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From the latest mainstream medical research to the extreme conspiracy theories. Science, Remedy, Cure, Protection, Prevention, Medicine, Pandemic, Epidemic, Latest Developments, History.
Bird Flu Outbreak in UK
Up to 160,000 birds may be culled as experts try to identify which strain of bird flu killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk… read more…
Experts want better flu plans…
The UK government is stockpiling millions of courses of Tamiflu Leading scientists say the UK government is failing to take advantage of scientific developments in the fight to prevent a flu pandemic… read more…
Deaths, Human Guinea Pigs and the cure for the common cold in England…
An expert has said he could find no link between “human guinea pig” experiments at Porton Down and a cure for the common cold.
The statement was made at the inquest into the death of Airman Ronald Maddison at the Ministry of Defence facility…read more…
Spikes of the Flu Virus…
A flu virus is roughly round, but it can also be elongated or irregularly shaped. Inside are eight segments of single-strand RNA containing the genetic instructions for making new copies of the virus. It’s most striking feature is a layer of spikes projecting from its surface…read more…pictures…
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Protect Yourself Against Killer Bird Flu with Tamiflu and Natural Procedure!
Tamiflu combined with 3 minute drug-free procedure may be the key in fighting Bird Flu H5N1…
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1918 Pandemic Killed More People in 24 Weeks than Aids has Killed in 24 Years!
The Bird Flu has killed millions of birds since 1997 and is rapidly spreading across the world. Humans are also dying horrifically…Is this New Immune System Supplement – ISD-10 the solution to the Avian Bird Flu Menace?
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Flu Dead Reveal Ghostly Secrets To Save The Living!
As the dreaded bird flu spreads it’s sub-microscopic virus tentacles across Asia, and makes an unwelcome European appearance in Romania and Turkey, scientists have returned to the past…read more…
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Human Lung Specimens…Decoding A Virus…
Preserved human lung specimens have enabled scientists at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology to work on genetically decoding the influenza virus from the World War I epidemic (Spanish Flu Pandemic). Read more and view images…
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Video reveals bird flu deaths in Indonesia!
Two teenagers in Indonesia have died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, Indonesian health officials have said. View latest video online now…
A Small Genetic Change Makes Flu Virus Deadly…
…This discovery helps explain why an influenza outbreak during 1997-98 in Hong Kong killed an unusually high proportion of the people it infected – six out of 18, says lead researcher Yoshihiro Kawaoka, D.V.M., Ph.D…read more…
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Common Cold Research Audio & Videos…
Ten Years of research at the Common Cold Centre…
Historical Pandemics May Help Us Survive Today…
…Understanding what made the Spanish flu so lethal may lead to new vaccine targets and antiviral drugs that might protect and treat people should the avian flu H5N1 (bird influenza) become a pandemic…Read more…
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Thailand confirms another avain bird flu death…
Thailand has reported its 16th bird flu death after test results confirmed that a man had died from the H5N1 virus…
Warnings over Indonesian bird flu breakout…
Health experts are warning that bird flu is much more prevalent among poultry in Indonesia than expected.
Three videos are now available online highlighting the latest developments in Indonesia.
Indonesia fears bird flu outbreak…Seven people, three of them children, have been hospitalised in Indonesia with suspected birdflu, officials say…
Latest news…Bird flu outbreak ruled out…Seven people hospitalised with suspected bird flu have tested negative for the virus, Indonesian officials say…View free videos and audio broadcasts now!
UK Drugs Company Glaxo Has Made Bird Flu Breakthrough!
GlaxoSmithKline believes it has developed the solution for the H5N1 deadly strain of avian flu. Listen to this important AUDIO news broadcast and view the online VIDEO presentations now…
Glaxo develops bird flu vaccine…
UK drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline believes it has developed a vaccine for the H5N1 deadly strain of avian flu.
The vaccine could be mass produced by 2007. Sumant Bhatia reports on the ‘breakthrough’…SEE VIDEO ONLINE NOW…
Are Scientists Giving Up on Echinacea?
