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News Reports for May 29, 2010

by: NewsDiary

Fri May 28, 2010 at 21:15:09 PM EDT


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Colombia
•  Strange epidemic kills twelve indigenous children in Chocó (translated) (Link)

Malaysia
•  Current Situation of Influenza A (H1N1) - May 29(Link)

General
•  Lancet: Moral Panic and Pandemics (Link)
•  Those With Allergic Asthma Face Double Trouble During Flu Season, Findings Suggest (Link)


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NewsDiary :: News Reports for May 29, 2010

News for May 28, 2010 is here.


Thanks to all of the newshounds!
Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
CDC A(H1N1) Site
WHO A(H1N1) Site
WHO H5N1 human case totals, last updated May 6, 2010
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Google Flu Trends (U.S.)
CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
Map of seasonal influenza in the U.S.
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
European CDC Influenza News
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Colombia: Strange epidemic kills twelve indigenous children in Chocó
Machine translated

Between 10 and 12 indigenous children have died in the last month in the department of Chocó, therefore, apparently from malnutrition. The Mayor of Lower Baudó, Dagoberto Gonzalez, charged that from April 25 began a strange outbreak or epidemic that causes severe consequences for the indigenous population of the Embera.

The president reported that the symptoms are related to cough, diarrhea, vomiting and fever.  There are 10 people hospitalized in the municipality of Bajo Baudo and it is estimated that in the lower area of the municipality there is at least 140 people sick.

The most delicate situation is that health authorities in the department of Chocó have not responded and is limited only to announce the dispatch of an epidemiologist on Monday. http://translate.google.com/tr...  Original http://news.google.com/news/ur...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Unknown

     


Dehydration seems a more likely cause of death than malnutrition,
doesn't it?  With a cough, too...

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."  Flannery O'Connor

[ Parent ]
Malaysia : Current Situation of Influenza A (H1N1) - May 29, 2010
Within 24 hours, a total of four (4) report of ILI cluster cases were reported from the following three (3) states as listed in Appendix 1. A total of 75 active ILI clusters remaining throughout the entire country.

Link : http://h1n1.moh.gov.my/Kenyata...

Translated Link : http://arkanoidlegent.blogspot...


Just another one of God's creation


Lancet: Moral Panic and Pandemics
This is a long opinion piece, comparing other epidemics and pandemics and seeming to conclude "don't scare the people," but I might have misunderstood him.  I don't understand why he uses the term "moral" panic, either.  

http://www.thelancet.com/journ...

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."  Flannery O'Connor


Those With Allergic Asthma Face Double Trouble During Flu Season, Findings Suggest
New research from UT Southwestern Medical Center suggests that allergic reactions to pet dander, dust mites and mold may prevent people with allergic asthma from generating a healthy immune response to respiratory viruses such as influenza.

"Our findings imply that the better your asthma is controlled, the more likely you are to have an appropriate response to a virus," said Dr. Michelle Gill, assistant professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at UT Southwestern and lead author of the study appearing online and in the June edition of the Journal of Immunology. "When individuals with asthma come in contact with an allergic trigger and a respiratory virus, the allergen may actually interfere with the immune response to the virus. This interruption in the antiviral response may contribute to exacerbations of asthma that are commonly associated with respiratory viral infections."
[snip]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/re...
/100528113923.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

Abstract:
Counterregulation between the Fc{varepsilon}RI Pathway and Antiviral Responses in Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells
http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/co...

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."  Flannery O'Connor


That link doesn't work....
Hi, Jane - I couldn't find this on Science Daily - could you relink to it? Thanks!

[ Parent ]
Try this one:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/re...

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."  Flannery O'Connor

[ Parent ]
Or try using the original, with both the blue and the black part. n/t


"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."  Flannery O'Connor

[ Parent ]
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