Farmers call for wild bird checks as avian flu proves to be killer strain (The Scotsman)
The term influenza has its origins in 15th-century Italy, where the cause of the disease was ascribed to unfavourable astrological influences. Evolution in medical thought led to its modification to influenza del freddo, meaning "influence of the cold." The word "influenza" was first attested in English in 1743 when it was borrowed during an outbreak of the disease in Europe. Archaic terms for influenza include epidemic catarrh, grippe (from the French grippe, meaning flu; sometimes spelled "grip" or "gripe"), sweating sickness, and Spanish fever (particularly for the 1918 pandemic strain).
Farmers call for wild bird checks as avian flu proves to be killer strain (The Scotsman)
POULTRY producers last night called for increased surveillance of wild birds after an outbreak of avian flu in East Anglia was confirmed as the feared H5N1 strain.
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Outbreak of lethal bird flu confirmed in Britain (Channel NewsAsia)
LONDON : Veterinary authorities confirmed on Tuesday an outbreak of the potentially lethal Asian strain of bird flu in eastern England, in a new blow to the British farming industry.
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Indonesia confirms 91st bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia confirmed Saturday that a 31-year-old man from Sumatra island who died last week was infected with bird flu, raising the toll in the worst-hit nation to 91.
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Indonesia confirms 91st bird flu death (TODAYonline)
A roadside livestock vendor waits for customers sitting among his chickens in Jakarta, April 2006. Indonesia confirmed Saturday that a 31-year-old man from Sumatra island who died last week was infected with bird flu, raising the toll in the worst-hit nation to 91.
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Indonesia confirms 91st bird flu death (Straits Times)
JAKARTA - INDONESIA reported on Saturday that a 31-year-old man from Sumatra island who died last week has been confirmed as being infected with bird flu, raising the toll in the worst-hit nation to 91.
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Flu season expected to be mild (The Facts)
Residents who have never been to the Solomon Islands, Malaysia or Wisconsin could have them come for a visit instead. Those are the three dominant strains of influenza incorporated into this year’s flu vaccine, which unlike years past, is in plentiful supply.
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News in Brief (Times Online)
People with high levels of vitamin D in their system stay young for longer, a scientific study has found (Fiona Hamilton writes).
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Staph scare at Apollo (Bossier Press-Tribune)
Throughout the course of history many pandemics have plagued the earth’s human population. Tuberculosis, influenza and typhus, and more recently SARS and Avian Flu, have all wreaked havoc on parts of the populace during epidemics that claimed the lives of countless people.
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AVI BioPharma Announces Third Quarter Financial Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PORTLAND, Ore.----AVI BioPharma, Inc. today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007.
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Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference Presenter Profiles (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----The Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference takes place Nov. 5 - 7, 2007 at the New York Palace Hotel. Listed below are Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference presenter profiles.
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Farmers call for wild bird checks as avian flu proves to be killer strain (The Scotsman)
The most famous and lethal outbreak was the so-called Spanish flu pandemic (type A influenza, H1N1 subtype), which lasted from 1918 to 1919. Older estimates say it killed 40–50 million people while current estimates say 50 million to 100 million people worldwide were killed. This pandemic has been described as "the greatest medical holocaust in history" and may have killed as many people as the Black Death. This huge death toll was caused by an extremely high infection rate of up to 50% and the extreme severity of the symptoms, suspected to be caused by cytokine storms. Indeed, symptoms in 1918 were so unusual that initially influenza was misdiagnosed as dengue, cholera, or typhoid. One observer wrote, "One of the most striking of the complications was hemorrhage from mucous membranes, especially from the nose, stomach, and intestine. Bleeding from the ears and petechial hemorrhages in the skin also occurred." The majority of deaths were from bacterial pneumonia, a secondary infection caused by influenza, but the virus also killed people directly, causing massive hemorrhages and edema in the lung.
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