UK confirms deadly bird flu virus at second farm (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
babies and kids under age 5 people older than 50 adults and kids who have health problems, such as diabetes and asthma Anyone who's at risk of getting really sick needs to get a flu shot, or vaccine (say: vak-seen). People such as doctors and nurses also need the shot because they take care of sick people. It’s good for kids who are around older people and younger kids (like little brothers and sisters) to get the vaccine too.
UK confirms deadly bird flu virus at second farm (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to a second poultry farm in Britain in a fresh blow to a farm sector reeling from recent outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and bluetongue.
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Early flu outbreak at St. Thomas contained; efforts turn to prevention (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Now that the worst of the recent flu outbreak at the University of St. Thomas appears to be over, officials on the St. Paul campus are turning their efforts to keeping the campus community healthy. Students, faculty and staff are heeding messages from the schools health service, which encourages frequent washing of hands, not sharing water bottles, covering mouths when coughing or sneezing, and ...
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Steps in Place to Check Bird Flu (Arab News)
JEDDAH, 18 November 2007 — Following a recent outbreak of bird flu in the Riyadh region, Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has ordered the formation of a committee to tackle the problem and the Ministry of Agriculture has declared a state of emergency in the Makkah region.
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Bahrain bans poultry imports from Saudi Arabia over bird flu (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
ABU DHABI (UAE), November 17 (RIA Novosti) - Bahrain has imposed a ban on all live poultry imports from Saudi Arabia following a recent outbreak of bird flu in the country, a local newspaper reported Saturday.
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Bird Flu Arrives in the Heart of Riyadh (Arab News)
RIYADH, 20 November 2007 — A poultry market in the Aziziyah district of Riyadh was cordoned off after inspectors identified four cases of bird flu there yesterday during a random inspection.
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No chicken tonight (The Peninsula)
Doha • Several fast food outlets in Doha are bracing for a possible impact of the ban imposed by Qatar on import of all poultry products from Saudi Arabia following a recent outbreak of bird flu at three farms near Riyadh.
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UK confirms deadly bird flu virus at second farm (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (adds details, quote, byline) By Nigel Hunt LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to a second poultry farm in Britain in a fresh blow to a farm sector reeling from ...
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H5N1 virus spreads to second farm (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to a second poultry farm in a fresh blow to a farm sector reeling from recent outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and bluetongue.
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Cleanliness Could Stunt Staph Outbreak (The Signal)
In light of the recent flu and staph outbreaks in Hart district schools, Board President Patricia Hanrion suggested at Wednesday’s board meeting that the district look into installing hand-washing stations in schools to prevent transmission of these and other illnesses.
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Drive-through flu shots test ways to speedily deliver vaccines (Los Angeles Times)
Hundreds of motorists take advantage of clinics in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Instead of fast food, it was fast flu shots Friday for hundreds of motorists converging on drive-through vaccination clinics at community colleges in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
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UK confirms deadly bird flu virus at second farm (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The symptoms of human influenza were clearly described by Hippocrates roughly 2400 years ago. Since then, the virus has caused numerous pandemics. Historical data on influenza are difficult to interpret, because the symptoms can be similar to those of other diseases, such as diphtheria, pneumonic plague, typhoid fever, dengue, or typhus. The first convincing record of an influenza pandemic was of an outbreak in 1580, which began in Asia and spread to Europe via Africa. In Rome over 8,000 people were killed, and several Spanish cities were almost wiped out. Pandemics continued sporadically throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, with the pandemic of 1830–1833 being particularly widespread; it infected approximately a quarter of the people exposed.
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