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| Around The World With Avian Flu |
| 26 Jun, 2008 | Posted in Influenza |
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| Bird flu has claimed two more human lives in Indonesia. This was confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Both the patients who died were females. One was 16 years old and the other was 34 years old. Bird flu was reported for the first time in Asia in 2003. Since then, it has spread to about 60 countries worldwide causing deaths of millions of poultry birds. It has also caused the deaths of 230 people, according to the WHO’s records.
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| Counter Plan for Flu Pandemic May Put Chicago on Hold |
| 05 Jun, 2008 | Posted in Influenza |
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| Chicago is among larger cities of the US. Its population is about 8.6 million people. This city faces a pandemic like situation due to influenza infection among people. But the researchers in the US say that counter action to prevent pandemic influenza would put the functioning of this city on hold because it would require closure of schools, quarantines of infected households, and even ban on public gatherings as preventive measures...... Read More |
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| Influenza Virus Resurfaces Despite Vaccination Doses |
| 25 Feb, 2008 | Posted in Influenza |
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| According to officials at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 52 percent of flu infection cases in the US have was as a result of strains that are not present in the current vaccine. The flu virus has been reported to infect many people in the US specifically in several parts of the Washington...... Read More |
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| Flu Does Strike the Most in Winter |
| 17 Jan, 2008 | Posted in Influenza |
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| Winter, and ’tis the season for colds and influenza. People are most likely to catch the flu or influenza virus during the winter months than they are during any other time of year. Recent research shows that the age-old mystery, which most people dismiss as a myth, is neither a myth nor a mystery. The debate has ended and people/researchers who dismissed any connection between flu and winter have been proven wrong. ..... Read More |
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