H5N1 Articles

1). Preparing For A Natural Disaster, Terrorists Attack Or Bird Flu Pandemic By : Pandemic Zone
How prepared are you? Will you be like thousands of others and wait until the last minute to stock up on food and water? Do you even have a working flashlight in your home or auto? As we have clearly seen, waiting until it is too late does not work. Grocery stores run out, gas stations run dry and we certainly can’t depend on the government to help.
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2). Questions To Ask Your Employer Before A Bird Flu Pandemic By : Pandemic Zone
Bird flu? Have you heard of it? You have probably been hearing more about it in the news lately. What is it and why should you be worried about it? Avian influenza affects poultry and wild game birds. It has been mainly in Southeast Asia but is spreading to other countries. Since 2003 160 people worldwide have become ill and about 82 have died. It is deadly to poultry and can be lethal in humans as well.
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3). Avian Flu Symptoms By : Frank Vanderlugt
Avian influenza viruses are usually type A viruses found mainly in birds, but infections can occur in humans. Not all bird flu strains produce serious illness, but the current H5N1 strain is unusually pathogenic and has been shown to be transmissible to humans. Unlike most bird flu viruses, the H5N1 virus can be passed easily from birds to humans without first incubating in other animals such as pigs.
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4). Preparing Your Business for a Bird Flu Pandemic By : Bird Flu
How would your business operate if half your work force were out sick? Would your business continue to function if several of your top key employees died? How many employees are cross-trained in other positions? A recent study showed the threat that most preoccupies the world's business leaders is a global influenza pandemic. This is why you need to start asking these questions now so your business can be prepared for a possible bird flu pandemic.
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5). Why You Should Be Worried About A Bird Flu Pandemic By : Bird Flu
You may have been hearing a lot in the news lately about a bird flu pandemic. You have probably been thinking “what does that have to do with me?’ There is always something to worry about right? Natural disasters, terrorism and now a flu pandemic? The first two—natural disasters and terrorism have a lot in common. They both strike without warning, they leave death and destruction in their wake and they affect a local area.
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6). Six Things You Can Do To Prepare For The Coming Pandemic By : John Hart
A recent survey showed that 60% of American businesses were not ready for the coming Avian Influenza pandemic. However, 73% said they wanted to get ready, but weren't sure what to do. Here then, is a starter list of six things you should include in your business preparedness plan. 1. Absenteeism will be high due to illness or refusal to come to the workplace out of fear.
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7). Bird Flu-Worst-Case Scenario By : Bird Flu
There has been a lot of buzz about bird flu or the avian influenza and how it could become a global pandemic. What would a pandemic really mean? The federal government just launched a 7 billion dollar program to help the prevention and out break of a bird flu pandemic. There have only been 83 deaths from avian flu worldwide since 2003. Health experts have not yet seen evidence of human to human transmission.
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8). Bird Flu: Fundamental Questions and Answers You Need To Know By : Niall Cinneide
Q - What is bird flu? A - Bird flu is an infection of a flu virus known to affect birds, particularly migratory birds, ducks and chickens. Bird flu is also reportedly known to affect pigs and most recently, humans. Thought to affect all species, the virus does not adversely affect ducks. Ducks have developed antibodies against the virus and they only act as carriers of the disease without exhibiting any symptoms of bird flu infection.
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9). Bird Flu: A Historical Perspective By : Niall Cinneide
Recent outbreaks have put avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu disease, at the center stage of the global health community. From relative anonymity, the disease acquired notoriety for itself when it claimed more than fifty human lives. The deaths from bird flu disease are relatively small when compared to the number of deaths from other diseases.
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10). Companies offering bird flu remedies can't substantiate their claims By : Jessica Deets
As fears of bird flu increase... so does the claims by companies trying to cash in on it. Some of the strongly worded claims made by the companies about their treatments include phrases like "prevents avian flu," "a natural virus shield" and "kills the virus." Save your money.
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11). Bird Flu -- How the Nightmare Begins By : Richard Stooker
Bird flu could become highly contagious in several ways. Here is one plausible scenario.
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12). World Warned To Prepare For Bird Flu By :
Confronting the possibility of a potentially devastating human bird flu pandemic, the United Nations system – from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to the UN health and agricultural agencies – today laid out a blueprint for immediate preventive and mitigating action. “We may not know about the future course of H5N1, we do know this: once human-to-human transmission has been established, we would have only a matter of weeks to lock down the spread before it spins out of control.
