Pandemic Influenza
November 15, 2005 – 8:50 pmInformation on pandemic influenza, including Avian Flu, are available at http://pandemicflu.gov/health/ and http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic.htm
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BRITAIN: Handwashing more useful than drugs in virus control - (Reuters)
What You Should Know About the Avian Flu
ABSTRACT: Occurrence of pandemic clones of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from seafood and clinical samples in a Chinese coastal province - (Journal of Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 5(2): 127-134)
NEW ZEALAND: PHA: Some school handwashing facilities appalling - (Scoop.co.nz)
WYOMING: Businesses prepare for mass illness - (Casper Star-Tribune)
Tuberculosis: A new pandemic?
USDA seeks more funds for food defense - (CIDRAP)
CANADA: How one death, sick passengers led to fears of pandemic - (Globe and Mail)
US: Group urges next administration to reform public health - (Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP))
NEW ZEALAND: A helping hand may reduce illness in Waikato - (Waikato District Health Board)
CANADA: Public health turns to virtual worlds to get out reality-based health messages - (The Canadian Press)
ITALY: Isolation of a Vibrio parahaemolyticus pandemic strain from a marine water sample obtained in the northern Adriatic - (Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 11)
EPA: Treated water lowers avian flu transmission risk - (Bloomberg News)
K-STATE: Professor brings expertise - (Manhattan Mercury)
K-STATE gives peek at Biosecurity Research Institute - (Manhattan Mercury)
NEW YORK: Another year, another bout of stomach flu - (New York Times)
ONTARIO: Passenger assessment confirms there was no outbreak of infectious disease on VIA Rail train - (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)
AUSTRALIA: Mutant bug will keep on biting - (Sydney Morning Herald)
CANADA: Conservatives hide food safety cuts, risk health and safety - (Liberal.ca)
Tenth annual report on zoonoses in the UNITED KINGDOM - (Health Protection Agency)
ONTARIO: Lack of health surveillance system puts Canada at risk - (Canadian Medical Association Journal)
GEORGIA: Researchers warn of resistant flu, foodborne microbes - (CIDRAP News)
INDIA: Child dies after consuming chicken - (The Statesman)
Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine works to support public health - (Zanesville Times Recorder)
ONTARIO: Conservatives cannot be trusted to protect CanadiansÂ’ health and safety - (Liberal press release)
Spate of Staph infections highlight the need for thorough, consistent cleaning regimen at home, at school and at work: Use of proven disinfectant products is a key element to an effective hygiene protocol - (from a press release)
US: CDC says state preparedness much improved since 2001 - (CIDRAP)
BARFBLOG: Proper handwashing requires proper tools - (barfblog)
US: Reducing absenteeism from gastrointestinal and respiratory illness in elemtary school students: A randomized, controlled trial of an infection-control intervention - (Pediatrics)