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| Only 14% of Americans are prepared for a three-day disaster, allow an Avian Influenza Pandemic that may have waves lasting 2 months at a time.
Even the best-prepared cities will not be able to care for its citizens in a major disaster. |
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| An aggressive campaign to stop the progression of bird flu begins in South Korea in an attempt to preempt disastrous consequences. The culling of more than 250,000 chickens and other animals within the quarantine zone has begun. |
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| It is clear that current vaccines, antiviral drug supplies and government preparation will not be enough in the event of a pandemic. Issues with availability, distribution and funding have impact on the current worldwide preparedness level. Individuals will need to do their part to prepare. |
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| We were told from the time that we were little kids to wash our hands. "Did you wash your hands before dinner"? Our mothers would ask. "Wash up before bed" our parents often commanded. "Johnny, stop picking your nose. Now go wash up before you eat" I'm sure that most of us out there have heard these shouts or something similar to them from our parents as we were growing up. What is the big deal about this anyway? Well, that is what this article about. The Center of Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta cites five common ways in ... |
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| Indonesia recorded its 44th human bird flu death this week, according to the World Health Organization. This surpasses that of neighboring Vietnam with 42 deaths.
This makes 2006 the deadliest year since the H5N1 version of bird flu started spreading rapidly amongst the bird population, and brings this year’s worldwide death toll to 62 out of 93 reported cases (67%).
This number is only for confirmed cases and the actual death toll is likely higher. |
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| Singapore's first nation-wide flu pandemic exercise ended Saturday after testing the interoperability among various government agencies and the effectiveness of the country's Flu Pandemic Readiness and Response Plan. Code-named Sparrowhawk II, the two-day exercise involved more than 1,000 personnel from 21 ministries and agencies, over 10,000 medical workers, as well as volunteers and members of the public. Simulating a flu pandemic caused by the bird flu infection in human, the exercise aimed to strengthen the public health defense and to gear up the national surveillance, response and operational capabilities, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said earlier. ... |
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| Laurie Garrett International Herald Tribune SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 NEW YORK Despite the commitment of billions of dollars to the fight against pandemic influenza, the world may lose the battle against avian flu, for lack of an effective strategy. Much of the money - nearly $4 billion from U.S. taxpayers, alone - is being spent inappropriately. For far less money, strategically deployed in a global campaign, the world could be a safer place for the coexistence of man and microbe. H5N1 avian flu has reached Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, all the Black Sea nations and ... |
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| June 28 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu fatalities have almost tripled this year as the lethal virus spread across Asia, Europe and Africa, prompting calls for increased supplies of medicines to fight the virus and any pandemic it might spawn. Since January, at least 54 people have died from the H5N1 avian influenza strain in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq and Turkey, according to the World Health Organization. That compares with 19 fatalities in Vietnam and Cambodia in the first six months of 2005. Human cases create opportunity for the virus to mutate into a lethal pandemic form. |
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