Whether the curing properties of Echinacea are a scientific fact, or simply a myth may never be definitively proven, but there is little question that scientists from both sides of the argument will keep trying…read more…
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USA States will ration bird flu vaccine…
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, left, and HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt discuss bird flu response plans…read more…
Is it possible to stop bird flu coming into a country?
The bird flu virus has been found to be resistant to the two oldest and cheapest flu drugs available, namely rimantidine and amantidine. Is it possible to stop bird flu coming into a country? Read more…
Avian flu – What the BBC has to say….
As 2004 wound dramatically into 2005 the deaths of two young boys in Vietnam were overshadowed by the disastrous tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean. But the boys’ deaths, from a strain of influenza known as influenza A H5N1- or more simply ‘bird flu’ – could herald a far greater loss of life. In 1918, a pandemic of flu swept the world killing more than 20 million people, and many infectious disease experts now believe that another flu pandemic could be imminent. The appearance in humans of a type of flu which normally only affects birds may be an important sign that some strains of the virus are changing in a way that could threaten people around the globe…read more…
Bird Flu: What is it and why is it a threat? View multiple videos online now…
Bird flu has seldom been out of the news but many of us do not fully understand why it poses such a threat…SEE VIDEOS ONLINE NOW…
Garlic prevents common cold…
Those who take a garlic supplement each day are far less likely to fall victim to the common cold than those who do not, research suggests…read more…
Deadly Flu Virus :: PB2 gene mutates ::
Tiny change influenza virus mutates deadly flu virus, gene PB2 genetics study influenza virus shows how flu becomes deadly pandemic.
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Picture of Lung :: Victims 1918 Flu Picture ::
Images from 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Picture of lung. 1918 Spanish Flu pictures – genetically decoding the influenza virus – flu picture. Protection against Bird Flu.
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1918,Spanish Influenza,Bird Flu Pandemic. Similar virus. Flu vaccine.
Flu pandemic,spanish influenza. Video images pictures photos info millions killed. Avian influenza A (bird flu) H5N1 virus epidemic coming. No vaccine, treatment or cures. Tamiflu drugs information
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Breaking News: Is this New Immune System Supplement – ISD-10 the answer to the Avian Bird Flu Threat?
1918 Pandemic Killed More People in 24 Weeks than Aids has Killed in 24 Years!
The Avian Flu has killed millions of birds since 1997 and is rapidly spreading across the world. Scientists are concerned that the same strain could mutate and be able to pass from human to human; U.S. Government officials fear when this occurs it could kill 1.9 million people in the U.S. and make one-half of the U.S. Citizens ill…
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Global impact of bird flu…
Europe map in detail… Breakdown of confirmed human cases… View the spread of bird flu on interactive map…videos and more…
Echinacea :: Scientists Study ::
Medical Article – Some Scientists arent Giving Up on Echinacea
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Zinc Cold :: The keys to not catching colds and flu ::
Medical Articles Archive – zinc cold, colds and flu article, vitamin, flu
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Common cold cure moves closer…
Scientists have cracked the structure of one of the viruses that causes the common cold. Experts at the Common Cold Centre in Cardiff are also developing a home testing kit to distinguish between influenza and a heavy cold…read more…
Pandemic influenza, bird flu and what the Department of Health thinks…
The Department of Health gives a thorough description of the causes and symptoms of Avian Flu with useful related links…
The Keys To Not Catching Colds And Flu…
Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been alerted to the alarming specter of avian influenza – although fewer than 200 people, at the time this article is being written, have actually contracted the disease. But this year between 250,000,000 and 500,000,000 people around the world will catch and between 250,000 and 500,000 people around the world will die of other strains of influenza, and no one is sounding any alarms…Read more…
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Experts bird flu answers to your questions…
As tests are carried out on more birds after the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was found in a dead swan in Scotland UK, animal and human health experts answer your questions…
Influenza Virus :: Flu Virus ::
Flu research into flu virus, what influenza virus type is dangerous. Influenza virus – what is flu? How it invades your body.
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German cat catches killer bird flu…
A domestic cat in Germany has become the first EU mammal to die of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu…See online video…
Health – Index of medical conditions and illnesses!
