a study published in the Public …
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