]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/h5n1 Blog Articles Tagged with 'h5n1' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923801?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via the Jakarta Post: Half traditional markets prone to bird flu: Commission. Excerpt:The National Commission on Bird Flu has revealed that 50 percent of traditional markets that slaughter and sell chickens are highly prone to outbreaks of bird flu v... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923801?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:20:44 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923802?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 I've just discovered OIE's World Animal Health Information Database. It looks like a very useful resource.For example, you can go to Disease Information, select Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, and then see a map of outbreaks within a time period o... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923802?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:15:56 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923803?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via Pacific Magazine.net: Regional Experts To Gather For Pacific Pandemic Task Force Meeting. Excerpt:Next week, the Pacific Avian and Pandemic Influenza Taskforce (PAPITaF) will meet in Nadi, Fiji Islands, from Monday to Wednesday to discuss the cur... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923803?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923806?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via Reuters, an IRIN report: EGYPT: Contingency planning for an avian flu pandemic . Excerpt:Egypt, the country hit hardest by avian flu in the Middle East, is working on preventative measures to stop a potential human influenza pandemic.The governme... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923806?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:20:27 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923809?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via Bird Flu Information Corner: Semarang: Official closed slaughterhouses. Excerpt:According to Indonesia TV news, Metrotvnews.com., Thursday, 20 November 2008 10:09 WIB.Team of Agricultural and Livestock Service, Kecamatan Gayamsari, Semarang, Cent... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923809?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:55:12 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923811?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via Reuters: Indonesia says 17 in Sulawesi not infected with bird flu World Reuters href= http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-36603020081120 Indonesia says 17 in Sulawesi not infected with bird flu. Excerpt:Bird flu has been ru... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923811?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:24:02 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923813?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Ciprian Pater of Oslo, Norway, writes a letter: The Jakarta Post - Forum: Bird flu patients. Excerpt:The situation in Makassar is highly unstable. In the last article, the head of the Makassar Health Agency praised God that no more people were admitt... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923813?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:45:22 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923814?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via the tireless Dutchy at The Flu Clinic, a machine translation: Number of patients suspect bird flu increases. Excerpt:The Number Of patients suspect bird flu that was treated in the Pusat Public Hospital (RSUP) Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo continued to... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923814?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:07:39 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923815?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 I confess: I find vaccine stories dull. But this one from IrishTimes.com caught my interest: Malaria one-two could stop bird flu. Excerpt:A researcher at UCC [University College Cork] is studying a vaccine that could protect against any form of influ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923815?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:49:42 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923640?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Created by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the href= http://www.aitoolkit.org/Default.aspx Avian Influenza Toolkit is more like a full-sized machine shop. A quick scan gives the impression of enormous amounts of ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923640?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:25:25 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923581?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via The Nation, a report with a slightly misleading headline: Migratory birds do not cause bird flu: experts. Excerpt:Migratory birds cannot be declared responsible for the outbreak of bird flue in any part of the world, including Pakistan, as recent... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923581?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:48:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923532?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via This Day: Bird flu: FG, W'Bank pay N631m to farmers. Excerpt:The Federal Government and World Bank have paid N630.9 million as compensation between February 2006 and October 31 this year to 3,037 farmers, who were affected by the bird flu outbrea... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923532?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:08:48 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923517?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Here's a translation from a Bahasa Indonesia story. Maybe Toggletext or some other application would make more sense out of it, but I offer it here for the little information it conveys, and the surreal humour Google has given a serious story:A mayor... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923517?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:28:43 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923518?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via Balita, a Filipino news source: Bird flu spread in Sayaboury under control. Excerpt:The task force unit of veterinarians is on mission of disinfect and cull poultries infected with bird flu H5N1 strain is being spread in Sayaboury province early ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923518?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:11:34 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923519?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Thanks to the French reader who sent the link to this very important Jakarta Post report: Suspected bird flu patients isolated. Excerpt:The Wahidin Sudirohusodo regional hospital in Makassar, South Sulawesi, is continuing to isolate 17 patients of Bi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923519?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:32:39 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923430?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Via CIDRAP, an article in the journal Asia Pacific Family Medicine: Avian Influenza: A Global Threat Needing a Global Solution. The abstract, re-paragraphed:There have been three influenza pandemics since the 1900s, of which the 1918-1919 flu pandemi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923430?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:28:58 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923380?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 We still don't know if they're H5N1 positive, but Dutchy has been doing superb work tracking the Indonesian media on The Flu Clinic Indonesia thread. Scroll down to post #170 to start today's translations.Evidently most of the suspect cases are impro... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923380?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:11:52 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923341?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 I was delighted to discover Prepared Citizens this morning. It's a well-designed blog with an emphasis on personal preparedness, and I've put a link to it in the H5N1 Crisis Planning & Management list.Another welcome newcomer is Bird Flu Information... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923341?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:45:43 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923342?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 This seems to be today's total Jakarta Post coverage on the Makassar H5N1 outbreak: OUTBREAK VILLAGE.A team from the Makassar health and public safety agencies exterminate poultry suspected to be infected with avian influenza in Sudiang village, Brin... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923342?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:33:52 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923242?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 I can hardly believe the burst of H5N1 news out of Indonesia, which now includes this story from The Jakarta Post: 17 in hospital with suspected bird flu. Excerpt:A South Sulawesi hospital was overwhelmed as it admitted in two days 17 patients believ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923242?rsstype=tag&tag=h5n1 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:01:27 -0500