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Latest Bird Flu News
Latest Bird Flu News
you
can use. Carefully selected FREE resources, articles, and the
latest Bird Flu News to help protect you and your family from the bird
flu and other viruses like
SARS, the common cold and influenza.
This
site is regularly updated with the Latest Bird Flu News features...
Today's Latest
Bird Flu News Feature
Cold and Flu Defense can be
quite simple
What's
your best cold and flu defense this flu season? The answer may
suprise you...
Cold and Flu defense can be simple, natural and
healthy according to prominent Australian health writer Andrew
Cavanagh.
He says the simplest, most effective, proven cold
and flu defense is hygiene - more specifically paying special
attention to the way you wash your hands and other neglected but
simple natural hygiene therapies like nasal irrigation.
Cavanagh
says most people think viruses fly through the air then into your
nose or mouth. If that were true, he says, then the best cold and
flu defense would be vitamin C and anti-viral drugs.
But
viruses like the cold and flu don't fly – they hitchhike.
You
usually pick up droplets of a cold or flu virus from hand to hand
contact or from objects like doorknobs, telephones or
tables.
Extensive research reveals over 90% of cold and flu
viruses enter your body when you touch your eyes or your nose with
your fingernails.
So Cavanagh says cold and flu defense rule
number one is don't touch your face with your hands.
Your
fingernails carry more viruses like the cold and flu than any other
part of your body.
The skin under your fingernails lack the
horny layer that protects other skin on your body. Combine this with
the actual nail and you create a safe, warm place for cold and flu
viruses and bacteria to survive.
Washing your fingernails
regularly is crucial as a first line of cold and flu
defense.
Regular, effective hand washing helps reduce your
chance of inoculating yourself with a cold or flu virus and helps you
avoid passing a cold or flu virus on to someone you know through hand
to hand contact.
So Cavanagh's cold and flu virus defense rule
number two – wash your hands regularly and pay special
attention to
washing your fingernails.
But Cavanagh warns that using hand
washing as an effective first line of cold and flu defense can be
more complicated than it seems on the surface.
You need to use
the right kind of soap and you can make several potentially dangerous
mistakes when you wash your hands.
Also washing your hands is
just the beginning.
Other therapies like nasal irrigation are
vital if you want natural, powerful cold and flu defense.
You
can read Andrew Cavanagh's full free report on natural cold and flu
defense and how to protect yourself from other killer viruses like
the bird flu at http://www.howtopreventbirdflu.com
For
more details on cold and flu defense go to
http://www.coldfludefense.com
For Latest Bird Flu News updates, see Latest Bird
Flu News Updates below
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Medicine
Dietary supplement
industry representatives
warn supplements are not necessarily the best bird
flu medicine.
Representatives urge consumers to use caution, and to follow the advice
of public health care officials and qualified health professionals.
With products showing up on the shelves and internet promising to cure
the bird flu, a coalition of industry representatives issued the
following statement...
12. Latest bird
flu news on
Bird Flu
Protection
Bird
flu protection could be as simple as bowing instead of
shaking
hands says prominent health writer Andrew Cavanagh who is releasing a
free email course to help inform the public on simple effective ways
they can reduce their protection against viruses like the bird
flu.
Bird flu protection could be as simple as bowing instead
of shaking hands according to prominent health writer and bird flu
expert Andrew Cavanagh.
Japan never suffered an outbreak of
SARS despite being surrounded by countries where outbreaks
occurred...
11.
Latest bird flu news on the possible
Bird Flu
Pandemic
In a bird
flu pandemic tamiflu may
not be as effective as authorities hope says prominent Australian
health writer Andrew Cavanagh. Many countries like the USA are
stockpiling tamiflu in preparation for a bird flu pandemic...bird
flu pandemic tamiflu
10. Latest bird flu news on
Bird Flu Death
China
China's Health Minister is
asking the World Health Organization to help determine if the death of
a 12-year-old girl was from the H5N1 bird
flu virus in China.
This would be the first reported bird
flu death in China...
9.
Latest bird flu news on
Bird Flu Death
Indonesia
The bird
flu death toll climbs as Indonesia reports its fifth human
death from the virus. The woman, a resident of Tangerang near Jakarta,
died in October of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu and became
Indonesia's latest bird flu death. Her 8-year-old nephew...
8.
Latest bird flu news on the
Bird Flu in
China
Contain the Spread
China's
Health Minister is asking the World Health Organization to help
determine if the death of a 12-year-old girl was from the H5N1 bird flu virus in China.
