The Flu News Blog

Prep key to pandemic response Hempstead County Health Unit Director Sandy Fry told members of the Hempstead County Quorum Court here Thursday night that she didn’t want to scare them with her presentation, and then Fry proceeded to show how in an H5N1 Avian Influenza pandemic more than 500,000 people in Arkansas alone would be affected.
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Vaccine guidelines growing more complexSan Jose Mercury News,  USA - 6 hours agoATLANTA - The growing list of childhood vaccinations reads like an alphabet soup: Hib, HepA, HepB, IPV, PCV, MCV4, DTaP, Tdap, varicella and influenza. …
2 the Outdoors - Avian Flu Testing BeginsKatu.com, OR - Jul 29, 2006The virus that scientists are interested in detecting is […]

Kids And The FluCentral Florida News 13, FL - Jul 27, 2006During flu season, kids commonly are infected, but according to a new study in “The New England Journal of Medicine,” when kids have the flu, doctors often …
Asia vows to combine efforts to fight bird flu???, UK - Jul 28, 2006NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bird flu-hit Asian […]

OKC summit looks at influenza outbreak in Indian CountryNative Times - Jul 27, 2006It s something no one likes to think about: An outbreak of influenza attacking tribal communities and businesses. A major close …
Thailand confirms case of human infection with H5N1 avian …News-Medical.net, Australia - Jul 26, 2006The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed […]

Audit shows testing varies across country for avian flu; USDA …49abcnews.com, KS - 11 hours ago… like him are ruffling some features on Capitol Hill because a recent audit shows the Department of Agriculture lacks a plan to test the birds for avian flu. …
Ghana declared model for fight against avian flu -MinisterGye Nyame Concord, Ghana - Jul […]