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Vietnam: The risk of outbreak of A/H5N1 flu infected poultry trade http://t.co/YBvZSVpS This is the warning information in risk communication workshop on A/H5N1 flu organized by the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on 22-11. Dr. Link - Trackbacks

Vietnam: Health lifeVIET voice Time to A/H5N1 flu still at risk of outbreak Risk of re… http://t.co/9pr4wGHt Vietnam: Health lifeVIET voice Time to A/H5N1 flu still at risk of outbreak Risk of re-outbreak of influenza A/H5N1 Link - Trackbacks

http://t.co/LX5LRRR9 - 4th Betacornavirus Case Raises Pandemic Concerns - #h1n1 #flu Recombinomics Commentary Link - Trackbacks

http://t.co/b2ewpfLn Agent-Based Simulation of Disease Spread Aboard Ship Extreme examples like the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 make clear the devastating impact that communicable diseases can have on military readiness. Link - Trackbacks

Be ready for flu season and prepare your family to survive a pandemic http://t.co/NzauvpvS Inspire others to act by being an example yourself, Pledge to Prepare & tell others about it! Link - Trackbacks

Swine flu fashion hits the catwalk | http://t.co/jdLdpliu http://t.co/QxWK4Ktd via @MetroUK No it's not another story about the swine flu pandemic; these photographs are from a fashion show in Sydney, during Australian Fashion Week. Link - Trackbacks

Treyfish's H5N1 Pandemic Information News: A chicken farm bird flu burst in Penghu 600 chickens culled Huaxia Jingwei Website, November 23: According to Taiwan media reports, the Penghu area for the first time the outbreak of avian flu, the local epidemic prevention by last night overnight 600 chickens were culled. "The COA the BAPHIQ" said the 19th of this month, Penghu County a simulated native field died 150 chickens, chicken farmers take the initiative to send sick or dead chickens Penghu Livestock Disease Control Inspection. The test results came in yesterday evening, confirmed to have been infected with the H5N2 bird flu virus, highly pathogenic or low pathogenic two days to confirm. Link - Trackbacks

How to Choose a Face Mask for Pandemic Flu Outbreaks http://t.co/p7Fk3RZC #survival,#prepper, How to Choose a Face Mask for Pandemic Flu Outbreaks http://t.co/p7Fk3RZC #survival,#prepper, Link - Trackbacks

Flu STATS That Will Shock You http://t.co/6rGYWslS Prisonplanet.com Nov 13, 2012 A new study has found that people who received a flu shot before the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic were more likely to catch the swine flu virus, a startling discovery given the fact that experts have blamed the pharmaceutical industry for deliberately engineering the pandemic to make huge profits… Link - Trackbacks

SciVerse ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles http://t.co/tCHaEepg See on Scoop.it – Virology News Note: number 1 is the article on “In vitro evolution of H5N1 avian influenza virus toward human-type receptor specificity” – that you read about here first.   ViroBlogy: serving the virology community…B-)  Thank @MicrobeTweets!   Pandemic flu graphic courtesy of Russell Kightley Media See on top25.sciencedirect.com Link - Trackbacks

Could tobacco save lives? Perhaps, in this vaccine for pandemic flu. http://t.co/dP0XMwrt #newmedication #newdrugs A Canadian biopharmaceutical company is ‘programming’ tobacco plants with the genetic sequences of infectious diseases to ‘grow̵ Link - Trackbacks

IOSH calls for action on work-related traffic accidents: http://t.co/iDeRMPkm The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has stated that work-related road traffic accidents should be reported by employers to help cut the number of people killed or injured while driving for work.

