Kuwait News (Arab Times)
Flu spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics, killing millions of people in pandemic years and hundreds of thousands in non-pandemic years. Three influenza pandemics occurred in the 20th century and killed tens of millions of people, with each of these pandemics being caused by the appearance of a new strain of the virus in humans. Often, these new strains result from the spread of an existing flu virus to humans from other animal species.
Kuwait News (Arab Times)
KUWAIT (Agencies): Kuwait said it was free of bird flu and that it had formed an emergency committee to counter any situation that might arise because of this virus.
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Over 220 Norwegian ship passengers go down with stomach flu (Pravda)
About 220 passengers of Norwegian Cruise Lines ship went down with highly contagious stomach flu . The ship returned to Honolulu after a week-long cruise.
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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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BANGLADESH: Return of the bird flu threat (IRIN)
DHAKA, 15 November 2007 (IRIN) - Avian flu has re-emerged in Bangladesh after four months, with five reported new outbreaks in poultry farms across the country since October.
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Today's Article on Christian Science: Healthy holiday travel (The Christian Science Monitor)
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
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‘Offices breed respiratory infections’ (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI — The Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) regulatory arm of Dubai World and Cedars — Jebel Ali International Hospital conducted an awareness programme on respiratory tract infections recently at the EHS training centre here.
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EI inquiry Shows Procedural Flaws (BloodHorse)
Ignored warnings, procrastinated meetings, absent work instructions, and a lack of managerial responsibility were only some of the problems leading up to the epidemic, according to the ongoing inquiry, which opened Nov. 13.
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Traveling soon? Leave lots of time (Seattle Times)
The airline industry is urging Thanksgiving travelers to get to the airport extra early this year, and to expect longer-than-usual lines...
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Health department providing flu shots (Trumann Democrat)
Poinsett County Seasonal flu season is near, and it’s also time to get a flu shot. On Friday, Nov. 16, the Poinsett County Health Unit will be providing flu shots from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Trumann Health Clinic, 1204 W. Main.
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New record for flu shots (The Courier)
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) set a new record for its Mass Dispensing Flu Exercise and immunized 99,379 Arkansans against influenza last week. The shots were dispensed during a three-day mass flu vaccination clinic with 81 health units statewide participating.
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Kuwait News (Arab Times)
The etiological cause of influenza, the Orthomyxoviridae family of viruses, was first discovered in pigs by Richard Schope in 1931. This discovery was shortly followed by the isolation of the virus from humans by a group headed by Patrick Laidlaw at the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom in 1933. However, it was not until Wendell Stanley first crystallized tobacco mosaic virus in 1935 that the non-cellular nature of viruses was appreciated.
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