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LEBANON, NH -- Richmond Middle School in Hanover, NH, tested its emergency preparedness Wednesday by handing out free flu shots. Wednesday, November 19, 2008.
Thousands of boxes of the anti-viral medicine Tamiflu are stockpiled in a Virginia warehouse. The location is so secure that 10 On Your Side is not allowed to give the specific location.
The meeting will address both practical measures that PICTs can apply to manage the risk of bird flu and an influenza pandemic as well as broader policy considerations on issues such as travel restrictions (including border closure), ...
Retired Colonel Bob Mauskaupf with the Virginia Department of Health says a pandemic flu would be catastrophic. One virus that has been watched closely and may one day lead to a pandemic is Avian Influenza, also known as Bird Flu. ...
Some interesting posts on H5N1, but soon to be just an archive. Superbug (Maryn McKenna on MRSA) Excellent insights into the whole public-health system from a different point of view. The Coming Influenza Pandemic? ...
Via Pacific Magazine.net: Regional Experts To Gather For Pacific Pandemic Task Force Meeting. Excerpt: Next week, the Pacific Avian and Pandemic Influenza Taskforce (PAPITaF) will meet in Nadi, Fiji Islands, from Monday to Wednesday to ...
Via Reuters, an IRIN report: EGYPT: Contingency planning for an avian flu pandemic . Excerpt: Egypt, the country hit hardest by avian flu in the Middle East, is working on preventative measures to stop a potential human influenza ...
Via CIDRAP: Report says pandemic will threaten coal, power supplies. Excerpt: A new report from the University of Minnesota warns that an influenza pandemic could disrupt the coal industry, thereby endangering the nation's significantly ...
It may also prove valuable if more serious health concerns hit the city such as a global flu pandemic or a bioterrorism attack. Boston is the first U.S. city to use this method in monitoring flu vaccinations. ...