 During Road Safety Week 2012 (18-25 November) IOSH urged the Government to include work-related road traffic accidents in the national accident reporting system, Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR). According to latest provisional figures from the Department of Transport, in the year ending June 2012, 24,870 people are estimated to have been killed or seriously injured on the roads in the UK. In 2010 the Government estimated that 24 per cent of serious injuries, and 30 per cent of road deaths could be linked to work-related road traffic accidents. Richard Jones, head of policy and public affairs at IOSH, said: “In our latest response to the RIDDOR consultation, we have again called for the Government to make serious injuries and deaths from work-related road traffic accidents reportable under RIDDOR. “Employers have clear duties under health and safety legislation in this country to manage work-related health and safety risks, which will include their occupational road risks. Employers who do not ensure employees can drive safely for work are as much at fault as those who don’t ensure employees can use workplace machinery safely.” Mr Jones added: “It’s vital employers manage their occupational road risks just as they would any other health and safety risks, through good planning and by implementing sensible, proportionate precautions. As well as preventing enormous human suffering, it also makes good business sense.” More articles from IOSH: IOSH concerned by plans to reduce consultation timescales (4th September 2012)The UK Government is not giving people enough time to comment on plans to cut health and safety regulations, a leading professional body has said.From Newsletter Stories Olympic health and safety successes can benefit construction companies (31st July 2012)From Newsletter Stories Does less regulation really benefit employers? Study seeks to find out (9th March 2012)Reforms of the UK’s system of health and safety are to be evaluated in a two-year study...From Newsletter Stories Utility company praised for health and safety cost-cutting (5th December 2011)A road safety programme that saved one of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers over £2million has been benchmarked by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)...From Newsletter Stories IOSH call to include work-related RTAs in official stats (21st November 2011)A health and safety body is urging the Government to incorporate work-related road traffic accidents into official statistics...From Newsletter Stories Competition to celebrate eureka thinking launched (1st October 2011)Innovators whose brainwaves have helped to improve health & safety for small businesses are being urged to shout about their achievements.From News IOSH project enhances submariner safety (26th July 2011)Hazardous industry experts from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health have recently played a part in improving submarine safety...From Newsletter Stories Poor work-life balance sees one in three UK relationships suffer (10th February 2011)Nearly one in three people in the UK have been in a relationship that has suffered because of work pressures, according to a poll released by a leading health and safety body today (Thursday 10 January 2011)...From Newsletter Stories Lorry drivers’ safety a priority in treacherous weather conditions (16th December 2010)Haulage and distribution companies should take care of workers who will be driving on the roads in treacherous weather conditions - a leading health and safety body for professionals has urged... From Newsletter Stories Government urged to protect workers health and safety in uncertain times (6th December 2010)The Government needs to be clearer on how a drive to cut red tape combined with spending cuts will not put people at greater risk of injury or illness at work, a leading health and safety body said today...From Newsletter Stories Competition launched to praise small business health and safety (8th November 2010)Health and safety professionals who work with small businesses across the UK are being given the opportunity to win £1,000 prize and a free pass to the largest health and safety exhibition...From Newsletter Stories Consultants register coming soon (31st August 2010)A new UK scheme to accredit health and safety consultants is to be announced at the beginning of September... From Newsletter Stories IOSH sets the record straight (27th January 2010)IOSH is urging businesses and communities to do the right thing by clearing snow and ice from public areas following misleading reports in the papers... From Newsletter Stories Watch out for signs of seasonal stress, employers warned (10th December 2009)Worries over the credit crunch, job security, childcare and the late shopping rush could all mount up during the festive season, so employers are being warned to watch out for symptoms of seasonal stress in their staff...From Newsletter Stories Cameron speech offers sensible safety debate, says IOSH (3rd December 2009)One leading professional body has spent years campaigning against nonsense ‘elf ‘n’ safety’ stories, saying they have more to do with fear of litigation and the costs or trouble of doing things properly than real health and safety...From Newsletter Stories Time to demonstrate our value, says new president elect (11th November 2009)The next president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) says that its time for the profession to demonstrate the value of professional health and safety advice...From Newsletter Stories “Time to demonstrate our value”says IOSH president elect (1st November 2009)The next president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) says that it’s time for the profession to demonstrate the value of professional health and safety advice.From News Employers told to turn the heat down on staff (22nd June 2009)Britain’s bosses need to relieve the pressure on their workers if a stress epidemic is to be avoided, experts have claimed...From Newsletter Stories Why are men dying to work? (16th June 2009)It may have been National Men’s Health Week this month but it’s just another working week when men are more than twice as likely to be hurt in the workplace than women. Men are also substantially more likely to be killed in accidents in the workplace than women...From Newsletter Stories Preparing for a flu pandemic: Ten point plan (1st June 2009)The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), has called on employers to step up preparations for a possible pandemic flu outbreak with recommendations including: 1. Have a plan – you will probably only geFrom Safety first “Get ready for flu outbreak” businesses warned (27th May 2009)The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), is calling on employers to be prepared for a pandemic flu outbreak...From Newsletter Stories Manslaughter window closing, firms told (1st May 2009)Businesses have a "window of opportunity" to get their health and safety systems and cultures right before the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act really starts to bite, according to a panel of top lawyers.From News Manslaughter window closing, firms told (23rd March 2009)Businesses have a "window of opportunity" to get their health and safety systems and cultures right before the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act really starts to bite, a panel of top lawyers said this month...From Newsletter Stories 'A healthy return' – new IOSH guidance (27th January 2009)A free to download, good practice guide to rehabilitating people at work has been published by IOSH...From Newsletter Stories Don't slip, IOSH releases winter travel tips (7th January 2009)The recent cold snap, which caught some out unawares, has shown the need for people to be prepared when travelling in winter. IOSH has produced a few tips to help ensure your travel, whether it be commuting to or from work or for pleasure, remains safe despite the weather...From Newsletter Stories Tis the season for stress to strike (14th December 2008)With worries over the Christmas credit crunch, job security and the late shopping rush during the festive season, IOSH is warning employers to keep an eye out for seasonal stress in their staff...From Newsletter Stories Young worker woes worry MEPs (21st July 2008)Three MEPs have called for more to be done to prevent young workers coming to harm when they first enter the workplace...From Newsletter Stories Safety Symposium: Details announced (1st June 2008)Taking place at The Park Royal in Warrington from 7- 9 September, this year's safety symposium is entitled 'Cutting edge health and safety' and will bring together health and safety professionals from across the publiFrom Safety first Extra inspectors welcome, but more needed, says IOSH (27th May 2008)Europe’s largest body for health and safety professionals has said that the announcement that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to recruit 40 new inspectors is “a step in the right direction”, but is not enough for Britain’s health and safety needs...From Newsletter Stories Black report – good start, but more needed (10th April 2008)Following the release of Dame Carol Black's report into health and wellbeing at work, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has said more needs to be done to prevent work related ill health...From Newsletter Stories IOSH members count themselves in (1st April 2008)IOSH's Get the best campaign is going from strength the strength, with the call for regulation gaining support in Westminster through an Early Day Motion and recommendations to the Department for Work and Pensions Select From Training IOSH blasts business health and safety claims (1st April 2008)"If your business sees health and safety as a burden, then you don't understand enough about it or you're not doing it right," the president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Ray Hurst, has From Safety first Regulation debated as IOSH gives evidence (3rd March 2008)Health and safety professionals have reiterated their call to regulate their profession during an appearance by senior members of IOSH before the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Select Committee...From Newsletter Stories Employers could be inviting migrant tragedy, warns safety body (5th February 2008)Many migrant workers are being put at serious risk by cost-cutting employers who aren't providing sufficient training or suitable supervision to new recruits, leading occupational health and safety body IOSH has said...From Newsletter Stories Simplicity key to keeping small businesses safe (1st February 2008)Small businesses need access to simple how to guides on health and safety to help dispel the perception that health and safety is burdensome, says Europe's largest health and safety professional body. From Safety first Response from Ray (1st February 2008)From banning fans from chucking underwear at a Tom Jones impersonator (for fear he'd trip) to calling time on pancake races (too much paperwork, what with the risk assessments), stories of "elf and safety" gone mad are eaFrom Safety first Simplifying CPD (1st February 2008)Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is an activity which is misunderstood, misinterpreted and often made more complicated than it really is. From Safety first Focus on safety and health, professionals tell Purnell (28th January 2008)Health and safety must figure prominently on the agenda of the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, James Purnell MP, if the UK is to improve its worrying increase in workplace deaths and still overly-high rate of occupational ill-health...From Newsletter Stories IOSH launches tools to make safety easier (8th January 2008)IOSH has produced some free online tools that are available to help businesses carry out their Link - Trackbacks

