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• New Resource For Home Health Care Response During A Flu Pandemic
• Indiana study profiles local pandemic planning problems
• Promising Practices for Pandemic Planning: Breaking language barriers with preparedness messages
• Health leaders: World far from ready for flu pandemic
• Experts to mull if more flu pandemic drugs needed-WHO
• Avian flu drill reveals curable ills in university hospital’s protocol
• Study Makes a Case for Investing in Pandemic Flu Planning
• HHS Seeks Comments on Influenza Guidances
• New bird flu plan suggests more drug stockpiles
• HHS Issues New Fact Sheet on Cleaning and Disinfecting Surfaces in the Home and in Public Places
• Antigenic Cartography: Fighting the Flu with Maps
• Evolution of flu strains points to higher risk of pandemic: study
• Evolution of flu strains points to higher risk
  
• WHO Chief Says World Faces Three Growing Threats
• World warned about three major threats to human health
• Pandemic flu prospect drives economic planning
  
• Who Lives and Dies in the Case of a Pandemic
  
• Killer flu still threatens
• Pandemic risk just as real and probably growing
• WHO to Update Guidelines for Possible Flu Pandemic
• Pandemic flu threat remains substantial, health experts say
• Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers
• Worldwide flu outbreak still a real fear, despite lull in attention
• Recipe for a Pandemic
• Guidance offered for protecting vulnerable groups in flu pandemic
• Researchers chart how new flu strains travel
• Doctors Earl Fox, Earl Campazzi urge preparations for possible flu pandemic
• Study challenges notion of 'pandemic' flu
• Experts to set out advice for women pregnant in a flu pandemic
• INTERVIEW-Proper surveillance can stop flu pandemic-expert
• What if a Flu Like 1918’s Broke Out Now?
• WARF, UW-Madison influenza researcher, Lentigen agree to donate technology
• HHS includes online services in pandemic communication drill
• US Donates Health Safety Kits

• Newly Described 'Dragon' Protein Could Be Key To Bird Flu Cure
• Scientists work out how bird flu adapts
• Nature Looks at the staut of avian influenza three years after their Special Issue
• Pandemic Mutations In Bird Flu Revealed
• Bernard Matthews outlines blueprint for tackling H5N1 avian flu
  
• Can "Bird Flu" Be Eradicated Forever?
• Scientists warn against closing Navy lab
• Australia concerned by bird flu reporting
• Hong Kong to resume chicken sales after H5N1 scare
• Penn Study Pinpoints New DNA Weapon Against Bird Flu
• South Korea lifts bird flu alert
• World Bank gives Uganda 17bn to fight avian flu
• USAID Continues to Help Sri Lanka Prevent Avian Influenza
• H5N1 virus resurfaces in Pakistan
• Faster Diagnostics for Bird Flu on the Horizon
• Pakistan reports new bird flu outbreak
• Hong Kong offers compensation to end live chicken trading
  
• US health official says flu threat high
• Indonesia's bird flu toll reaches 110
• Hong Kong Bans Sale of Live Poultry to Combat Deadly Bird Flu
• Indonesia confirms 2 recent avian flu deaths
• Bird flu situation around the world improving: UN coordinator
• Alaska pathway seems free of deadly bird flu
• UN Cites Progress in Combating Avian Flu
• Deadly bird flu fear grips Hong Kong
• Officials checking more poultry for bird flu
  
• Avian flu fears brings mass chicken killings
• Hong Kong Slaughters All Poultry in the City’s Markets
• Some Bird Flu Strains Have Acquired Properties That Might Enhance Potential To Infect Humans
• Flu-Infected Flocks Killed, Educator Points To Possible Pandemic
  
• Animal Testing Lab To Screen For Bird Flu
• Mass Bird Cull in Hong Kong over Bird Flu Threat
• H5N1 avian flu: Call for wild bird early warning system
  
• Bird flu strains closer to infect human
• Bird flu confirmed at Oxfordshire poultry farm
• Farmers compensated for avian flu
• Bird-Flu Concerns Resurface
• Chickens In Ark Positive For Mild Bird Flu; Tyson Shares Fall
• Arkansas: All chickens exposed to bird-flu killed
• Indonesia to announce bird flu deaths biannually
• Bird flu can mix with human influenza virus: research
• Oxfordshire avian flu strain related to European viruses
• Avian flu update: Family speaks of loss
  
• Indonesia quits offering prompt notice of H5N1 cases
• UK avian flu virus identified as H7N7
• Oxfordshire avian flu outbreak confirmed as highly pathogenic H7 strain
  
• Tyson Breeder Farm Exposed to Avian Flu
• Bird flu outbreak 'highly pathogenic': officials
• H7 avian flu hits UK; US chickens exposed to H7N3
• Tyson bird-flu find curbs exports to Japan, Russia
• Avian Flu Found In Tyson Chickens
• Influenza strain found in NWA poultry not dangerous to humans
  
