As avian flu breaks out, Lakenheath reassuring but ready (Stars and Stripes)
For most people, the flu is a drag, but it goes away in a week or two. But for some people, the flu can make them very sick. Those groups include:
As avian flu breaks out, Lakenheath reassuring but ready (Stars and Stripes)
RAF LAKENHEATH, England — RAF Lakenheath will rely on its pandemic influenza response plan if the latest outbreak of avian influenza somehow worsens and people start falling ill, a base health official said Wednesday.
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Farms to lock up free-range birds after avian flu is found in turkeys (Times Online)
Turkeys, ducks and geese were being culled in East Anglia last night after an outbreak of avian flu just as the poultry industry gears up for the Christmas rush.
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H5N1 bird flu 'brought to UK by wild fowl' (Daily Telegraph)
Migrating birds from eastern Europe were have been blamed for bringing the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu to Britain after it was discovered at a farm preparing to supply Christmas turkeys to Waitrose.
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Dutch duckling imports are at centre of bird flu inquiry (Times Online)
Imported day-old ducklings from the Netherlands are now being investigated as a possible route for the H5N1 avian flu virus arriving in Britain.
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H5N1 avian flu: Affected farm claims no link with Dutch duckling imports FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
The Times claims that Gressingham Foods , which is supplied by the affected farm, received regular supplies of ducklings delivered by a Dutch exporter.
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Q&A: why bird flu threatens free range farms (Times Online Sunday)
What is avian flu? This is a contagious disease caused by various strains of flu viruses. It is common in birds, which suffer like humans and mainly recover, especially if the virus is a low pathogenic strain.
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UK Bird Flu Outbreak Is Deadly Strain (Time Magazine)
The virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed as the source of a bird flu outbreak on an English farm
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Study says wild birds unlikely to bring H5N1 to Americas (CIDRAP)
Nov 16, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – An analysis of influenza viruses collected from North American migratory birds over a 6-year period suggests that wild birds rarely carry avian flu viruses between Eurasia and North America, implying that the risk of the deadly H5N1 virus reaching the Americas by that route is probably low.
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THE PANDEMIC VACCINE PUZZLE A seven-part series on the chances for immunizing the world against pandemic flu (CIDRAP)
Editor's note: This article was originally published in CIDRAP News as a seven-part series running from October 25 through November 2, 2007. It investigates the prospects for development of vaccines to head off the threat of an influenza pandemic posed by the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
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Chernobyl: UN Switches Assistance Efforts (Scoop.co.nz)
More than two decades after the world's worst nuclear accident occurred in Chernobyl, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it is working to end the "culture of dependency" that had emerged among people living near the site and to promote greater economic self-reliance and prosperity.
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As avian flu breaks out, Lakenheath reassuring but ready (Stars and Stripes)
The flu is a contagious virus that is spread from one person to another through tiny droplets that are released into the air when a person infected with the flu coughs or sneezes. Sometimes, people can become infected by touching their nose or mouth after touching something infected by the flu virus.
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