added 2007 Mon Jan 29 14:12:33 by Spadecaller
ORLANDO, Fla. (CAP) - While the rest of the world battles the emergence of avian flu as the possible source of the next pandemic, the United States is coming to grips with another potential danger: crocodile flu.
ORLANDO, Fla. (CAP) - While the rest of the world battles the emergence of avian flu as the possible source of the next pandemic, the United States is coming to grips with another potential danger: crocodile flu.
added 2007 Mon Jan 8 15:19:28 by jeremytoday
The number of people that could die in a flu pandemic that matches the 1918-20 outbreak will be "very scary" and far higher than the 62 million deaths forecast by a recent study, an adviser to the White House said on Monday.
The number of people that could die in a flu pandemic that matches the 1918-20 outbreak will be "very scary" and far higher than the 62 million deaths forecast by a recent study, an adviser to the White House said on Monday.
added 2006 Tue Aug 8 22:48:32 by ekklesiawarrior
Governments worldwide have spent billions in recent months planning for a potential influenza pandemic: Conventional disasters, like earthquakes, are generally local and transient, while a pandemic would interrupt business in many parts of the world simultaneously, perhaps for months on end!
Governments worldwide have spent billions in recent months planning for a potential influenza pandemic: Conventional disasters, like earthquakes, are generally local and transient, while a pandemic would interrupt business in many parts of the world simultaneously, perhaps for months on end!
added 2006 Fri Aug 4 3:36:23 by capn_caveman
Researchers who combined a human flu virus with the H5N1 bird flu virus say that none of the hybrid viruses produced were capable of triggering a pandemic.
Researchers who combined a human flu virus with the H5N1 bird flu virus say that none of the hybrid viruses produced were capable of triggering a pandemic.