• Tyson finds chickens with mild bird flu strain
• Defra confirms H7 bird flu case in Oxfordshire
• The Aethlon Hemopurifier® Proves Effective in Capturing the Reconstructed Spanish Flu of 1918 and H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
• USDA Awards $5 Million for Avian Influenza Research and Extension
• Uganda Intensifies Fight to Prevent Avian Flu
• USDA releases sequences of 150 avian flu viruses
• Study shows hybrids of bird flu and human flu viruses fit well, could occur
• Avian Influenza Genome Sequences Released
• New H7 bird flu strain hikes risk of pandemic
• Some avian flu H7 viruses growing more human-like
• North American bird flu viruses becoming more adapted to humans: study
• Scientists identify second H7 strain of bird flu that could cause pandemic
• Study: Bird flu viruses adapting to humans
  
• Bird flu strains coming ever closer to causing a human pandemic
• Battling Bird Flu By The Numbers
• UNICEF tasks media practitioners on bird flu
  
• Concern over mystery of Bangladeshi baby with bird flu
• Six Nepali districts bordering India face bird-flu risk
• E Nepal's 6 districts at risk of bird flu
• H5N1 outbreaks in Korea, Japan seen as linked
• Bird Flu Risk in Six districts of Nepal
• Bangladesh Bird Flu Update -Infected Child Recovers
• WHO confirms first bird flu case in Bangladesh
• PETA claims bird flu spread due to filthy conditions in farms
• Avian flu insurance to be offered this July
• Using theatre to raise awareness of bird flu prevention in Bangladesh
• Kenyan Health Official Urges Continued Sensitization on Bird Flu
• Fighting bird flu
• Bird flu's potential impact could be massive

• CDC funds tests to sort seasonal, avian flu
• Program promotes flu shots to marginalized groups
• Flu vaccination still a challenge for hospitals
• Human Humility and the Flu Virus
• Researchers say under-the-tongue vaccine could lick the flu
• Flu cases soar over Christmas period
• Be prepared for upcoming flu season

• Gaps in U.S. child pandemic preparedness
• Stock up or suffer
• Prepare Home For Bird Flu Emergency

• European businesses not ready for potential flu pandemic
• Business interruption coverage for avian flu soon to be made available
• OSHA Seeks Comments on Guidance for Pandemic Flu Stockpiling
• OSHA offers guide to stockpiling masks, respirators
• OSHA Seeks Insight on Stockpiling Respirators, Facemasks for Pandemic Flu
• Oil’s superspike may make telecommuting the norm
• Pandemic Influenza planning for businesses
  
• Prepare for pandemic flu
• Businesses warned about flu pandemic
• Business not as usual: New video helps local businesses and agencies prepare for pandemic flu
• Bird Flu Pandemic: Will Telecommuting Work on Wall Street?
• Safeguarding Businesses Against a Potential Flu Pandemic
• Preparing for pandemic flu
• DHS offers advice for ensuring telecom during pandemic
• Expert Advice For Employers: Prepare for Pandemic Flu Now
• Businesses Must Prepare Now for Pandemic Outbreak
• Few firms have flu pandemic plan in place
• CDC checklist helps companies plan
• Pandemic Outbreak and the Impact of Quarantine on Business Operations
• How to Prepare for a Pandemic: Prepare your business for the outbreak of bird flu or any other possible pandemic
• Pandemic Threat Still Getting IT's Attention
• Remember the pandemic threat? (Some) IT planners do
• Businesses could lose 1/3 of workers with flu

• Survey finds little disruption with short school closure
• Federal officials discuss school-closure concerns
• Impact of closing schools during pandemic less than projected: study
• School closings may be no holiday for flu pandemic
• Closing schools might slow flu pandemic: study
• Schools not ready for flu crisis
• Topeka schools prepare for worst
• Video Educates Preschoolers About Controlling Infections
• College mandates pandemic planning
• Local school districts prepare for flu pandemic
• Warning: Kids at risk for pandemic flu
• Kids' hygiene crucial to curb flu pandemic
• UCCS assesses its preparedness for pandemic flu
• Schools weigh how to handle pandemic

• With threat of pandemic flu in Redding: Officials teach illness etiquette

• Catholic Diocese Preparing for pandemic flu
• Churches to receive disaster preparedness booklets
• Mortuary prepares for flu pandemic
• Emergency Pastoral Care - Preparation for a Pandemic
• Reducing The Risk Of Flu and Other Communicable Illnesses In The Workplace
• Regional Summit to Help Faith Groups Respond to Influenza Pandemic
  
• Promising Practices for Pandemic Planning: Toolkit promotes preparedness for non-profit, faith-based groups
• Promising Practices for Pandemic Planning: Kentucky's grassroots network helps at-risk populations prepare
• Promising Practices For Pandemic Planning: Guide helps homeless shelters prepare
• San Francisco archdiocese develops preparedness plan in case of a flu pandemic
• Local church to host pandemic flu seminar
• Neighbors key to outlast pandemic