Access to information about a wide range of illnesses and conditions…
Protect Your Cats from Bird Flu…Keep them Inside!
Cat owners in countries hit by bird flu should keep their pets indoors, two UN agencies involved in co-ordinating the fight against the virus have said.
Scientists Advise To Save Newer Flu Drugs for Pandemic…
None of the four antiviral drugs prescribed for seasonal influenza is wholly suitable for this purpose…
…This finding of impotence against seasonal influenza included the two newer agents, Tamiflu (oseltamavir) and Relenza (zanamivir), which the CDC said just last Saturday should be prescribed instead of the standby agents amantadine and rimantadine…
Common Cold Influenza Flu Cure! Medical virus research accident cures colds…
Doctors 3 minute procedure kills common cold and flu virus. Is this the Avian Bird Flu cure? No drugs, pills, miracle foods, lozenges or supplements. Fast, easy, safe solution…
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Zinc helps fight cold and flu but can also combat childhood killers…
Zinc supplements can help prevent children in developing countries from contracting two of the biggest killer diseases – pneumonia and diarrhoea, say researchers…
…scientists analysed ten different studies of zinc supplements.
Zinc supplements are also a safe and effective way to reduce illness in children with HIV, US researchers are now claiming…
Scientists Claim Sauerkraut May Cure Bird Flu!
Researchers at Seoul National University have found that Kimchi, a seasoned variety of sauerkraut that shares Lactobacillus bacteria with traditional Sauerkraut, may be the critical element in preventing Avian (Bird) Flu. Both Kimchi and traditional Sauerkraut are made by fermenting sliced cabbage, producing a high level of lactic acid…
Common Cold Cure, Flu Symptoms, Cold Symptoms, Virus Killed in 3 Minutes…
Common Cold Cure has been discovered by Doctors. Procedure does not mask or suppress flu symptoms and cold symptoms, but actually KILLS invading virus…
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Common cold cure on the boil…
Biotech firm has made big gains in the fight against the common
cold…first drug to treat the cold…
The NHS Direct Self-help guide covers the most common symptoms which people call NHS Direct about for advice…
You will be given one of the following 3 courses of action:
Self care: It is safe to manage this problem yourself at home.
Call NHS Direct: An NHS Direct nurse will advise you on whether you need medical attention and, if you do, how quickly you should get help.
Dial 999: Seek emergency help immediately, ring 999 and ask for an ambulance.
If the guide suggests dealing with the problem yourself, it will give you advice on:
what to do, what medicines, if any, you can buy from your pharmacist which could help, and which other people or organisations can offer more advice.
Avian flu – Outbreaks of bird flu in humans have been rumbling for some years but usually only cause milder problems such as conjunctivitis and are rarely fatal…
The appearance in humans of a type of flu which normally only affects birds may be an important sign that some strains of the virus are changing in a way that could threaten people around the globe…New strains of flu tend to emerge in Asia and the East, where people live in closer quarters with their animals and different flu viruses may mix to cause new strains, or pass between species…
Shares in drugs group Roche drop on reports that bird flu may be developing resistance to its key Tamiflu treatment…
A New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) report warned the drug may become ineffective as the virus could develop more quickly than expected…Countries are currently stockpiling Tamiflu as a precaution in the event of a pandemic… Experts have voiced concern that if it does mutate into a strain that passes between humans, it could spark a pandemic that would kill millions.
Deadly Flu Virus Shipments Missing! Mix-Up Sent Killer 1957 Flu Strain To Thousands Of Labs Worldwide…
WHO’s influenza chief Klaus Stohr said 10 of the countries which had received samples had confirmed their labs had destroyed the virus. Labs in Lebanon and Mexico, however, “never received the specimen even though they were on the distribution list,” Stohr said. The 1957 pandemic strain killed between 1 million and 4 million people…
Reconstructed 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus…
See photos of Dr Tumpey re-creating the virus that killed millions…
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Ordinary common flu is lethal enough to worry about…
With all the attention on bird flu let us not forget the US babies and toddlers that died 2003-2004…
Wrap up advice to stop common colds
Scientists admit the old wives tale to keep warm may be true after all…
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