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...very vulnerable to the avian-influenza pandemic that is expected to spread around the world. Those countries lack the means to fight the flu. There are millions of chickens in small areas like the island of Java in Indonesia. Should the flocks become infected and the bird-flu virus mutate and spread to human beings, it would put Java's 114 million people at risk. Djali Ahimsa Jakarta...
...might be calmer. "Scientists and doctors cannot tell us where or when the next pandemic will strike, or how severe it will be, but most agree: At some point, we are likely to face another pandemic," Bush said. "And the scientific community is increasingly concerned by a new influenza virus known as H5N1-or avian flu-that is now spreading through bird populations across Asia, and has recently reached Europe." Bush's Homeland Security Council now includes a Special Assistant to the President for Biological Defense Policy. That official, Rajeev Venkayya, held a briefing for reporters on "Safeguarding America Against...
...sample of the new strain before they can produce a vaccine against it," he said. "This means it is difficult to produce a pandemic vaccine before the pandemic actually appears-and so there may not be a vaccine capable of fully immunizing our citizens from the new influenza virus during the first several months of a pandemic." Taking a fresh run at an old goal, Bush said the "growing burden of litigation" had helped drive American vaccine makers out of business over the past three decades, and called on Congress to pass liability protection that would encourage more to enter...
Busi Bhembe, director of the Swaziland Infant Nutrition Action Network, is one Swazi who is trying to change people's attitudes toward AIDS. She leads a pilot program to help Swazis better understand how the disease affects pregnant women and babies. "The more mothers know about the virus and what it can do, the better they can take care of themselves," says Bhembe, 36, who trained in nutrition at the University of Swaziland in Mbabane before entering health management...
When it comes to combatting AIDS, doctors and clergy don't always see eye to eye. Physicians zero in on the virus that causes the scourge. Ministers tend to highlight the moral lapses--from social injustice to sexual behavior--that help spread the disease. They could be allies in combatting the epidemic, particularly in Africa where doctors are few and preachers many, but instead they often seem to work at cross-purposes, divided by mistrust and skeptical of one another's motives...