• Two flu drugs help kids equally well -Japan study
• DNA vaccination for avian flu created
• Roche Offers Corporations ‘Insurance Plan’ for Delivery of Anti-Flu Drug
• Sinovac Starts Phase II Trial of Second Pandemic Flu Vaccine
• Reserving Tamiflu for workers in case of pandemic
• U.S. firms can stockpile Tamiflu
• Want Drugs in a Flu Pandemic? Reserve Them Now, Cheap!
• Roche Introduces Program to Facilitate Corporate Pandemic Stockpiling of Tamiflu
• Roche to Let Businesses Reserve Tamiflu Stockpiles
• Bird flu vaccines not subject to uniform testing
• Australia approves CSL's H5N1 vaccine
• Australia government approves locally made human bird flu vaccine
• Aust vaccine 'can fight bird flu pandemic'
• Sanofi to give 60 million doses of H5N1 vaccine to WHO pandemic stockpile
• Vaccine Preparedness — Are We Ready for the Next Influenza Pandemic?
• Baxter says cell-based H5N1 vaccine did well in trial
• HHS Awards Contracts For The Development Of Faster Influenza Diagnostic Tests
• New Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise
• Bird flu vaccine grown in monkey cells, not eggs, shows promising results
• New-style bird flu vaccine shows promise
• Progress on bird flu vaccine:Researchers report new method that cuts production time in half
• Prophylactic Use of Tamiflu Bad Idea, Leading Virologist Says
• HHS offers pandemic guidance on masks, antivirals
• Medicago's H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccine Effective in Key Ferret Animal Model With Single Dose
• Tamiflu, the anti-flu virus medication
• First pre-pandemic vaccine approved to help protect against pandemic influenza
• eFoodSafety Endorses the European Commission’s Marketing Authorization of GlaxoSmithKline’s Pre-Pandemic Bird Flu Vaccine
• Licence granted for first avian flu pandemic vaccine
• Brussels gives green light to Glaxo's bird flu vaccine
• IOM: US likely to need bigger antiviral stockpile
• Ten volunteers given second bird-flu injection
• China approves its first H5N1 vaccine
• Booster patch helps bird flu vaccine -study
• Japan eyes all-round bird flu vaccine
• Vietnam runs short on Tamiflu as avian influenza spreads
• Tamiflu: Flu drug can kill, FDA warns
• Reports of Increased Survival in Bird Flu Patients Taking Tamiflu
• GSK bird flu vaccine shows broad cross protection

• GPs in flu battle
• Even cheap masks stop flu spreading
• Flu crisis plan faulted as inadequate
• Half of GPs lack guidance on tackling pandemic flu
• GPs 'concerned over flu pandemic'
• Promising Practices For Pandemic Planning
• Flu Pandemic Would Cost Hospitals Billions
• Basic Barriers Provide Best Protection From Pandemic Flu
• HPA Statement On Pandemic Flu: A National Framework For Responding To An Influenza Pandemic
• Over 40 percent of critical healthcare workers may not go to work when a pandemic hits
• Pandemic flu a worry for some health care workers, survey shows
• NHTSA Releases EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines
• Infection control in your practice
• Avian, human flu virus cell types are ID'd

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Advances Nation’s Disaster Preparedness
• Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers
• CDC says pandemic drills hone decision-making tools
• US officials launch bird flu stockpile in Thailand
• CDC pandemic exercise highlights drug, mitigation, travel issues
• U.S. Pandemic Flu Strategy Needs Job, Wage Protections
• USDA Bird Flu Plan Needs Test
• U.S. Flu Outbreak Plan Criticized
• Pandemic Risk – US releases in-depth results of 2007 Pandemic Flu exercise

• Pandemic Flu Exercise Completed
• China's mainland, HK, Macao hold joint exercise on avian flu
• Chan Cites Dangers, Obligations at International Pandemic Meeting
• How Well Can Wall Street Handle Pandemic Flu? Drill Results Are Mixed…
• Henderson County, NC - One of five in U.S. to host pandemic flu talks
• UNK Hosts Public Townhall Meeting On Pandemic Influenza Awareness
• Pandemic Risk – US releases results of September pandemic flu exercise
• Treasury, Private Sector Release Initial Results of Flu Pandemic Exercise
• UNWTO to organize avian flu exercise in Mexico

• March 24, 1976: Ford Orders Swine-Flu Shots for All
• A killer flu could come at any time: Is the world prepared?
• Indians trace jump of bird flu virus to humans
• 2 Mutations Were Critical to Spread of 1918 Flu
• Spread Of 1918 Flu Pandemic Explained
• Flu genes help clarify 1918 pandemic
• Local writes about 1918 flu outbreak
  
• To escape flu - move to the country
• Lessons from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
• Pandemic panic
• Must we be very afraid
• 1957 Asian flu hit area communities hard
• Avian Flu -- 1918 and Today -- Protein Enhances Lethality Of Virus