TIMELINE-Bird flu developments (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Once your doctor says you have the flu, you can start taking these steps to feel better: Rest in bed or on the couch. Drink lots of liquids, like water, chicken broth, and other fluids. Take the medicine your mom or dad gives you to ease your fever, aches, and pains. Tell your mom or dad if you have trouble breathing, your muscles really hurt, or if you feel confused. These are signs you may need to see the doctor again. Most of the time, you'll feel better in a week or two. Until then, you'll have to stay home from school and take it easy. We hope you're flu-free this year, but if you do get the flu, now you know what to do!
TIMELINE-Bird flu developments (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
(Reuters) - Defra on Tuesday confirmed a bird flu outbreak on a turkey farm in Suffolk was the virulent H5N1 strain.
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CHRONOLOGY-Bird flu developments (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters Nov 13 (Reuters) - Britain's farm ministry on Tuesday confirmed a bird flu outbreak on a turkey farm in east England was the virulent H5N1 strain. It is Britain's second outbreak of H5N1 in 2007. ...
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Bird flu case is of a lethal strain: govt (Gulf Times)
LONDON: The farm ministry yesterday said that a bird flu outbreak on a turkey farm in eastern England was the deadly H5N1 strain.
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Bird flu cull begins (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Officials began slaughtering thousands of turkeys on Tuesday after finding bird flu at a farm in eastern England, with scientists carrying out urgent tests to see if it was the dangerous H5N1 strain.
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Britain begins bird flu cull, awaits strain tests (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Peter Apps LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Officials began slaughtering thousands of turkeys on Tuesday after finding bird flu at a farm in eastern England, with scientists carrying out urgent tests ...
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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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County urges preparation for flu pandemic (The Olympian)
Up to one-third of Thurston County office, hospital, government and other workers could be out for eight to 12 weeks in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak, county health officials said Tuesday.
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State Officials Say 77,792 Have Received Flu Shots (KATV Little Rock)
Little Rock (AP) - State health officials say 77,792 people have received shots of the flu vaccine so far as a three-day exercise of Arkansas' dispensing plan continues.
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Flu shot drive is exam for pandemic (Benton Courier)
A free, statewide flu shot campaign could offer Arkansans protection in the coming winter and may provide proof that the state can handle a widespread epidemic.
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Advertisement starts (Tiscali)
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said the preliminary results from the farm on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk were positive for the H5 strain but did not yet know if it was H5N1, which has killed more than 200 people worldwide since 2003.
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TIMELINE-Bird flu developments (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 °C (32 °F), and indefinitely at very low temperatures (such as lakes in northeast Siberia). Most influenza strains can be inactivated easily by disinfectants and detergents.
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