Articles in Home | Health Condition | Avian-bird Flu Title|Newest|Oldest Bird Flu Preparedness Tips For Businesses  By : Birdfluman Don't know how to start preparing your business for a Bird Flu pandemic? Here's a summary of must know tips to help you start your plans. The Importance of Planning for Bird Flu  By : Birdfluman Have you started preparing your business for a pandemic outbreak of Bird Flu? If you haven't here are a few reasons why you should start preparing now. Trying To Prevent An Avian Bird Flu  By : Spencer Hunt The avian bird flu has taken quite a few lives and could possibly be the next pandemic. The more you know, the better off you are. The Bird Flu: Protecting Yourself  By : Kerry Rodden The bird flu is another name for the Avian flu, which is a flu that could wipe out large amounts of people around the world. This flu is quite unique over the other types of flu that are usually the ones that people get. This flu, which currently has not made the leap that it must make in order to be deadly, can be something of a large worry to those that are ill. You see, the bird flu is one of the most deadly flues in animals. To this point, the mortality rate of any animal... Avian Bird Flu: How Far The Virus Can Effect Humans?  By : Ashish Jain The naturally occurring flu virus in the birds causes the Bird Flu in the avians. This disease is also termed as the Avian influenza. Usually the wild birds are the carriers of this deadly virus. Unbelievable but true, they themselves remain unaffected by them. This virus in turn spreads to the other domesticated birds like the chickens, turkeys and ducks, who are the ones that get affected. The virus after developing further in their body causes sickness and sometimes even d... How Far The Medicines For Bird Flu Will Protect You?  By : Ashish Jain The modern medicine has advanced to unimaginable heights during the last five decades. You have lots of confidence to tackle any situation. You have hundreds of hospitals. Fresh doctors and specialists roll out every year from colleges and universities with their newly acquired medical knowledge. The 1918-19 influenza that killed millions all over the world is only a memory now. Though, governments all over the world shook to the foundation! For some time, they did not kno... Bird Flu Threat Case In Europe  By : Ashish Jain Why the health authorities are too scary about this virus H5N1? It reminds some of the health researchers and scientists about the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) that broke out in China in 1300 and quickly spread to Europe. The death toll soon was in millions. The scientists fear that this virus H5N1 has similar potentialities. However, the beginning of the devastation created by this virus is humble. The total death toll since its emergence is just 200! For the present, ... Is There Any Vaccination For Fighting Bird Flu?  By : Ashish Jain The outbreak of the pandemic flu in the South East Asian countries created a wave of terror through out the world. There were evidences of the bird flu being spread to West and infecting some of the African countries. The possibility of a strike in the western world cannot be neglected since the pathogens or viruses of the bird flu are carried by the migratory birds. The death of people in certain countries has raised an alarm about the incompetence of science and technolo... How’s And Why’s Of Bird Flu Attack  By : Ashish Jain Bird flu attacked many Nations. How and why it actually happened no one knows! The speed with which it spread all over the world was a mystery and confusion confounded. With its universal ‘influence’ it crippled many, without the distinction of race, color and nationality. This bird-flu has the capacity to make such a big kill, the casualties of World War I and II put together will be a kindergarten stuff before the possible number of deaths due to bird flu. With the dr... Avoiding this Years Flu  By : Maggie Morris The Flu is not a simple illness to be taken lightly. You can get very sick either by taking the wrong medications for the flu or from the flu itself. Prevention is always the best key. Bird Flu Impact  By : Velicu George With autumn very likely to represent another opportunity for the bird flu virus to find new hosts in new territories, as a consequence of the movement of large flocks of migratory birds across great distances, some experts warn the flu pandemic that is so feared and predicted for some while now could be just around the corner. But how severe could such an outcome be? Estimates range from thousands to millions of victims. In any case, it might not be a disease to end civilizat... Do The Risk Of Bird Flu Outbreak Hover Over Australia Also?  By : Ashish Jain The pattern of working of the avian influenza is like that of touring of a cricket/hockey team…one country after another. Everywhere it meets with success in some degrees. Avian influenza, popularly known as bird flu did not spare the vast continent of Australia either. Could it be the migratory birds that have done the trick? Migratory birds were held in awe and admiration by you, particularly by the bird-watchers all over the world. But, now you await them with suspicion... Bird Flu A Ticking Bomb  By : Velicu George Although the earliest occurrences of avian influenza date back to 1997, when an outbreak in Hong Kong was swiftly dealt with and managed to be contained after causing 6 human deaths, it is the disease's most recent history, from late 2003 onwards, that is seen as a very worrying sign for the situation's future development. After only random cases between 1997 and 2003, Hong Kong and China reported various cases that signalled the start of a rapid spread of the virus across As... Symptoms Of Bird Flu  By : Ashish Jain Whether man is on the nature-conquering spree or the nature is on the spree of subduing the humanity? Who is the master and who's whose servant? Technology or man? Can the push-button comforts provide relief to all your miseries? Have you conquered all the diseases, identified all the viruses so that you can ravel in a state of perfect health? Then why do you have these symptoms, which your doctor has identified as bird flu? You have been giving something to the dear bird... 