Strategy to contain flu pandemic takes shape
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Health authorities are drawing up plans to ban public gatherings and close international airports and schools as part of a global strategy in the event of an influenza pandemic.
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If history is anything to go by, the key to surviving a flu pandemic is to act quickly and decisively, researchers told a conference on Tuesday.
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The flu bug appears to develop a rapid resistance to one of the drugs envisioned as a front-line defence against the next major influenza pandemic.
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WASHINGTON - Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation's first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will take months to brew a vaccine, say government preparations for the next pandemic.    Specialists say it's only a matter of time before the next one strikes, and concern is rising that the recurring bird flu in Asia could be the trigger since it is mutating in a way that lets it spread easily among people...
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The World Health Organization, fearing a  killer flu pandemic may be on the way, is stepping up efforts  to ensure governments around the globe are ready to fight it, a  top official said on Wednesday.
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The U.S. government is co-sponsoring a three-week planning exercise that will simulate the impact of a pandemic on financial services firms, including their ability to support telecommuters.
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The federal government's voluminous plans for dealing with pandemic flu do not adequately account for the overwhelming strain an outbreak would place on hospitals and public health systems trying to cope with millions of seriously ill Americans, some public health experts and local health officials...
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The World Health Organization says that Asia faces a Bird Flu (avian flu) pandemic if things do not change soon. The WHO said that detection and prevention methods need a complete overhaul.
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Every country in the world must come up with a plan urgently to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia
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The World Health Organization, fearing a killer flu pandemic may be on the way, is stepping up efforts to ensure governments around the globe are ready to fight it, a top official said on Wednesday.
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(Lansing, October 13, 2004, 12:14 pm) State officials outlined their plan Wednesday in Lansing to battle the flu in Michigan. They expect to have about half the doses needed to combat the flu this year.
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A Gartner analyst today warned attendees at the company's data center conference to prepare by mid-2007 for a possible flu pandemic -- and figure out how to keep IT operations running, even during a quarantine lasting as long as 12 weeks.
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Another influenza pandemic similar to the one that killed between 20 and 40 million people in 1918 could be controlled by vaccinations and preventing new infections, American scientists said Wednesday.
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Health News, Every country in the world must come up urgently with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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Another influenza pandemic similar to  the one that killed between 20 and 40 million people in 1918  could be controlled by vaccinations and preventing new  infections, American scientists said Wednesday.
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There are chilling warnings in Asia that an inevitable global influenza pandemic could kill millions. This warning comes after the fight against SARS and bird flu left many countries weary.
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Football matches and concerts may be banned if there is a flu pandemic, under  plans being considered by ministers.