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...like public health authorities in the U.S. and many other countries, you're counting on the anti-viral drug Tamiflu (generic name oseltamivir) to save you should bird flu become pandemic, you may have to think again. A Hong Kong expert told Reuters on Friday that a strain of the H5N1 virus isolated in northern Vietnam this year is resistant to Tamiflu. More common human flu viruses have also recently been shown to be developing a resistance to another set of antivirals called adamantine drugs...
...experience, nine times out of ten waitresses in bars are not actually interested in sleeping with you; the name of Paul Bunyan’s ox (Babe), and the size of his balls (very big); a whole lot about American history, but less about American art; the state bird of South Dakota...
Putting together a sick common room early in the year can really up your stock in the game. A poster of Larry Bird, a couple video game consoles, and maybe something “out there” like some jack o’ lanterns are all good starting points...
Indonesia has long been luckier than its neighbors in dealing with bird flu: until recently, it had avoided the human cases which have cropped up in Thailand and Vietnam. Indonesia's luck, however, may have run out. In the past two weeks scientists have confirmed two recent bird-flu deaths, and by the end of last week more than 20 people around the country, including a number of children, were being treated as suspected cases. The World Health Organization has said there is no evidence yet of sustained human-to-human transmission, but Indonesians are increasingly worried?and Jakarta...
...Ministry of Agriculture did announce last week that it would begin culling infected birds, as Thailand and Vietnam do, rather than simply vaccinating them. (Vaccinated poultry may continue to spread the H5N1 virus.) But while the government insists it's doing all it can to control the disease, some are taking preparations into their own hands. One Australian bank has drawn up its own contingency plans for an outbreak and is stocking up on the antiviral drug Tamiflu. When it comes to keeping bird flu at bay, says a bank executive, "We have no faith in the government...