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2006-05-14 16:59:24
... r corners of Europe and Africa, the virulent bird flu that raised fears of a human pandemic has been largely snuffed out in the parts of Southeast Asia where it claimed its first and most numerous victims. Health officials are pleased and excited. "In Thailand and Vietnam, we've had the most fabulous success stories," said Dr. David Nabarro, chief pandemic flu coordinator for the United Nations. Vietnam, which has had almost half of the human cases of H5N1 flu in the world, has not seen a single case in humans or a single outbreak in poultry th ...
2006-05-14 20:08:00
... in Romania after the potentially deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was found in three locations in the centre of the country, Romanian Agriculture Minister Gheorghe Flutur said. ADVERTISEMENT"Almost one million birds will be culled in total in central Romanian regions that have been hit or could be hit by bird flu," Flutur said during a press conference."The discovery of bird flu in a farm is a first in Romania, since the first case of the disease was detected on October 7, 2005. We will quickly cull the farm's approximately 350,000 chicken, as well a ...
2006-05-14 23:04:51
Obesity In an accompanying editorial, Dr Georgios Lyatzopoulos, of the Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority, warns that rising rates of obesity threaten to ensure that cardiovascular disease continues to be a major cause of death and disease. He also warns that costs of treatment are likely to rise. Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: "Since approximately 40% of all deaths in the UK are from cardiovascular disease, it is ...
2006-05-14 23:19:11
Weight gain also tended to occur at a faster rate among the homemakers. The researchers, led by Dr Anne McMunn of UCL's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, said the findings showed good health was the result, not the cause, of adopting multiple roles during the women's lives. It shows that we probably should be supporting women to be able to be part of the labour market as well as mothersDr Anne McMunn, researcher Dr McMunn added: "The study shows women who combine employment with mo ...
2006-05-15 00:51:00
According to a Dutch environmental organisation, the on-going fear that flocks of wild birds will spread the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu through Africa and Europe may be ill founded. Wetlands International say laying the blame on the wild bird population is possibly an impulsive and dangerous conclusion.H5N1 has been spreading steadily from Asia to Africa and Europe since 2003 and at least 113 people have died from the strain, which led to the slaughter of more than 200 million animals to pr ...
2006-05-15 01:08:00
According to two U.S. medical ethicists, because stocks of bird flu vaccine are likely to be in short supply, in the event of a bird flu pandemic, the young should have priority over the elderly, ill and disabled.A pandemic would currently present society with an ethical dilemma over who should be vaccinated first.As a rule medical staff and the old are priority groups but a new report says the young have a right to live through all life's stages and should be a priority. The researchers Ezekie ...
2006-05-15 01:16:59
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2006-05-15 01:16:59
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2006-05-15 01:16:59
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2006-05-15 01:48:00
Even though Dr. David Nabarro, chief pandemic flu coordinator for the United Nations says he is encouraged by how both Thailand and Vietnam had responded to the health crisis facing their domestic poultry, and their successful efforts to reduce the threat of the disease, the deadly H5N1 strain still remains a significant threat, especially to Indonesia and Africa.He has attributed the success of the two countries to very strong political leadership, excellent work by government officials, and i ...
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