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...worried about an outbreak of avian flu in Europe [Oct. 17]. But as a Hungarian, I'm happy that doctors in my country are far along in developing a vaccine against the deadly h5n1 strain of Asian bird flu. The faster we get the antiviral drugs to fight this disease, the more people will survive it. But how many are going to die before we do get the drugs? The prototype of the vaccine has produced positive results in humans, and Hungary should be able to produce it in large quantities. We must learn to live with and combat this...
...Quiet Revenge? Everyone seems so alarmed by the outbreak of avian flu [Oct. 17]. Maybe it's time we stopped and looked at the way we raise animals. Seven to nine chickens crammed into a cage the size of a microwave oven is a virus time bomb waiting to explode. Caged chickens stand in their own feces and are never able to stretch their wings. Many have been debeaked, and some have chronic pain and infections. We should ban the inhumane standards of factory farming. I believe that avian flu is the quiet revenge of those millions of chickens, ducks...
...culture technology; $1.519 billion for the Pentagon and Department of Health and Human Services to purchase flu vaccines; $1.029 billion to stockpile antiviral medications; $800 million for development of new treatments and vaccines; $644 million to ensure that all levels of government are prepared to respond to a pandemic outbreak; and $251 million to detect and contain outbreaks before they spread around the world. The pillars of the national strategy outlined in the booklet are "preparedness and communication," "surveillance and detection," and "response and containment...
...gave his preliminary results to authorities in Guangdong and urged them to cull civets being sold in wild-animal markets. After some hesitation, they did--and since then, the only new SARS cases have come from a handful of lab accidents. "My personal effort stopped the second SARS outbreak," Guan says. "And hopefully my personal effort will contribute to saving the world from this pandemic...
...took 11 samples from the villagers, but could afford to test only six of them, with 1,600 yuan ($200) out of his own pocket. All were positive for HIV. But Henan health officials, reluctant to expose an outbreak that originated in a government-sponsored program, were slow to respond and refused to allow Gui to return to the villages. So he and three students sneaked back in during a long weekend holiday when he knew the gatekeepers might be off duty. For three days he went house to house, collecting samples, counseling patients and explaining how the virus...