The Flu News Blog

West Bengal isolates 26 people on bird flu fears
Hindustan Times - India has not reported any human infection of the H5N1 bird flu virus in its four outbreaks of avian influenza since 2006. “The preliminary tests for bird flu are negative, but more tests are being conducted and the list of sick people reviewed every

1918 influenza pandemic
Baltimore Sun - In 1918, a virus spread across the planet — unstoppable, incurable. In Baltimore, the impact was shocking. And as World War I was coming to an end, a new battle was shaping up in homes, schools and neighborhoods. By the end of October the virus had

USDA Bird Flu Plan Needs Test
Forbes - An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza would create havoc in the egg and poultry market, now valued at about $27 billion. The department’s inspector general said it has made “significant progress” in developing its response plans for bird flu

Influenza hits senior citizen residences
Windsor Star - Despite a slow start, flu season is alive and well in Windsor and Essex County. “We have a number of long-term care facilities that have experienced upper respiratory infections over the last few weeks,” Deb Bennett, manager of health protection at

Eli Stone’s Overleap of Faith
New York Times - Stone, an associate at a high-powered law firm, suddenly switches sides — from representing a vaccine manufacturer to representing a mother who believes her son contracted autism from a mercury preservative in the company’s influenza vaccine

29.4-lakh birds culled so far
Hindu - NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday said the State governments of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa had been advised to cull poultry birds up to five km. from their border with West Bengal to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza. So far 29.43 lakh