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Flucelvax Influenza Vaccine Licensed by FDA http://t.co/g2x2PY6Z The new flu shot for adults is made in animal cels rather than eggs, promising more rapid production in case of a pandemic. Link - Trackbacks

Roche, under fire, offers compromise in flu drug row: LONDON (Reuters) - Roche has offered an olive branch to... http://t.co/zdKsU3Ht From Yahoo! News Canada: LONDON (Reuters) - Roche has offered an olive branch to scientific critics in a bid to end a bitter row over blockbuster flu drug Tamiflu that has led to calls for a boycott of the Swiss drugmaker's products. Tamiflu has been approved by regulators worldwide and stockpiled by many governments in case of a global outbreak - but some researchers claim there is little evidence it works and have lobbied since 2009 for Roche to hand over all its data from clinical trials. Sales of the drug hit close to $3 billion in 2009, due to the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, although they have since declined. ... Link - Trackbacks

#LiveWire Roche, under fire, offers compromise in flu drug row: LONDON (Reuters) - Roche has ... http://t.co/jMLx4nZT #LiveWireAthletics From Yahoo! News: LONDON (Reuters) - Roche has offered an olive branch to scientific critics in a bid to end a bitter row over blockbuster flu drug Tamiflu that has led to calls for a boycott of the Swiss drugmaker's products. Tamiflu has been approved by regulators worldwide and stockpiled by many governments in case of a global outbreak - but some researchers claim there is little evidence it works and have lobbied since 2009 for Roche to hand over all its data from clinical trials. Sales of the drug hit close to $3 billion in 2009, due to the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, although they have since declined. ... Link - Trackbacks

Roche, under fire, offers compromise in flu drug row: LONDON (Reuters) - Roche has offered an olive branch to sc... http://t.co/1YLgvHQ5 LONDON (Reuters) - Roche has offered an olive branch to scientific critics in a bid to end a bitter fight over blockbuster flu drug Tamiflu that has led to calls for a boycott of the Swiss drugmaker's Link - Trackbacks

Rapid production flu vacine makes ripples in the #pharma scene http://t.co/amyDapaV Groundbreaking animal cell-based vaccine that's quicker to produce and could be rapidly deployed in a flu pandemic is approved by the US FDA Link - Trackbacks

Tobacco is not commonly associated with good health, but the plant could one day help prevent pandemic flu. Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicag Tobacco is not commonly associated with good health, but the plant could one day help prevent pandemic flu. Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicag Link - Trackbacks

Every Fall, we are urged to get our flu shot, with good reason since the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919, was responsible for between 20-40 million deaths. So what is the flu exactly? According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) the flu is defined as influenza and a contagious respiratory illness caused by the Influenza virus. There are two main types of the virus. Every Fall, we are urged to get our flu shot, with good reason since the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919, was responsible for between 20-40 million deaths. So what is the flu exactly? According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) the flu is defined as influenza and a contagious respiratory illness caused by the Influenza virus. There are two main types of the virus. Link - Trackbacks