Experiences with Influenza-Like Illness and Attitudes Regarding Influenza Prevention --- United States, 2003--04 Influenza Season
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 17, 2004 from US CDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5349a3.htm)
Despite advances in medical treatment, influenza results in approximately 36,000 deaths each year in the United States (1). Vaccination has been a mainstay of influenza prevention, with annual vaccination ... WHO launches centre for virtual information exchange to head off pandemics
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 16, 2004 from UN News (via http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12826&Cr=wo)
After months of testing, the United National public health agency today opened an emergency response centre to head off illnesses that verge on becoming pandemic - such as bird flu and SARS - anywhere ... UK prepares for flu pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 12, 2004 from The Observer (via http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1372003,)
Emergency plans are being drawn up by government health advisers to deal with a potential outbreak of bird flu in Britain, which experts warn could claim many thousands of lives.
Measures being considered ... Australia:Flu may help spread meningococcal [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 8, 2004 from ABC News (via http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1260153.htm)
South Australian health authorities suspect there could be a link between influenza and meningococcal disease.
The Health Commission says the low number of flu cases this past winter has been matched ... HongKong:Flu outbreak response plan proposed
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from HongKong Government News (via http://news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/041207/htm)
A draft preparedness plan has been composed outlining a clear command and response co-ordination structure for any influenza outbreak, catering for three different response levels. The plan to increase ... Flu:The Threat That Knows No Boundaries
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from TIME Asia Magazine (via http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,50104)
When the Spanish flu struck the world in 1918, one leading physician, a former president of the American Medical Association, thought he was seeing the end of civilization. It was a reasonable conclusion. ... EU: Flu Pandemic Is Waiting to Happen
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from The Associated Press
EU Warns Flu Pandemic Is Waiting to Happen, Says Nations Are Still Struggling to Prepare for It
The European Union warned on Monday that an influenza pandemic was waiting to happen and said nations were ... Flu pandemic could wreck global ecosystem, warns flu expert [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from AP (via http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041204/ap/d86oj5no0.html)
A medical expert has warned that the next flu pandemic could wreck the global ecosystem, in addition to killing millions of people worldwide, a newspaper reported Saturday.
The World Health Organization ... Avian flu could cost Asia $130 billion
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/avianflu/news/d)
Avian influenza is expected to cost Asia $130 billion by 2005, according to Hur Young-joo of the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare, as reported in the Dec 2 online edition of The Korea Times. ... US:NY Academy meeting examines the vaccine & avian influenza crisis
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 1, 2004 from medicalnewstoday (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=17083)
Effective vaccinations against influenza were established many years ago. However, lack of availability of vaccines and the potential for new influenza subtypes to spread in pandemics represent new challenges ... HongKong ready for flu pandemic, claim experts
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2004 from The Standard (via http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Front_Page/FK29Aa01.h)
Hong Kong is far safer than it has ever been and is well prepared for a global influenza pandemic, health officials and scientists claim.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) last week warned that each ... US:Flu crisis exposes large gaps in bioterrorism readiness [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2004 from Chicago Tribune
Problems producing flu vaccines that raised the specter of a health crisis have highlighted the difficulties facing the U.S. government as it tries to counter terrorists who would attack America with bioweapons. ... HongKong eyes regional steps in bird flu battle
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from english.eastday.com (via http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/nation/use)
Hong Kong is keeping a close watch on the bird flu situation and will recommend measures to collaborate with health agencies across the region in the prevention and control of the disease, according to ... China:State Council passes lab safety regulations to prevent new outbreaks
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/27/content_2268088)
A new set of regulations taking effect Saturday will prohibit Chinese lab directors from allowing experiments on risky pathogenic microbes without approval.
The Chinese cabinet ... Hong Kong to seek plan for bird flu threats
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 27, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/26/content_2264197)
Hong Kong will review the bird flu situation and recommend ways to collaborate in the prevention and control of the disease, according to a local government report on Friday.
Leaving ... Next flu pandemic could kill up to 7 million people, WHO expert says
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from CP (via http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=cc7956e0-b175-4fc)
The world is closer to the next flu pandemic "than we have ever been before" and it may kill two million to seven million people, a World Health Organization expert said Thursday.
"There is no doubt ... Genetic reassortment in bird flu virus draw common concern
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/25/content_2259968)
The risk of genetic reassortment which might give rise to a potential pandemic has become the common concern of experts in the disease-control field, a Thai public health official said here on Thursday. ... WHO: Bird Flu Likely Source of Next Pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Reuters (via http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&a)
The bird flu virus that rampaged across much of Asia this year is the most likely cause of the next human flu pandemic, which could hit up to 30 percent of the world´s people, a top international ... China steps up flu prevention efforts
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 21, 2004 from xinhua net
Chinese officials are stepping up efforts to prevent a flu outbreak and to control the illness from spreading if it does. As part of an across country campaign, health authorities are drafting an emergency ... NIAID launches expanded flu web site for media
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 18, 2004 from Pharmabiz.com
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of The National Institutes of Health, launched its updated web site on 碔nfluenza research?for members of the media and general public.Titled ... 558 items, 20/Page, Page[22/28][|<<] [|<] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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