Health Minister Gao Qiang
ordered health departments across China to act quickly to prevent and
contain human infections of the bird flu...
7.
Latest bird flu news on the
Bird Flu in
China
Thousands
of birds die in the latest outbreak of bird
flu in China, and the Chinese army wants its troops to
prepare...
6.
Latest bird
flu news on
Bird Flu -
Prepare
With a possible outbreak of the bird
flu prepare with some suggestions from the US Department of
Health and Human Services...
5. Latest bird flu news on
Bird Flu and
SARS
Understand the Similarities
Prominent
Australian health writer and advanced hygiene expert Andrew Cavanagh
says understanding the similarities between bird
flu and SARS and how they differ could help you prevent both
these killer viruses...
4. Latest bird flu news on
Bird Flu and
SARS
Bird Flu Could be Worse
Bird
flu and SARS are often compared to each other but the bird
flu could be much, much worse than SARS if it mutates to a human to
human virus. Peter Cordingley of the world health organization points
out that the mortality rate from bird flu is much higher...
3. Latest bird flu news on
the
History
of the Bird Flu
The history
of the bird flu and similar viruses could be the greatest
warning we need to take a potential bird flu pandemic seriously...
2.
Latest
bird flu news on the
Bird Flu in
Canada
A
joint survey of wild migratory ducks finds 33 infected with the bird
flu in Canada...
1.
Latest
bird flu news on the
Bird Flu in
China
Thousands of birds die in the latest outbreak of bird
flu in China, and the Chinese army wants its troops to
prepare...
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Latest Bird FLu News
Updates
Saturday, 3
December 2005
North
African Countries Prepare for Bird Flu
Morocco and Algeria are
focusing on preventing the spread of the bird flu. With their close
proximity to Europe, which has already seen the H5N1 virus amung
birds, the northern African contries recently created plans to thwart
the spread of the virus.
Both countries have a strong emphasis on
preventing the spread to poultry. As in Asia, many Africans live in
close proximity to poultry, making the continent very vulnerable to
spreading the virus to humans.
Latest Bird Flu News from
Vietnam
Patients who have tested negative for H5N1 may have an
even more virulent strain of the bird flu, warns Vietnam's Deputy
Health Minister Trinh Quan Huan. Many pneumonia patients with
serious lung damage have tested negative for the H5N1 virus, but no
clear cause of their reason for their condition was found. Huan has
asked hopsitals to isolate those patients and provide treatment
similar to that given to bird flu victims.
The World Health
Organization has confirmed 93 cases of the bird flu in Vietnam, 42 of
them fatal.
Bird Flu News from Indonesia
A
Hong Kong laboratory confirmed Indonesia's 8th
human death
from the H5N1 bird flu virus. The 25-year-old woman died this week
after having contact with dead chickens.
New Bird Flu
treatment in China
Chinese researchers, concerned with the
high mortality rate of the bird flu, launched a program to research
new treatments for patients. Experts hope to take advantage of both
traditional Chinese and western medicine to treat the virus.
Bird
Flu Preparations in Australia
Authorities from the New South
Wales Government are confident they could contain or eradicate the
bird flu if it enters Australia. A recent 3-day exercise tested the
emergency response to a simulated outbreak of the bird flu in 3
states. Agricultural and health authorities responded well, and the
test identified some additional strategies to increase the
effectiveness of the current strategies.
Wednesday, 23
November 2005
Latest
on Bird Flu in Canadaian Farms
Tests confirmed that a second
duck farm has a bird flu. Con Kiley, a veternarian from the Canaidan
Food Inspection Agency said, “There are no signs of the
disease, so
we assume a low pathogenic” strain of H5 found in North
America. The H5 strain currently in North America has been there for
years and
is milder than the H5N1 bird flu virus in Asia and Europe.
The
United States, Japan, and Hong Kong have stopped importing poultry
from mainland Canada as a precaution.
In other news from
Canada, follow up testing reveals that wild birds detected with the
bird flu during the 2005 wild bird survey did not have the highly
pathogenic version of the bird flu...Bird
Flu in Canada
New Bird Flu
Outbreaks in China
Chinese
media report 3 new outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu, which brings the
total outbreaks in the country to 24 this year. The outbreaks are in
Xinjiang and Ningxiain the northwest and Yunnan in the southwest.
Vietnamese Bird Flu Victim Recovering
Tests confirm
a 15-year-old who was hospitalized in Haiphong, Vietnam has the H5N1
bird flu virus. Doctors say he is recovering and has been
transferred to a hospital in Hanoi for treatment.
