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The Bird Flu and You
There is more news about the Avian Bird Flu (H5N1), and some of it may be frightful sounding. Even President Bush finally addressed the issue in a recent speech. He mentioned that the US Military might be called in to help enforce a possible quarantine of those afflicted, since there is no vaccine for it.
This obviously is a worse case...
Bird Flu: Should I Be Worried?
In recent weeks, the alarm over Avian Flu, also know as Bird Flu has increased dramatically. It is important to understand the facts about this disease in order to interpret the news accurately and to avoid panic and irrational behavior.
Influenza, also known as “the flu” is a general term for the disease caused by any of a number of viruses....
Humans Can't Get Bird Flu From Humans: But That Could Change Soon
Bird flu, or avian flu, is an influenza virus strain that typically infects birds - including wild birds like ducks and domestic birds like chickens.
There are many forms of bird flu, and most are relatively harmless, producing mild symptoms or even no symptoms. However, several strains of bird flu produce a highly contagious disease that kills...
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Nigeria : Bird Flu - FCTA Deploys Vet Doctors to Entry Points (AllAfrica.com)
Abuja — Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Senator Adamu Aliero, has deployed trained veterinary doctors to man all entry points to the nation's capital, in a bid to forestall the outbreak of the deadly Avian influenzal flu, otherwise known as bird flu.Zamboanga remains avian influenza-free (Sun Star)
A VETERINARIAN announced that Zamboanga City remains to be free from avian influenza or bird flu strain based on results of the Avian Influenza Surveillance that was conducted by the Department of Agr read moreS'pore buys 1m H5N1 shots (Straits Times)
SINGAPORE has bought a million doses of a vaccine to protect the people here against the H5N1 bird flu. The vaccine will arrive by the end of the year.
