Second case of bird flu discovered in England (Pravda Ru)
What If You Get the Flu? But even if you steer clear of sneezers and you wash your hands regularly, you still might get the flu. At the doctor's office, the doctor will ask you how you've been feeling and examine you. He or she might use a long cotton swab to get a sample of the gunk in your nose or throat. Testing this sample in a lab can determine, for sure, that you have the flu. But usually this isn't necessary. Based on your symptoms, your doctor can usually tell if you have the flu, especially during times when a lot of flu is going around your town.
Second case of bird flu discovered in England (Pravda Ru)
The case was found among about 9,000 turkeys that had just been culled at a farm on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk counties, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said.
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Second H5NI case confirmed in UK (NDTV)
Bird Flu: Do people need to be more cautious? A second case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been discovered in eastern England, the government said on Monday.
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News Index (Prince George Citizen Online)
Flu disaster! ‘It’s not if, it’s when’ A Canadian influenza researcher says he has no doubts that a pandemic flu is coming that will sweep across the world.
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Outbreak of lethal bird flu confirmed in Britain (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Veterinary authorities confirmed an outbreak of the potentially lethal Asian strain of bird flu in eastern England on Tuesday, in a new blow to the British farming industry.
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Local News (Barrie Examiner)
Are you and your family prepared for a flu pandemic?
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Bird flu in England is 'lethal strain' (Pretoria News)
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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Britain battle bird flu outbreak (AP via Yahoo! News)
British supermarkets reassured customers Wednesday that the latest bird flu outbreak would not lead to a Christmas turkey shortage, as the government ordered the slaughter of thousands more birds.
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Give Thanks for Today's Modern Turkey (Newswise)
Today's turkey is something of a modern miracle. Maryland Associate Professor of Animal and Avian Sciences Nickolas Zimmermann knows the bird you put on your Thanksgiving table Thursday have come a long way from the one our Pilgrim ancestors ate centuries ago.
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Bird flu blow for Britain (News 24 South Africa)
Veterinary authorities have confirmed an outbreak of the potentially lethal Asian strain of bird flu in eastern England.
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British bird flu outbreak confirmed (Adelaide Now)
VETERINARY authorities confirmed overnight 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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Second case of bird flu discovered in England (Pravda Ru)
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.
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