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Emerging infectious diseases are one of the biggest threats to humanity. The domestication of animals exposed humans to new and deadly diseases. Recently, drugged-up livestock animals on intensive confinement factory farms incubated a highly infectious HINI virus that set off a global pandemic.
It is important to know how to protect your children and yourself with homeopathic and natural alternatives to vaccines to build your natural immunity to the swine flu.
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Today the OCA is sending you an important announcement--about a soon-to-be-released book that can help you personally, help all of us in general, but that certain politicians and big businesses hope will NEVER hit the New York Times bestseller list.
This major new book by world-renowned physician and dietary expert Dr. Joseph Mercola is called The Great Bird Flu Hoax: The Truth They Don't Want You to Know About the 'Next Big Pandemic,' and believe me, it covers SO MUCH MORE than just the bird flu.
Of course, protecting yourself and Read more
Today the OCA is sending you an important announcement--about a soon-to-be-released book that can help you personally, help all of us in general, but that certain politicians and big businesses hope will NEVER hit the New York Times bestseller list.
This major new book by world-renowned physician and dietary expert Dr. Joseph Mercola is called The Great Bird Flu Hoax: The Truth They Don't Want You to Know About the 'Next Big Pandemic,' and believe me, it covers SO MUCH MORE than just the bird flu.
Of course, protecting yourself and Read more
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August 21, 2006
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a 35-year-old woman in Indonesia, raising the number of cases worldwide this year to 95, the same number reported in the whole of 2005, as health authorities study whether the virus is spreading between humans.
Tests on the woman were positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, I Nyoman Kandun, a director general at the Ministry of Health, said late yesterday. Indonesia, with the most H5N1 deaths, confirmed two other cases from the village where the woman lived. No signs of human-to-human transmission have been found, health officials Read more
Tests on the woman were positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, I Nyoman Kandun, a director general at the Ministry of Health, said late yesterday. Indonesia, with the most H5N1 deaths, confirmed two other cases from the village where the woman lived. No signs of human-to-human transmission have been found, health officials Read more
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August 2, 2006
Seven people from the same village in Karo district, northern Sumatra, Indonesia, are in hospital with suspected bird flu H5N1 infection, say local authorities. This is the same general area where seven family members came down with bird flu and died a couple of months ago.
Authorities in Indonesia say they are waiting for confirmation after samples were sent to a laboratory. If tests come back positive it could be proof of another cluster of human bird flu infections in the country. Two infected girls are sisters, while another three infected patients belong to the same family. Read more
Authorities in Indonesia say they are waiting for confirmation after samples were sent to a laboratory. If tests come back positive it could be proof of another cluster of human bird flu infections in the country. Two infected girls are sisters, while another three infected patients belong to the same family. Read more
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July 24, 2006
While Indonesia discovered its first bird flu outbreak fairly late in comparison to some other infected countries, it has endured one of the fastest spreads, with 42 human H5N1-caused fatalities reported since the first case was confirmed a year ago.
Until the latest Indonesian death was confirmed yesterday, Vietnam topped Indonesia as the country hardest hit by bird flu with 42 deaths since 2003 -- but Vietnam has not had a single human case this year. The disease continues to rage out of control in Indonesia, and experts say it will only get worse.
"It's like trying Read more
Until the latest Indonesian death was confirmed yesterday, Vietnam topped Indonesia as the country hardest hit by bird flu with 42 deaths since 2003 -- but Vietnam has not had a single human case this year. The disease continues to rage out of control in Indonesia, and experts say it will only get worse.
"It's like trying Read more
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July 18, 2006
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Governors should make sure they have the legal powers they need to impose quarantines, close schools and keep utilities and transport running in case of a bird flu pandemic, according to new primer from the National Governor's Association published on Tuesday. They should also be working now on clear, simple public messages about the risks of bird flu and what preparations are being made as well as stocking up on food and medical supplies, the document advises.
"Governors should consider creating a state legal team to review current laws and Read more
"Governors should consider creating a state legal team to review current laws and Read more
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July 13, 2006
The World Health Organization wants the government of Indonesia to release a WHO-compiled report on a large cluster of human H5N1 avian flu cases, but it's worried about pressing the issue too hard, a top official of the Geneva-based agency said Thursday.
Dr. Paul Gully said the WHO is walking a fine line, aware that pushing too aggressively to get Jakarta to release the report or to share the genetic blueprints of viruses recovered from flu cases in the cluster may generate less co-operation, not more.
So despite the fact that Indonesian officials said weeks ago they Read more
Dr. Paul Gully said the WHO is walking a fine line, aware that pushing too aggressively to get Jakarta to release the report or to share the genetic blueprints of viruses recovered from flu cases in the cluster may generate less co-operation, not more.
So despite the fact that Indonesian officials said weeks ago they Read more
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June 30, 2006
Avian flu experts meeting in Paris have been told that a viable vaccine against the human form of the disease could take 10 years to develop. Dr David Fedson, a retired professor of medicine, told the conference that there were well-documented problems with the H5N1 virus when it came to making a vaccine.
Scientists normally grow such a vaccine from an inert form of a virus, using chicken eggs as their favourite growing medium.
According to Dr Fedson, who also worked for a number of years in the vaccine manufacturing industry, the vaccine produced from H5N1 was proving Read more
Scientists normally grow such a vaccine from an inert form of a virus, using chicken eggs as their favourite growing medium.
According to Dr Fedson, who also worked for a number of years in the vaccine manufacturing industry, the vaccine produced from H5N1 was proving Read more
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June 28, 2006
Scientists and virologists are calling for more supplies and medicines to fight the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, due to fatalities from the disease nearly tripling this year.
In the first half of 2005, around 20 bird-flu-related fatalities were reported in Vietnam and Cambodia. Since January of this year, nearly 60 people have died from the virus.
U.K.-based University of Reading's professor of virology Ian Jones said, "The situation worldwide remains as serious as ever. Screening and preventative measures are as appropriate as ever.'' According to numbers confirmed Read more
In the first half of 2005, around 20 bird-flu-related fatalities were reported in Vietnam and Cambodia. Since January of this year, nearly 60 people have died from the virus.
U.K.-based University of Reading's professor of virology Ian Jones said, "The situation worldwide remains as serious as ever. Screening and preventative measures are as appropriate as ever.'' According to numbers confirmed Read more
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June 21, 2006
The World Health Organization has concluded that human-to-human transmission likely occurred among seven relatives who developed bird flu in Indonesia.
In a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, WHO experts said the cluster's index case was probably infected by sick birds and spread the disease to six family members. One of those cases, a boy, then likely infected his father, it said.
The U.N. agency stressed the virus has not mutated and that no cases were detected beyond the family.
Seven of the eight relatives died last month, but one was Read more
In a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, WHO experts said the cluster's index case was probably infected by sick birds and spread the disease to six family members. One of those cases, a boy, then likely infected his father, it said.
The U.N. agency stressed the virus has not mutated and that no cases were detected beyond the family.
Seven of the eight relatives died last month, but one was Read more
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June 9, 2006
If bird flu spreads to the United States, local towns and states cannot rely solely on the federal government to help contain the virus, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday.
"Local planning is really the frontline, I can't say it enough," said Dr. Julie Gerberding at the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Boston.
In the event of a pandemic, Gerberding warned that hospitals and medical centers would be overwhelmed and vaccines would not be readily available. Gerberding said people would have to Read more
"Local planning is really the frontline, I can't say it enough," said Dr. Julie Gerberding at the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Boston.
In the event of a pandemic, Gerberding warned that hospitals and medical centers would be overwhelmed and vaccines would not be readily available. Gerberding said people would have to Read more
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