News on
Swans in Russia with Bird Flu
Russia's deputy veterinary
chief, Yevgeny Nepoklonov, said a strain of the H5 bird flu virus
killed around 150 swans on the Volga River delta in southern Russia. He
did not reveal if the virus was H5N1, the strain that has killed
at least 67 people in Asia. To date, birds in 8 Russian provinces
have been found with H5N1, and thousands have been culled in an
effort to stop the spread of the virus.
Saturday, 19
November 2005
News on the Bird Flu and Tamiflu
The
US Food and Drug Administration opened an investigation into the
safety of Tamiflu, which is currently being stockpiled worldwide in
hopes that it may treat the bird flu in humans.
Since 2000 in
Japan, 12 children up to 9 years of age have died after taking
Tamiflu, and an additional 32 psychiatric events (abnormal behavior
and hallucinations) have been reported in childern who took the
drug.
The FDA noted that determining the role, if any, of
Tamiflu of the deaths is difficult since the reports vary in
detail.
However, FDA scientists will continue investigating
harmful effects of the drug so that people can be advised of any risk
of taking the drug should a bird flu pandemic occur.
Thursday, 17
November 2005
Latest
on the Bird in China...
The Chinese
Health Ministry
announced the first confirmed human cases of the H5N1 bird flu in
China.
A 9-year-old boy
and his sister, 12, contracted the
bird flu in the Hunan Province in central China. A 24-year-old woman
– a poultry worker – developed the bird flu in the
Anhui Province
of east-central China.
The boy has
recovered, but the girl and
the woman died.
The World Health
Organization will not go so
far as to confirm that the girl died of the bird flu. Her remains
were cremated and remaining samples were mpt adequate to confirm H5N1
in the girl.
Wednesday,
16 November 2005
Bird
Flu Information from the US Centers for Disease Control...
What
is the bird flu we're hearing about in the news? According to the
CDC, “Influenza A (H5N1) virus – also called
“H5N1 virus” –
is an influenza A virus subtype that occurs mainly in birds. Like all
bird flu viruses, H5N1 virus circulates among birds worldwide, is
very contagious among birds, and can be deadly.”
It is
primarily spread among birds, but has jumped from birds to humans
–
and rarely from humans to humans. “It is believed that most
cases
of bird flu infection in humans have resulted from contact with
infected poultry or contaminated surfaces. ” The virus is
spread
by the birds saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. The transmission
from human to human is very rare and is not known to spread beyond
the second person.
Reported symptoms of the bird flu in
humans range from typical flu-like symptoms (e.g., fever, cough, sore
throat, and muscle aches) to eye infections, pneumonia, acute
respiratory distress, viral pneumonia, and other severe and
life-threatening complications.
Bird Flu Preparation in
Australia...
The Government of New South Wales announced
they will spend $5.6 million to prepare for a possible fird flu
outbreak. Officials admit they may not be able to thwart a pandemic,
but that good preparation should reduce the impact on NSW's health
system.
News on the Bird Flu in the UK...
The
first reported bird flu in the UK was probably a finch, and not a
parrot as previously thought. The National Emergency Epidemiology
Group (NEEG) said that it was unlikely that the parrot came to the UK
with the bird flu. The H5N1 bird flu probably came from finches from
Taiwan that were in quarantine with the parrot from South
America.
Bird Flu Found in Kuwait...
Kuwait
reported the first case of the H5N1 bird flu virus in the Gulf Arab
region. The flamingo, found on a Kuwaiti beach, was infected with
the virus that has killed at least 64 people in Asia.
China's
First Human Case of the Bird Flu...
Authorities from the
Health Ministry await the results of follow-up tests to confirm the
first reported case of the bird flu in China. Premliminary tests
indicate that the 9-year-old boy indeed had the bird flu. His
12-year-old sister died of similar symptoms, but her body was
cremated before samples could be take to determine if she had the
bird flu, as well. A school teacher, also of Xiangtan county, was
thought to have the virus, but the director of Bejing's Chaoyang
Hospital says that the bird flu has been ruled out in the 36-year-old
man's case.
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
Latest
Bird Flu News in Canada...
In Canada, officials have found a
strain of the H5 bird flu virus in migratory birds in British
Columbia, Quebec and Manitoba.
Officials maintain that the
findings represent no new threat to human health and think it is
unlikely the birds have the H5N1 bird flu strain infecting birds and
humans in Asia.
The National Centre for Foreign Animal
Diseases in Winnipeg should complete testing on the Canadian birds in
early November.
Latest Bird Flu News in the United
States...