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13). Getting Your Personal Affairs in Order in The Event of a Bird Flu Pandemic By : Bird Flu
Bird flu? Have you heard of it? You have probably been hearing more about it in the news lately. What is it and why should you be worried about it? Avian influenza is a contagious and deadly virus that affects poultry and humans who have close contact with infected birds. It has been mainly in Southeast Asia but is spreading to other countries. Since 2003 160 people worldwide have become ill and about 82 have died.
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14). Vaccines Don't Protect You -- They Just Accelerate Your Own Immunity By : Richard Stooker
The most dangerous myth about vaccinations . . . they work, but only if your own immune system does
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15). The Blessings Bird Flu Can Bring Us By : Richard Stooker
It's not too early to think about the lessons to be learned from the bird flu -- let's apply them before the pandemic starts.
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16). Protect Your Family by Setting Up a Preparedness Plan Before Disaster Strikes By : Richard Stooker
Make sure all your family knows what to do and where to go during an emergency before one happens -- don't count on cell phones working, because they'll be overwhelmed.
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17). Bird Flu: What are the Real Chances of a Pandemic By : Niall Cinneide
Avian influenza, or bird flu as it is more commonly known, was discovered over a century ago in Italy and to date, there are several strains of the bird flu virus. Many of these strains have become deadly, particularly the H5 and H7 strains. The deadliest one to date, the H5N1 strain, has reportedly killed 70 people in Asia alone in the last two years.
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18). The Next Killer Flu -- Can We Stop It? By : John Hart
Flu season is just around the corner once again. But this time, it may be coming disguised as a serial killer. There is deep concern that a new killer flu, nicknamed "Bird Flu," may mix with ordinary flu and kill millions of people. This is how Robert Webster of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis characterizes this killer flu -- and take note that Dr.
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19). Why Bird Flu is Seen as a Potential Health Risk to Humans By : Jessica Deets
The Avian Flu, also known as the Asian Bird Flu or Influenza A (H5N1), is a zoological viral strain that has crossed the species barrier and is now threatening further mutation and a subsequent world pandemic.
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20). Bird Flu: A Global Outbreak, A Global Concern By : Niall Cinneide
In the 1330s, the bubonic plague killed millions of people. Transmitted by rats, the disease originated from China. It later spread to Europe when merchants came back from their long voyage from China. The disease was also spread by fleas that when passed on to humans, became fatal. The bubonic plague continued for years and took the lives of millions of people.
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21). Bird Flu News from China By : Jessica Deets
A new avian flu vaccine has been developed at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute in northeast China, and is said to be the world's first live vaccine to be used against the bird flu. Because it is easier to administer, it may represent a breakthrough in protecting the poultry population.
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22). Bird Flu and You: How Will The Flu Affect You? By : Niall Cinneide
Flu is a common disease nowadays, with most people having developed the antibodies to fight against the disease. So the mention of "flu" doesn’t really create any alarm. However, say "bird flu" and there’s likely to be a pandemonium. Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a highly pathogenic virus of 15 types. The virus spreads to poultry through direct or close contact with nasal secretions, saliva and feces of infected birds.
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23). Avian Bird Flu Poses Serious Threats To Humans By : Niall Cinneide
The global health community has been in a state of alarm due to recent outbreaks of the avian influenza disease in many parts of the world, particularly in Asia. The disease has infected humans, prompting many to believe that a global pandemic will soon occur. In the past decades, avian influenza has affected only birds and in some cases, pigs. Avian influenza does not normally affect humans but the first human case of avian influenza has been recently documented.
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24). Pure Water Hydration in an Avian Flu Pandemic - The Value of Planning in Northern Virginia and the Washington D.C. Metro Area By : Jon M. Stout
A threat to the nation’s health is emerging in Asia and the Indian Sub Continent that has potentially devastating implications. Avian Flu (the H5N1 strain of Influenza A) is a fact in many parts of Asia, although to date the avian strain has not combined with human influenza in a sustained manner. If a new strain emerges in humans with the fatality profile of the H5N1 virus, the effect on the world population will be dramatic.
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25). Avian Flu History By : Frank Vanderlugt
Avian influenza virus usually refers to influenza A viruses found mainly in birds, but infections can occur in humans. The risk is generally low to most people, because the viruses do not usually infect humans. However, confirmed cases of human infection have been reported since 1997, and the current outbreak of bird flu worldwide increases the risk that the virus will mutate into a form which can be spread person to person.
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