]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/flu Blog Articles Tagged with 'flu' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919541?rsstype=tag&tag=flu The technical problem isn't resolved yet. But here's an article by Emmy Fitri in The Jakarta Post: A day to promote hyigene in RI. Excerpt::Handrawan said the community must play an active role in preventing loss of life and financial losses by impro... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919541?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:57:12 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919507?rsstype=tag&tag=flu I'm dealing with some technical problems in posting new materials. Until they're resolved, posting may be a little light. But this item deserves your attention. Via the Washington Examiner: US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears. Excerpt:... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919507?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:00:08 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919420?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Thanks to Mike Coston at Avian Flu Diary for providing the link to this WHO report: Unknown disease in South Africa and Zambia. Excerpt:Laboratory analysis has been conducted in South Africa at the Special Pathogens Unit, National Institute for Commu... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919420?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:39:40 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919421?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via Bloomberg: Bloomberg.com: Health Care href= http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aKHOLH2GSOR8&refer=healthcare Germany kills 1,400 fowl after first 2008 bird flu. Excerpt:German authorities killed 1,4... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919421?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:31:32 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919344?rsstype=tag&tag=flu The tireless Dutchy at The Flu Clinic has a string of machine-translated stories today about Ridho Wahid, a 9-year-old in Padang, West Sumatra. He reportedly fell ill after household chickens suddenly died. According to the latest item in the thread,... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919344?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:30:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/919349?rsstype=tag&tag=flu From a school carnival to a city hall news conference, the second annual observance of Get Ready Day was a popular event last month.Sponsored by APHA, Get Ready Day encourages all Americans to prepare themselves, their families and their communities ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/919349?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:24:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919294?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via Monsters and Critics.com, a Deutsche Presse-Agentur report: Bird flu returns to Germany. Excerpt:Bird flu has returned to Germany, with the H5N1 influenza virus breaking out among farm ducks in the eastern state of Saxony, officials said Thursday... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919294?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:02:01 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919295?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via Nhan Dan: Ben Tre province declared free of bird flu disease. But that's not quite what the story itself says:The People s Committee of southern province of Ben Tre on October 8 declared that Ba Tri district had been free from bird flu disease.... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919295?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:16:55 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/919267?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Every parent's or grandparent's nightmare is to have their darling little one suddenly carried off by illness. Flu isn't on the radar screen of most parents but in recent years the public health community is taking notice. The first alarm occurred in... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/919267?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:26:23 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919252?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via VietNamNet Bridge: UN pledges further support for bird flu prevention. Excerpt:During the plenary meeting of the Partnership on Avian and Human Influenza (PAHI), which took place in Hanoi on October 8, UN Resident Coordinator John Hendra said it ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919252?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:14:49 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919243?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Dr. Michael Greger, who knows his stuff, has put together a DVD of a lecture he recently gave about H5N1. He sent me a copy, which I greatly enjoyed. It includes several versions, from 15 minutes to 60 minutes, and would be a superb centerpiece for a... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919243?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:43:54 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919230?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via allAfrica.com, a report from The Times of Zambia: Zambia: It's Not Ebola! Excerpt:The woman from Zambia who died in South Africa from a mysterious disease was in fact afflicted by cerebral edema and multi-organ failure, putting to rest suspicions... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919230?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:38:21 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919175?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via Female First.co.uk: New Study Determines Double Flu Jab Needed Against Bird Flu Pandemic. Excerpt:An international study led by University of Leicester researchers has determined that vaccination will be the best way to protect people in the even... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919175?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:20:28 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919176?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via Xinhuanet: FAO conducts bird flu research activity in Cambodia_English_Xinhua href= http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/08/content_10165661.htm FAO conducts bird flu research activity in Cambodia. Excerpt:The Food and Agriculture Organiza... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919176?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:14:23 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/919155?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Flu shots ALWAYS stir up controversy! Last year, New Jersey went INSANE by trying to force mandatory flu shots, insisting it is the best option of public health, but get this! New research claims flu shots have been largely INFECTIVE over the past fe... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/919155?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:53:46 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919125?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via KTRV Fox 12: New Idaho Health Website Warns of Flu Pandemic.The state of Idaho is asking its residents to prepare for a flu pandemic.State leaders, including the governor, have created a website to help Idahoans better understand the danger and p... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919125?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:42:57 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919126?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via The Dong-A Ilbo: H5N1 human vaccine developed in Korea. Excerpt:Korean researchers have developed a human vaccine for the highly pathogenic H5N1 subtype of the Influenza A virus.Chungnam National University professor Suh Sang-hee said yesterday t... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919126?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:38:11 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919109?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via The Star in Toronto, a Reuters report: Deadly dozen diseases seen due to climate change. Excerpt: A deadly dozen diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation So... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919109?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:39:20 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919077?rsstype=tag&tag=flu This site is my workspace as well as a news blog, and it bears a distressing resemblance to the workbench in my basement: A lot of clutter, but I know where everything is (almost everything no clue where my best hammer has gone).With a little free ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919077?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:44:42 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919052?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Via Channel NewsAsia: Tamiflu sales up due to stockpiling, use on severe flu cases. Excerpt:Drug company Roche said sales of anti-viral drug Tamiflu have gone up in tandem with flu cases this year. Tamiflu is not just being stockpiled to fight agains... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/919052?rsstype=tag&tag=flu Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:57:56 -0400