A Pandemic That Wasnât but Might Be
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Experts argue that preparations against avian flu have to continue, even if the virusâs failure to mutate into a pandemic strain has given the world more time.
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(New York, NY, December 24, 2004) AIDS has not taken a holiday. More than 8,000 people around the world die daily from this pandemic.
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GENEVA - The World Health Organization has warned again that a global bird flu pandemic is almost inevitable and could create a health situation worse than the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.
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More than a year after President Bush unveiled a plan for coping with a pandemic flu outbreak, the government still has limited capacity to detect a disease outbreak.
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One of history's deadliest diseases has been making a comeback. Scientists want to know why
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Plans to have large numbers of employees work remotely in the event of an influenza pandemic could fall apart if Internet traffic reaches bandwidth-choking levels, business continuity planners say.
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MIT researchers say they may have discovered how avian influenza could become a pandemic. The discovery could lead to new ways to monitor and treat the virus.
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A major contingency exercise finds the UK's financial system would not be paralysed by a flu pandemic.
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SARS is expected to emerge in China again this winter, but an epidemic is unlikely as the world's most populous country is better prepared this time round, health officials say.
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In the end, almost no place was spared. When Spanish influenza virus circled the world in 1918, 1919 and 1920, it missed the Pribilof and St.
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Scientists believe they have found some of the steps needed for bird flu to turn into a pandemic strain.
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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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Vaccines and drugs will not be enough to slow or prevent a pandemic of influenza, according to a U.S. government report released on Tuesday.
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Government health officials tried to build their case for school closings and similar steps during a flu pandemic by showcasing new research Monday that suggests such measures seemed to work during the deadly Spanish flu of 1918.
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It recalls a solution that might be linked to a rare infection.
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The disclosure was highly unusual in a country whose populace is both hard hit by the disease but reluctant to acknowledge it.
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The freeze on air traffic after the   September 11 attacks delayed the 2001-2002 flu season, and   researchers were able to confirm what many had long suspected   -- air travel could help spread a bird flu pandemic very   efficiently.