|
Flu Wiki Forum
Welcome to the conversation Forum of Flu Wiki
This is an international website intended to remain accessible to as many people as possible. The opinions expressed here are those of the individual posters who remain solely responsible for the content of their messages.
The use of good judgement during the discussion of controversial issues would be greatly appreciated.
|
December 27 
Tue Dec 25, 2012 at 19:08:31 PM EST
|
Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links, and do not post articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks!
Bangladesh
• Bangladesh slaughters 1.5 lakh birds over avian flu (Link)
Canada
• New Foundland: Senior citizens home closed to family and visitors due to influenza illness (Link)
Indonesia
• New strain of avian flu kills thousands of ducks in Java (Link)
Palestine
• Ministry: Swine flu death toll reaches 4 in West Bank (Link)
United Kingdom
• Northern Ireland tops festive flu league (Link)
Saudi Arabia
• Health Ministry accused of neglecting swine flu child (Link)
United States
• KY: Flu cases on the rise in Greene County (Link)
• MI: Flu cases spike in Kent County - far outpacing last year's tally (Link)
• MT: Health watch: Flu and pertussis in the Flathead (Link)
• NC: Flu spike limits visitors at Duke hospitals (Link)
• NC: State sees record number of deaths from flu (Link)
• OK: First Oklahoma flu death this season reported in Tulsa County (Link)
• PA: Some Still Getting Sick Despite Getting Flu Vaccine (Link)
• TX: Lubbock Flu Numbers on the Rise (Link)
• UT: Utah experiencing widespread flu activity, according to CDC (Link)
• WA: Flu spreading through Washington, already blamed for three deaths (Link)
Research
• CIDRAP: Experts differ on HHS select-agent proposal for H5N1 (Link)
|
|
There's More...
:: (18
Comments, 88 words in story)
|
|
Sat Dec 24, 2011 at 17:43:58 PM EST
|
Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links, and do not post articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks!
Bangladesh
• Bird flu - 3,000 fowls culled in Meherpur (Link)
Croatia
• Half a million Croats to get vaccinated against flu (Link)
Indonesia
• Jambi Builds Bird Flu Monitoring Network (translated) (Link)
United States
• Worry about possible swine flu recurrence in US (Link)
• FL: Flu cancels inmate visitation at Sumter Correctional (Link)
Research
• Debate Persists on Deadly Flu Made Airborne (Link)
• Studies of deadly H5N1 bird flu mutations test scientific ethics (Link)
• Mutant bird flu virus details held back--but it's already an open secret (Link)
• Bird flu study controversy could lead to research chill (Link)
General
• US: Texas - Dog Flu Spreading Around the Basin (Link)
• H (Link)
|
|
There's More...
:: (13
Comments, 90 words in story)
|
|
Sun Dec 26, 2010 at 20:35:03 PM EST
|
Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links, and do not post articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks!
China
• Duck returns to Hong Kong on Christmas Day after 12,000km round-the-world trip (Link)
Egypt
• Swine flu kills 56 in Egypt since October (Link)
• Egypt discovers 559 swine flu cases in a week (Link)
• 8 swine flu deaths in Egypt today, 559 new cases in the last week (Link)
Japan
• No. of bird flu-infected cranes in Kagoshima totals 5 (Link)
Jordan
• 4 Deaths, 19 cases of H1N1 Virus recorded in Jordan (Link)
Maldives
• Maldives warns on travelling to Sri Lanka after swine flu claims 22 lives (Link)
Pakistan
• Pakistan faces 'bird flu' threat (Link)
Sri Lanka
• Swine flu claims 22 lives in Sri Lanka (Link)
• Sri Lanka warns spread of AH1N1 (Link)
Ukraine
• In Lugansk region an outbreak of flu and colds in children (Link)
United Kingdom
• Flu epidemic fears as deaths rise (Link)
• Mother and unborn baby die during childbirth after being taken to hospital with suspected swine flu (Link)
United States
• H (Link)
General
• Europe Sees Increase in Flu-Related Illnesses and Deaths (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Fatal H1N1 In Previously Healthy Young Adults In UK (Link)
• Recombinomics: Iran December H1N1 Sequences Match United Kingdom (Link)
• H (Link)
|
|
There's More...
:: (23
Comments, 91 words in story)
|
|
Sat Dec 26, 2009 at 10:40:22 AM EST
|
Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links. Thanks!!