South Dakota State University announced it will
become a testing center for the H5N1 bird flu virus, and will be one
of several centers around the US capable of testing within a few
months.
Latest on the Bird Flu in the UK...
Sir Liam
Donaldson, chief medical officer, accused health professionals for
taking the threat of a bird flu pandemic too lightly.
He
fears that the current precautions are inadequate, and plans to
distribute a “Protect and Survive” leaflet to
households in
England and Wales.
Donaldson has also instructed all
hospitals, doctors' offices and National Health Service trusts to
report to him their contingency plans for handling mass
casualties.
The
latest on the Bird Flu from China...
1400 Chickens were found
dead of the bird flu in 2 counties in the remote Western province of
Xinjiang. Authorities culled 200,000 birds to control the outbreak.
News on the Bird Flu in Thialand
The
65-year-old grandmother of a boy with the bird flu tested negative
for the virus. The boy, an 18-month-old Bangkok resident, is
recovering. He was the 21st detected human case
in
Thialand.
13 people have died of the bird flu in Thailand.
Bird Flu Updates from
Vietnam...
The
Health Ministry in Vietnam confirmed that a 35-year-old man from
Hanoi died from the H5N1 bird flu virus. Deputy Minister of Health
Trinh Quan Huan reports that the man died on October 29 and appears
to have contracted the bird flu from some chicken he bought at a
local market.
Latest on the Bird Flu and Tamiflu...
Rokuro
Hama, head of the Japan Institute for Pharmacovigilance reported over
the weekend 2 suicides and 1 attempted suicide are likely related to
taking Tamiflu.
Two teenage boys died during the 2004-2005
flu season within hours of taking a single dose of Tamiflu. According
to the Health Ministry in Japan, Tamiflu caused
hallucinations and dramatic changes in behavior leading them to
commit suicide. Neither boy had prior suicidal behavior.
The
attempted suicide was of a teenage girl two days after starting a
course of the drug.
Prior to the recent stockpiling of
Tamiflu, Japan was its largest consumer – 80% of sales
worldwide
were to Japan. Countries are currently ordering the drug to prepare
for a possible bird flu pandemic.
Meanwhile,
Cipla, an Indian drug maker, and Taiwan's National Health Research
Institute say they had made batches a generic form of Tamiflu.
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About Latest Bird FLu News
The latest bird flu
news
is a
critical first line of defense against bird flu for the ordinary
person on the street.
At present the bird flu virus is not
spread easily from human to human but if it mutates to a human to
human virus health authorities predict a bird flu pandemic which
could kill anywhere from 200,000 to 150 million people.
With
the potential for wild and domesticated birds to carry the deadly
bird flu virus it's wise to know where the bird flu has spread.
So
far most bird flu cases have been reported on a migration route
between Asia and Australia.
Countries inside the high bird flu
danger zones include Asia and nearly the whole of Europe.
With
bird flu cases suspected in birds in Canada, Northern American
countries are also on high alert.
The possibility of seeing
cases of the bird flu in the United States very soon is,
unfortunately, very high.
But keeping informed on the
latest bird flu news is not just limited to the spread of the
virus.
Latest bird flu news has revealed that the anti-viral
drug Tamiflu may not be as effective as health authorities would
hope.
With countries like the United States stockpiling
Tamiflu as a first line of pharmaceutical bird flu protection the
latest news that the H5N1 bird flu virus is showing up to 70%
resistance to this drug is alarming to say the least.
The
latest news suggests other anti-viral drugs like Relenza seem to be
more effective for bird flu prevention.
A well
informed online surfer would also know the latest news that an
effective bird flu vaccine can't be developed until the avian
influenza virus mutates to a human to human virus.
Worse still
even if a vaccine was available effectively administering a bird flu
vaccine to a large population like the United States would be almost
impossible.
And wide scale production of a bird flu vaccine
would also be a logistical nightmare.
The latest bird flu
news has health authorities across the world recommending a more
sane, natural approach to bird flu prevention.
Every health
authority in the western world recommends hand washing as a basic
precaution against the bird flu and other respiratory viruses.
Over
90% of respiratory viruses including the bird flu enter our bodies
through contact between our fingernails and the mucous membranes of
our eyes and nose.
So effective hand washing and other hygiene
measures are probably the most practical advice for people concerned
about bird flu prevention.
For a full free report on how
to prevent bird flu
with effective hand washing and hygiene go to http://www.howtopreventbirdflu.com
For
more of the latest
bird flu news,
free articles and resources to help protect yourself and your family
from the bird flu go to http://www.latestbirdflunews.com
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