http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19974242/posts/summaryWed, 24 Jan 2007 17:08:54 +0000http://www.drgily.com/bird-flu/Avian Flu DocBlogger115http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19974242/posts/summary/114272881194432637Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:18:00 +00002006-03-19T10:23:03.310-05:00New reports of bird flu being discovered in new countries come almost every day. Reuters posted a few days ago a factsheet entitled Bird flu in Europe, listing over 20 European countries with documented cases of bird flu. Experts estimate the epidemic will reach birds in US in less than 6 months. On March 10, WHO said there were a total of 176 confirmed human cases of avian flu, with 97 deaths. http://www.drgily.com/bird-flu/2006/03/bird-flu-vaccine-impact-of-avian-flu.htmlAvian Flu Dochttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/19974242/posts/summary/113794372185804356Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:03:00 +00002006-03-17T21:31:13.433-05:00With the recent human cases of bird flu diagnosed in Turkey and Indonesia, the media is playing the bird flu pandemic theme with all the bells and whistles again. Along the same lines, 33 countries and multilateral institutions pledged $1.9 billion to fight the disease at the January 18 Conference on Bird Flu in China. And with the recent announcement from the WHO that bird flu viruses are able http://www.drgily.com/bird-flu/2006/01/bird-flu-hype.htmlAvian Flu Dochttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/19974242/posts/summary/113728982152566755Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:20:00 +00002006-01-14T21:00:59.146-05:00Imagine the bird flu pandemic happened. What would everyday life be like? Well, for one thing, a pervading sense of fear would descend on most people. Most of us would be afraid to go to public places. Shopping, eating out, church going, using public transportation, going to school or work would suddenly change from routine activities to high risk, best to be avoided undertakings. To say nothinghttp://www.drgily.com/bird-flu/2006/01/life-in-flu-pandemic.htmlAvian Flu Dochttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/19974242/posts/summary/113685778319187088Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:49:00 +00002006-01-14T19:02:54.973-05:00Until recently bird flu was thought to be transmissible to humans only sporadically. A new study, published in the January 9th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, indicates that this may not be true. The study was done in Vietnam in 2004. Over 45,000 participants were asked screening questions about exposure to poultry and flulike illnesses during the preceding months. Researchers http://www.drgily.com/bird-flu/2006/01/bird-flu-spreads-to-humans-easier-than.htmlAvian Flu Dochttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/19974242/posts/summary/113639855894718437Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:53:00 +00002006-01-14T19:02:46.006-05:00With the recent news of another bird flu outbreak in China, the first for 2006, public fears of a bird flu pandemic are as high as ever - unless you have lost your sensibility after so many outbreaks... only last year there were no less than 30 bird flu outbreaks in China. Fear is a major player in the bird flu phenomenon. If the bird flu virus mutates and becomes easily transmissible among http://www.drgily.com/bird-flu/2006/01/radical-solution-for-bird-flu-pandemic.htmlAvian Flu Dochttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/19974242/posts/summary/113630030707399142Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:20:00 +00002006-01-14T19:02:34.980-05:00It is somewhat ironic to note that the top health news for 2005 was the bird flu pandemic. Not the unveiling of the new, personalized food pyramid, not the Terri Schiavo saga, not the banning of Vioxx or Bextra, neither the advances in cloning and the related ethical dilemas... Not even the Medicare Part D program. Instead, a health hazard that has not yet claimed a single American life has made http://www.drgily.com/bird-flu/2006/01/top-health-news-for-2005-bird-flu.htmlAvian Flu Dochttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/19974242/posts/summary/113492074740150149Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:45:00 +00002005-12-19T02:11:02.676-05:00The avian or bird flu has been making news in the last several years as increasing numbers of domestic and wild birds in Asia and later in Europe tested positive for the feared H5N1 influenza virus. In addition, several cases of human transmission of this virus were documented, with a very high mortality rate, raising fears that we are on the threshold of a major influenza pandemic that has the http://www.drgily.com/bird-flu/2005/12/avian-or-bird-flu-has-been-making-news.htmlAvian Flu Doc