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Laboratory Workers and Contacts Warned of Accidental Flu Pandemic http://t.co/IiAr5FSV Laboratory Workers and Contacts Warned of Accidental Flu Pandemic http://t.co/IiAr5FSV Link - Trackbacks

Laboratory Workers and Contacts Warned of Accidental Flu Pandemic: Safety in the laboratory workplace is of crit... http://t.co/ANjKBCn7 Laboratory Workers and Contacts Warned of Accidental Flu Pandemic: Safety in the laboratory workplace is of crit... http://t.co/ANjKBCn7 Link - Trackbacks

Important reading to consider from http://t.co/bbTrs7K5 concerning Domestic Adoption: http://t.co/ESBBDh40 hhs, health, human, services, health and human services, secretary, surgeon general, hipaa, hippa, civil rights, bioterror, terrorism, smallpox, anthrax, pandemic flu, chemical, biological, social, social services, disease, families, children, substances, abuse, aging, diabetes, aids, food, drug, drugs, administration, safety, wellness, disaster, emergency, grants, funding, policy, policies, regulate, regulation, regulations, care, healthcare, privacy, medical, doctor, medicine, test, treatment, welfare, mental, health IT, electronic medical records, medical privacy, sebelius, kathleen sebelius Link - Trackbacks

Preparing for the Next #Flu Pandemic http://t.co/NTdDlfBm #PharmacyTimes Preparing for the Next #Flu Pandemic http://t.co/NTdDlfBm #PharmacyTimes Link - Trackbacks

Preparing for the Next #Flu Pandemic http://t.co/NTdDlfBm #PharmacyTimes Preparing for the Next #Flu Pandemic http://t.co/NTdDlfBm #PharmacyTimes Link - Trackbacks

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic - http://t.co/1woMs0tp Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic - http://t.co/1woMs0tp Link - Trackbacks

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

Do you know of a #pandemic #transportation plan best practice? #publichealth http://t.co/UEg2AdcM cc @jgarrow Do you know of a #pandemic #transportation plan best practice? #publichealth http://t.co/UEg2AdcM cc @jgarrow Link - Trackbacks

AFD Blog `CSIRO: The Quest For Flu Resistant Poultry' #Pandemic #H5N1 #GMO #Poultry http://t.co/j3gL6uG9 AFD Blog `CSIRO: The Quest For Flu Resistant Poultry' #Pandemic #H5N1 #GMO #Poultry http://t.co/j3gL6uG9 Link - Trackbacks

الانفلونزا الأسبانية التي قتلت ربع سكان الأرض عام١٩١٨ويقال أنه المرض الذي أصاب نجدوالشام والعراق في سنة الرحمة عام ١٣٣٧ http://t.co/Og65rzMf The 1918 flu pandemic (the "Spanish flu") was an influenza pandemic. It was an unusually deadly and severe pandemic that spread across the world. Historical and epidemiological data are inadequate to identify the geographic origin.[1] Most victims were healthy young adults, in contrast to most influenza outbreaks, which predominantly affect juvenile, elderly, or weakened patients. The flu pandemic was implicated in the outbreak of encephalitis lethargica in the 1920s.[2] Link - Trackbacks

Effectiveness of a school district closure for pandemic influenza http://t.co/hp3w6dwF #H1N1 #flu Effectiveness of a school district closure for pandemic influenza http://t.co/hp3w6dwF #H1N1 #flu Link - Trackbacks

An international study suggest only 53% of people washed their hands more frequently during the 2009 swine flu pandemic. An international study suggest only 53% of people washed their hands more frequently during the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Link - Trackbacks

Audiobook Review: Fever by Wayne Simmons http://t.co/ThpTYbwL Fever by Wayne Simmons (Flu Series, Bk. 2) Read by Michael Kramer Tantor Audio Length: 8 Hrs 51 Min Genre: Zombie Apocalypse/Pandemic Quick Thoughts: Fever is a brutal, frightening, kinetically paced apocalyptic thriller that takes it cues from some of the greatest works of the genre, yet Simmons keeps it feeling fresh and new. Combined… Link - Trackbacks

Australian Financial Review report of the NeCTAR cloud infrastrucure: http://t.co/0TugI3I9 - of which I'm running one of the sub-projects The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any global, sustained and threatening public health emergency, according to a World Health Organisation review carried out after the 2009 H1N1 “swine flu” pandemic. Link - Trackbacks

