URI...that is about it. Influenza has never been contained. If this strain goes H-H, there is nothing to do. We will know shortly enough if it has...
By GEOFFERY YORK December 9, 2005 From Friday's Globe and Mail "I don't know if they are brave enough to admit that they have the virus in...
No. Be as ignorant as you wish. It is your God given right. Maybe you are worried about it, but I'm not. I post about it because I find infectious...
Very true. We need some of that good old fashion stocism around. Or a public which is more rational (yeah, fat chance of that). H5N1 doesn't...
Especially considering the idiot public. The reation is always the same. This is hype and the government isn't doing enough to stop it (yeah, those...
Terrible odds if this is H-H. We will know soon enough. Influenza A has never been stopped. On average, an infected person infects two others. That...
You are speaking of the PRC, North Korea and Burma's refusal to disclose information?
24 November 2005 NewScientist.com news service Debora MacKenzie A respected Japanese scientist, who works with the World Health Organization,...
C Y Cheung, Y Guan and their team have a little surprise for everyone: Proinflammatory cytokine responses induced by influenza A (H5N1) viruses in...
I'm sure someone will blame it on GLOBAL WARMING. Most however see the problem as humans and birds living in close proximity. Vietnam last...
Democracy never worked for anyone. It ends up as socialist authoritarism or out right totalitarianism. China will prosper if shifts to relatively...
What are you talking about? "Popular media" reports are shallow and no one here is relying on them alone. Go check H5N1 at Genebank yourself....
Thousands of wild birds died last spring at Qinghai Lake, China. H5N1 detected. Then dead migratory birds found with H5N1 at Chany Lake region of...
The goal of those who screech about bullying is to create a society of girly-men.
The Oxford Journal of Family Practice is reporting on a study this week which shows moms were right all along: going out in the chilly weather does...
Constriction of blood vessels at the points of entry reduces the ability of the body to fight viruses off in cold weather. Viruses are pathogenic...
Birds operate at a higher temperature than humans. The RNA of H5N1 is tweaked to replicate at those temps. Which may be why H2H (if it is occuring)...
In form, not substance, Tibetan Buddhism reminds me a lot of Catholicism. Logic and mysticism are highly developed and have their place in both...
The HPAI found in Taiwan is H7N3. Hit Canada in 2004. 17 million birds were culled and two poultry workers infected.
Calomel (mercurous chloride, mercury chloride, mercury monochloride) was used in the 19th century as a bowel purgative. Worked well for that but the...
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