Thursday, February 24, 2005

February 24--Flu Update--Hiatus here

This blog will be on hiatus until March 7 due to overseas travel.

UN says fighting bird flu in agriculture is vital

Canadians plan meeting on pandemic prep

Report says US Government has 2 million bird flu vaccines

Bang! Recomibomics shoots down any myth of effective anti viral stockpiling.

Medical advisor to the Swedish government says he and other doctors are hoarding antivirals to protect their families. This is the kind of social breakdown we can all anticipate in any worst-case scenario.

WHO official at Vietnam meeting says that comprehensive strategy is needed.

Recombinomics says Vietnam and Thailand flu tests generate false negatives, casting further doubt over the assessments of human to human transmission.

Recomibinomics says unexplained deaths in Sri Lanka could be the beginning of the pandemic.

Great post from Effect Measure which talks about bioterrorism and influenza, and what the CDC gets and doesn't get. Must read.

Pro Med scans the headlines

2 Comments:

At 6:06 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The actual news is False Negative Flu Test; that means real cases are getting missed by insensitive tests. Your headline flipped the polarity of the actual news. Otherwise good. Thanks

 
At 7:51 PM, Blogger Orange said...

Duh! Thanks, and thanks for reading.

 

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