India
• Swine Flu: Pune panic comes to Hyderabad (Link)
• Nepal reports first H1N1 flu death (Link)
• Rise in swine flu cases in Haryana, Punjab (Link)
Russia
• ProMED: Russia - H1N1 outbreak in pigs (Link)
Tanzania
• A/H1N1 flue cases reach 737 in Tanzania (Link)
United Kingdom
• Northern Ireland: Two-year-old with swine flu dies (Link)
United States
• KS: Fear of H1N1 virus shouldn't spoil common courtesy (Link)
• NH: Strafford County, NH Woman in Critical Condition with Gastrointestinal Anthrax (Link)
• NY: H1N1 strikes New York dog (Link)
• TX: El Paso Officials Say H1N1 Lingers (Link)
General
• Anatomy of a pandemic: H1N1 mysterious, deadly - but not as lethal as feared (Link)
• H1N1 may squelch seasonal flu cases (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: H1N1 Tamiflu Resistance in UK Jumps Higher (Link)
Research
• Japan: Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCg) in Green Tea Confirmed to Prevent Infection by New Type of H1N1 Flu (Link)
• Viruses that adapted to high temperatures may jump species (Link)
• H (Link)
|
|
There's More...
:: (42
Comments, 136 words in story)
|
|
Fri Dec 26, 2008 at 21:58:40 PM EST
|
|
Open this diary to read today's news and to see a summary of yesterday's news.
|
|
There's More...
:: (17
Comments, 351 words in story)
|
|
Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 23:38:08 PM EST
|
New Stories for Today
(Open this Diary to read more on these postings)
- Viet Nam - Bird flu kills young child, hits poultry (3 stories)
- Discussion of the effectiveness of vaccination for flu in the elderly
- After a decade, bird flu still baffles scientists
- Egypt - Young woman falls victim to H5N1 virus (2 stories)
- Japan - No dangerous Tamiflu side effects found so far
- Indonesian death, colder weather signal new Asia bird-flu season (2 stories)
- U.S. - Indiana: P-H-M plans for possible pandemic
- WHO on Pakistan
- Egypt - Two Egyptians test positive for bird flu - ministry
- Helen Branswell on Pakistan: Tests confirm 1 case in large bird flu cluster in Pakistan; more tests needed
- Cytokine storm issue poses another big H5N1 question
Summary of News for December 26, 2007
Egypt
• Egyptian woman dies from bf (Link and Link); WHO confirmation (Link)
India
• Action plan to combat bird flu (Link)
Indonesia
• Bird flu claims 94th victim (Link); WHO confirmation (Link)
Japan
• Japan to keep ban of Tamiflu for young flu patients (Link)
• Tamiflu has lower risk of causing abnormal behavior (Link)
Myanmar
• Bird flu test lab seeks world recognition (Link)
Pakistan
• (Possible) new suspected H5N1 case (Link)
United States
• Is public getting too apathetic over avian flu? (Link)
General
• Health officials still wary of flu pandemic (Link)
• Regular flu vaccine may help against H5N1: study (Link)
• Antiviral therapy cuts deaths from severe flu (Link)
|
|
There's More...
:: (42
Comments, 317 words in story)
|
|
Wed Dec 27, 2006 at 00:08:21 AM EST
|
The New Cases in Egypt II Diary can be used to add further information about the current situation
- suspect cases rise to 10 -Dec 27
News Stories posted TODAY
(Open this Diary to read about these stories)- Egypt: Third family member dies (26 y.o. M), 10 overall Egyptian death
- Vietnam: Minister cautions of possible bird flu spread
- US:CDC's OPLAN
- Egyptian man dies of bird flu, 10th death
- An emergency meeting of the anti-"bird flu" Cairo Governorate (translation)
- Manila:Airport steps up bird flu campaign
- US: Pandemic flu bill nothing to sneeze at
- Avian flu reportedly jumped from birds to humans in Egypt
- Egyptian man dies of bird flu
- WHO- Avian influenza in Egypt update
- 2006 review in Nature - pandemic threat not important?
Does absence of reporting count as news?
Summary of News for December 26 2006
Egypt
• Four suspected human cases of avian influenza in Beni Suef (Link)
• 2 More Die as Bird Flu Continues Spreading to Humans in Egypt (Link)
• ECDC Comment (Link)
Pakistan
• KARACHI: Sindh lacks bird flu monitoring facilities (Link)
Vietnam
• HCM City: urgent measures against new bird flu outbreak (Link)
• Poultry in the Mekong Delta: Difficult to kill (Link)
• Vietnam says bird flu contained but not eliminated (Link)
USA
• The Invisible Enemy (Link)
• Tracking U.S. Mortality (Link)
General
• Pandemic waning, but so is a sense of urgency about bird flu dangers (Link)
|
|
There's More...
:: (81
Comments, 575 words in story)
|
|
|
|
|
|