SCIENTISTS WARN H5N1 BIRD FLU SPREADING TO HUMANS FROM PIGEONS OCTOBER 2...: http://t.co/GBIekov0 via @youtube The global spread of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza in birds is considered a significant pandemic threat. While other H5N1 influenza strains are known, they are significantly different from a current, highly pathogenic H5N1 strain on a genetic level, making the global spread of this new strain unprecedented. The H5N1 strain is a fast-mutating, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) found in multiple bird species. It is both epizootic (an epidemic in non-humans) and panzootic (a disease affecting animals of many species especially over a wide area). Unless otherwise indicated, "H5N1" in this timeline refers to the recent highly pathogenic strain of H5N1. "Since 1997, studies of H5N1 influenza indicate that these viruses continue to evolve, with changes in antigenicity and internal gene constellations; an expanded host range in avian species and the ability to infect felids; enhanced pathogenicity in experimentally infected mice and ferrets, in which they cause systemic infections; and increased environmental stability."[1] Cumulative Human Cases of and Deaths from H5N1 As of April 11, 2007 Notes: Source WHO Confirmed Human Cases of H5N1 "[T]he incidence of human cases peaked, in each of the three years in which cases have occurred, during the period roughly corresponding to winter and spring in the northern hemisphere. If this pattern continues, an upsurge in cases could be anticipated starting in late 2006 or early 2007." Avian influenza -- epidemiology of human H5N1 cases reported to WHO The regression curve for deaths is y = a + ek x, and is shown extended through the end of April, 2007. Tens of millions of birds have died of H5N1 influenza and hundreds of millions of birds have been slaughtered and disposed of, to limit the spread of H5N1. Countries that have reported one or more major highly pathogenic H5N1 outbreaks in birds (causing at least thousands but in some cases millions of dead birds) are (in order of first outbreak occurrence): South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkey, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine, Cyprus, Iraq, Nigeria, Egypt, India, France, Niger, Bosnia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Cameroon, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, Jordan, Burkina Faso, Germany, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Hungary, United Kingdom, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Czech Republic, Togo, Nepal. H5N1 Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Genetic structure Infection Human mortality Global spread in 2004 in 2005 in 2006 in 2007 Social impact Pandemic Vaccine v t e Highly pathogenic H5N1 has been found in birds in the wild in numerous other countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Iran, Italy, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. Surveillance of H5N1 in humans, poultry, wild birds, cats and other animals remains very weak in many parts of Asia and Africa. Much remains unknown about the exact extent of its spread. H5N1 has low pathogenic varieties endemic in birds in North America. H5N1 has a highly pathogenic variety that is endemic in dozens of species of birds throughout south Asia and parts of Africa. So far, it is very difficult for humans to become infected with H5N1. The presence of highly pathogenic (deadly) H5N1 around the world in both birds in the wild (swans, magpies, ducks, geese, pigeons, eagles, etc.) and in chickens and turkeys on farms has been demonstrated in millions of cases with the virus isolate actually sequenced in hundreds of cases yielding definitive proof of the evolution of this strain of this subtype of the species Influenzavirus A (bird flu virus). Link - Trackbacks

FLU NEWS SCAN: Pandemic school closure, flu vaccine effectiveness http://t.co/s8NIStN8 FLU NEWS SCAN: Pandemic school closure, flu vaccine effectiveness http://t.co/s8NIStN8 Link - Trackbacks

Flu vaccine, yes or no? http://t.co/JAGsBQA8 Whether this season’s swine flu turns out to be deadly or mild, most experts agree that it’s only a matter of time before we’re hit by a truly devastating flu pandemic—one that might kill more people worldwide than have died of the plague and aids combined. In the U.S., the main lines of defense are pharmaceutical—vaccines and antiviral drugs to limit the spread of flu and prevent people from dying from it. Yet now some flu experts are challenging the medical orthodoxy and arguing that for those most in need of protection, flu shots and antiviral drugs may provide little to none. So where does that leave us if a bad pandemic strikes? Link - Trackbacks

New blog posting, Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic - http://t.co/RhRd272C New blog posting, Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic - http://t.co/RhRd272C Link - Trackbacks

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AC/DC - Shake Your Foundations (Who Made Who Album): http://t.co/tIiObOdg via @youtube Who Made Who is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1986 as the soundtrack to the Stephen King movie Maximum Overdrive. King would allude to the album's title song in the 1990 revised and expanded edition of his novel The Stand, where a survivor of the novel's flu pandemic changes the lyrics to "Flu made who." Three tracks on the album — "Who Made Who" and the instrumentals "D.T." and "Chase the Ace" — were newly written and recorded by AC/DC. The rest were taken from the band's previous albums. Only one song, "Ride On", is from the Bon Scott era; all of the others feature Brian Johnson. Who Made Who reached #11 in the UK[1] and #33 in the US[2], and has sold five million copies in the US. It was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC remasters series. Along with the album, the band released a video tape which contained music videos for the songs "Who Made Who", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Shake Your Foundations", "Hells Bells", and footage from a live performance of "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" which was filmed in Detroit in 1983. Link - Trackbacks