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2006-06-02 18:43:56
But Aids activists and some delegates are angry because there are no references to which groups are most at risk. Britain's International Development Secretary Hilary Benn said: "I wish we could have been a bit more frank in our declaration about telling the truth that some groups - like sex workers, like drug users, like men who have sex with men - are more at risk. "The truth that some young women and men, from choice or necessity, exchange sex for money and for food." Conservative countries had a ...
2006-06-02 20:47:15
As Thursday's bird flu panelists cautioned people to not panic, they also discussed why bird flu may have become more prevalent. The doctors pointed toward more industrialized poultry farming with thousands of birds being kept confined in close spaces in large facilities. "When you cram that many birds into a football-field sized facility with no room, sitting in their own manure - you are asking for a problem," said Greger. Greger said researchers are investigating a vaccine for the bird flu, but for now the only ...
2006-06-02 23:09:22
Healthy Professor Peter Rigby, chief executive of the Institute of Cancer Research, said: "It has been suggested that there is a hereditary link in some cases and these data shows that while there is no specific gene a series of mutations could increase some people's risk. "However it is imperative to be aware that these mutations are "low penetrance" meaning they will only appear in certain cases, not all. "Further research is needed to ascertain the exact effect of these mutations and how they ...
2006-06-03 04:11:53
In Bandung, a nurse who treated confirmed bird flu patients has been quarantined after showing symptoms of the disease. If she is confirmed for H5N1, it would raise the worrisome possibility of human-to-human transmission of the virus. The girl from Pamulang, Tangerang, had been hospitalized for two days at Fatmawati Hospital in South Jakarta for high fever and breathing difficulties before ministry employees took blood samples for testing. She was later transferred to Sulianti Saroso Hospital for infectious diseases. "The girl's parents bro ...
2006-06-03 15:38:12
... rawn-out battle in China for patent protection of Viagra at a time when the U.S. is imploring that country to take a tougher stance on halting the proliferation of fakes and knock offs, according to the Wall Street Journal Online's Saturday edition.
2006-06-03 16:28:50
... Why the fight against bird flu could be won-or lost- in Indonesia Andrew Jack from Jakarta 5/27/2006 As Mt Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, spews out smoke and lava, a disaster is incubating in the farms and villages of Central Java with potentially far greater consequences for human health.In the nearby Ambarawa livestock market, Joko, a local farmer, laughs at the risk of bird flu as he runs his hand lovingly over the rear of his prize black chicken. Ducks and other birds for sale mill nearby, feathers drift in ...
2006-06-03 16:42:35
... Archive Site Search HOME MISCELLANY WHO says bird flu drug maker on alert 6/4/2006 THE biggest case yet of humans possibly infecting others with bird flu prompted the World Health Organisation (WTO) to put the maker of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on alert for possible shipment of the global stockpile for the first time, officials said recently.No further action on the emergency supply was expected for now, according to the U.N. health agency, which called the alert part of its standard operating procedure when a case arises like that in Indones ...
2006-06-03 23:06:53
"The physical health of many people with severe mental illnesses is still not being adequately managed. "It is critical that annual physical health checks are built into ongoing management plans so that people with severe mental illnesses can optimise their quality of life and achieve a sense of physical and mental well-being."
2006-06-04 01:16:49
... With the bird flu trial, doctors want to see whether you could produce a sufficient antibody response with a lower dose because with a limited supply of vaccine you could make it go much further and immunise many more people. Of course, there are risks. People can have bad reactions to vaccines, and in rare cases they can cause long-term damage. But vaccinations have enabled entire populations to remain free of disease and the last few years have seen big leaps in our ability to produce good vaccines. In the ...
2006-06-04 04:32:59
... cheon, offered advice on how to handle a pandemic flu epidemic that he called inevitable. Addressing a packed house at Crown Colony Country Club, Dr. David Lakey, of the University of Texas School of Public Health Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness, said there have been at least 32 pandemics in the last 400 years, with the last one occurring nearly 40 years ago. "A lot of us believe about a pandemic infection that it's not really a matter of if, it's a matter of when," Lakey said. He said the type of flu people should be most ...
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