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. Most cases have been traced directly to contact with sick poultry, and h... 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. All flu viruses are thought to have originated i... To Believe Or Not To Believe  By : Emily purles The controversy of bird flu having actually hit Indian poultry has been as much in the air as the flu virus itself. Some poultry owners say that though many chickens have died, it is not because of bird flu but due to a disease called Ranikhet, which is very common among birds. The Perils Of Bird Flu  By : Emily purles Avian influenza or bird flu is a highly contagious disease in animals caused by viruses that infect birds and in some cases pigs also. These viruses can infect us humans too. Fight Against The Pandemic  By : Emily purles According to The Navhind Times dated 8th May 2006, USA is unprepared for the Bird Flu pandemic. A fact that the United States Health and Human Services Secretary, Mr. Michael Leavitt admitted. Bird Flu Drive Thru?  By : Barry McDonald I’ll have a burger and fries to go and while I’m here check me for the bird flu. Well,… no not as such, but drive thru’s may be set up in VA hospitals in America as a suggestion by the government as a quick way of testing people who suspect they may have the bird flu.(This drive thru technique was used last year for a vaccine program in the U.S .) With the virus already having been found in European birds now, precautions are already being put in place to combat its spr... Tamiflu-Minimize the Risk of Bird Flu  By : Emily purles It is better to prevent the further spread of bird flu rather than take up medicine later. Tamiflu, an anti-viral medicine, as an effective drug against the treatment of influenza illness The impact of bird flu  By : Steve Dcosta The bird flu though not an epidemic for humans yet, but for some species of birds, it is probably the worst thing that can happen. The effect is so potent that a mortality rate of 100% has been recorded, with the infected birds dying in less than 48 hours. Utah Offers Vaccine Of Serenity For Bird Flu  By : John Hart Recently, Utah's epidemiologist, Dr. Robert Rolfs, injected his entire state with a heavy dose of complacency and told them not to worry about bird flu. He said, "Avian influenza means bird influenza. It's a problem for birds right now in other parts of the world, and it is a problem for birds there." He was persuading KSL-TV reporter Shelley Osterloh that there was nothing to worry about in Utah. In fact, he told her "Utah has other health threats we should be concerned a... Avian Bird Flu Information  By : Linda Robins To combat a possible avian bird flu epidemic, the following should be considered and done: 1. The single most important thing than can be done for an epidemic, such as avian bird flu, is to have well-prepared local health care systems. People should be prepared in ways that are sustainable and will remain useful even if the epidemic does not occur. 2. Preparation of social norms and emergency procedures that would limit or delay the spread of the avian flu epidemic. Reg... Two Questions To Ask About Bird Flu Vaccines  By : John Hart The results of a government-funded study show that very high doses of an avian influenza vaccine, supplied by Sanofi-Aventis, are needed to produce an immune response that should guard against the virus. 54% of the volunteers received two shots of 90 micrograms each, 28 days apart. A typical flu shot is 15 micrograms. Based on the requirements seen in the study, the U.S. government's current stockpile of vaccines would provide enough for only about four million people, ac... Bird Flu Explained  By : Jane Thurnell-Read Bird Flu or more correctly, avian flu, is much in the news and causing a lot of anxiety. Many people are worried that they may get it, and the papers are full of horror scenarios. There are over 100 strains of avian flu, but most of them do not infect humans. The current strain H5N1 can infect humans, but not easily. The number of cases of avian flu in humans in the current outbreak is very small, and almost all have come about by direct contact with infected or dead bird... Bird Flu hysteria - can they become reality?  By : Andrew Taylor Nature has its own little secrets and is in the habit of springing surprises now and then .Every time we think we are in control, it throws up a challenge for us, keeping us busy in finding solutions. Bird Flu: H5N1 Influenza Status Briefing Natural Protection  By : James Zeller The Bird Flu has a defined area of infection and has found a host that has kept it alive for millenniums. Pigs are in the mutation chain as the virus transitions to people. The next bird flu step could be an overnite pandemic or a wimpering gasp of disappearance. The virus H5N1, has a few similarities with the Spanish flu of 1918 that resulted in one of the largest pandemics in the last 200 years. Both of these contagious outbreaks cause high fever, lower respiratory tract... What Is The Avian Flu - Also Known As The Bird Flu?  By : Libby Sustachek The Avian flu is a virus carried by birds and spread through their feces and other secretions. Those most at risk are people who come into contact with infected birds. Of the people who have been infected, many are from families that keep chickens around the home. There have been no signs of the Bird Flu in the United States as yet, and the virus is not easily transmitted from birds to humans. However, once confined to Asia, the Bird Flu has now been identified in other c... What Does Avian flu - 7 Eleven and Sauerkraut Have in Common?  By : Monte Luxley With the scare of the advancing avian flu, there are some alternative natural foods that are showing up on the radar screen which offer some hope for us mortals. One such food is sauerkraut. There is a connection between avian flu, 7Eleven and sauerkraut which might bring victory over the upcoming pandemic. The story is evolving and fascinating.

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