Infected turkeys 'have deadly avian flu strain' that is dangerous to humans (Evening Standard)
The Spanish flu pandemic was truly global, spreading even to the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. The unusually severe disease killed between 2 and 20% of those infected, as opposed to the more usual flu epidemic mortality rate of 0.1%. Another unusual feature of this pandemic was that it mostly killed young adults, with 99% of pandemic influenza deaths occurring in people under 65, and more than half in young adults 20 to 40 years old. This is unusual since influenza is normally most deadly to the very young (under age 2) and the very old (over age 70). The total mortality of the 1918–1919 pandemic is not known, but it is estimated that 2.5% to 5% of the world's population was killed. As many as 25 million may have been killed in the first 25 weeks; in contrast, HIV/AIDS has killed 25 million in its first 25 years.
Infected turkeys 'have deadly avian flu strain' that is dangerous to humans (Evening Standard)
Initial tests suggest that free-range turkeys suffering from bird flu are infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu which is potentially dangerous to humans.
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3 Indian-origin students chosen for Rhodes scholarship (rediff.com)
Past Rhodes scholars from America who have studied at Oxford University include president Bill Clinton, the newly elected Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and the eminent surgeon and bestselling writer Atul Gawande.
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UK confirms bird flu on farm (Pretoria News)
London - British vets ordered the slaughter of 5 000 birds on Monday after a new outbreak of avian flu on a farm in eastern England, the first in six months, officials said.
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U.K. avian flu cases confirmed as H5N1 strain (Business Insurance)
DISS, England— The strain of avian influenza found near Diss, England has been confirmed as the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, by the acting chief veterinary officer of the London-based Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
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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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New bird flu outbreak in Britain (AFP via Yahoo! News)
British vets ordered the slaughter of some 5,000 birds Monday after a new outbreak of avian flu on a farm in eastern England, the first in six months, officials said.
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Infected Norfolk turkeys 'have deadly H5N1 flu strain' (Evening Standard)
Reports say initial suggest that free-range turkeys suffering from bird flu are infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu which is potentially dangerous to humans.
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New case of deadly bird flu in UK (CNN.com)
An outbreak of bird flu detected on a poultry farm in eastern England is the highly virulent H5N1 strain of the virus, British officials said Tuesday.
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Fresh bird flu outbreak in Britain (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
British vets ordered the slaughter of some 5,000 birds after a new outbreak of avian flu on a farm in eastern England, the first in six months, officials said.
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New bird flu outbreak in Britain (TODAYonline)
A chicken farm. British vets ordered the slaughter of some 5,000 birds Monday after a new outbreak of avian flu on a farm in eastern England, the first in six months, officials said.
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Infected turkeys 'have deadly avian flu strain' that is dangerous to humans (Evening Standard)
Whichever one you get, you need to get a new vaccine every year. Why? Because the flu virus changes every year and the vaccine is specially created to fight the viruses that are going to be a problem that year.
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