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Laboratory ready for any pandemic: Waikato Hospital’s redeveloped laboratory will have a pivotal role in any nat... http://t.co/0W6hD8h9 Read 'Laboratory ready for any pandemic' on Yahoo! Sport New Zealand. Waikato Hospital’s redeveloped laboratory will have a pivotal role in any national pandemic. The high-tech lab service, which carried out more than 7 million tests last year and is now capable of far more, includes a special containment lab for testing suspected infectious samples. It’s one of only two PC3 labs in New Zealand hospitals. It is currently used for the testing of tuberculosis but could quickly become a national testing base in an emergency, such as a bird flu or SARS outbreak. ... Link - Trackbacks

Spanish Flu pandemic simulator - http://t.co/6M25Fbem The Modelling4All project, based at Oxford University is creating the BehaviourComposer, a web-based tool for constructing agent-based computer models. The BehaviourComposer enables you to create computer models by bringing together micro-behaviours - NetLogo code embedded in web pages. We hope this opens up new possibilities in terms of collaborating on computer modelling projects e.g. programmers working with scientists to create models of religiosity, epidemics, congestion, wealth distribution and so on. Link - Trackbacks

http://t.co/Mzq3ZV1N Confirmed! Flu Vaccine INCREASES Risk of Serious Pandemic Flu Illness Pin images from any website as you browse the web with the “Pin It” Link - Trackbacks

Kathmandu: Nimbus announces bird flu relief fund http://t.co/NKsoFepf KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Nimbus, a leading producer of farm inputs, has announced Bird Flu Relief Fund worth Rs 7.5 million to provide compensation to farmers facing huge loss due to the outbreak of avian Link - Trackbacks

Spanish Flu. Mortality in October 1918 in Kansas due to the influenza pandemic. My great aunt died http://t.co/4HrUO1IM Pin images from any website as you browse the web with the “Pin It” Link - Trackbacks

Damn this flu spreading around hopewell #pandemic Damn this flu spreading around hopewell #pandemic Link - Trackbacks

North Carolina: Seasonal Flu Update: 2 Deaths in Triad region http://t.co/mZVEuwSG With the flu season fully under way, there were nearly as many confirmed reports of the disease at one Pitt County health facility in one day this week as all of last year. Link - Trackbacks

Wisconsin Seasonal Flu #H3N2 Total of 4 Deaths Thus Far http://t.co/QD6GjhIs Wisconsin has not posted their Week 48 data. As of the reporting period of Week 47, which ends November 23rd, they have NOT had any deaths yet (since October 5th), so all 4 of their deaths had to occur in the last week. Link - Trackbacks

CDC begins hyping flu season early to push more useless #vaccines http://t.co/0RbyvU3R via @HealthRanger CDC begins hyping flu season early to push more useless vaccines, CDC begins hyping flu season early to push more useless vaccines Link - Trackbacks

South Carolina Season Flu Update Week 48: 5 Pediatric Deaths http://t.co/Z9tIs9LF For the weekend ending December 1, the CDC reports 5 deaths during the last week, since the last report. The first death this year from seasonal flu, specifically H3N2 most likely, was confirmed on November 26th. That was 13 days ago. It was in Barnwell County, which is Region 5, midland section of the State. Link - Trackbacks

South Carolina: Seasonal Flu Update http://t.co/dtrNXrkU On the right side-bar of this blog, located at the very bottom is the category "Worldwide Update on Influenza Activity". It is there that you can be kept up-to-date on the weekly reports of flu activity. Link - Trackbacks

Tom Jefferson Talks About Swine Flu Vaccine and the Politics Behind It: http://t.co/SpS5QulM via @youtube This is a good short video about what the World Health Organization has done to the guidelines for declaring a flu pandemic. They have lowered them in May 2009 so that according to Dr Jefferson even the seasonal flu could be included as a pandemic, while extending the period for years and subject to their regulations worldwide. If you aren't familiar with Dr. Tom Jefferson he is an epidemiologist and has worked for the Cochrane Institute for 15 years. With an international team of scientists, he evaluates all published flu- related studies. Link - Trackbacks

From the Contagions archive for flu season: Pandemic Influenza: 1510 - 2010 http://t.co/Gibeu0Ek From the Contagions archive for flu season: Pandemic Influenza: 1510 - 2010 http://t.co/Gibeu0Ek Link - Trackbacks

H3N2 strain of the flu expected to make people sicker this year http://t.co/QvkozEkA The flu hasn’t quite hit central Pennsylvania yet, but medical professionals are gearing up for what could be a bad year. Link - Trackbacks

Public Health Chiefs, Drs. Frieden And Fauci, Discuss Flu Season And Vaccines On C-SPAN http://t.co/JIe5IRdr Public Health Chiefs, Drs. Frieden And Fauci, Discuss Flu Season And Vaccines On C-SPAN Link - Trackbacks

From the Contagions archive for flu season: Pandemic Influenza: 1510 - 2010 http://t.co/Gibeu0Ek My first clue on the existence of specific influenza pandemics before 1918 came a few years ago while reading some local newspapers on the Spanish Flu itself. The papers were warning people that this was not an ordinary flu year, it would be like 1893! The papers referred to 1893 in the same way that… Link - Trackbacks

X Factor '12 - The Final Pt 1… http://t.co/i3MyYc4L There will come a time, in the not too distant future, when everybody will know somebody who has auditioned for X Factor. Everyone. It's like a dreadful pandemic of insanity. Anyway, LOADS of acts got THROUGH, and then CHRISTOPHER got ADDED and then ONE BY ONE were CRUELLY MURDERED BY FLU or … Link - Trackbacks

Flu Survival Guide http://t.co/PqLMVOkO How to survive the common cold and the pending avian flu pandemic. Link - Trackbacks

✉ Would you Live if there is a #flu #pandemic? #preppers ✉ Would you Live if there is a #flu #pandemic? #preppers Link - Trackbacks

abercrombie Affordable Student Loans Need A Deferment Period http://t.co/aPaBNkEj abercrombie Affordable Student Loans Need A Deferment Period, Following Pandemic Flu Trends Link - Trackbacks