FSA arranging avian flu exercise
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The FSA is to hold a six-week exercise to test the resilience of the UK's financial sector to a bird flu pandemic.
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Patients and staff in two hospitals are offered anti-viral treatment by officials fighting a bird flu outbreak.
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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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Some Indianapolis area firefighters have something new to worry about beyond battling flames: the flu. Firefighters are one of a number of groups that don&#39;t quite fit the federal government&#39;s
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China ordered strengthened poultry disinfection measures yesterday under a bird flu alert during the wildfowl migration season and as Thailand announced its first probable case of human-to-human transmission.
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With a greater realization that influenza kills many infants, national health officials said yesterday they are pressing a campaign to assure tots get vaccinated before the flu season starts in December.
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A report about a pandemic planning exercise in the financial services industry says operations should be able to continue. But it also cites some challenges, including telecommuting limitations.
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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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A federal plan announced yesterday to distribute the nation&#39;s 10.3 million remaining flu shots will direct about 380,000 doses to Pennsylvania.
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Britain is to step up its efforts to combat the spread of bird flu by introducing strategic testing for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, the environment agency has announced.
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Thousands of federal workers will be able to get free flu shots at their agencies next week if they fall into a high-risk category, the Health and Human Services Department said yesterday.
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A top World Health Organization official warned Saturday of a likely global pandemic of avian flu unless tougher efforts are made to combat the virus&#39;s spread and improve sanitation in the poultry industry.
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Federal health officials have created a Web site for state and local health officials to find out where, when and how many flu doses have been and will be sent to their regions.
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Description: The US government is working to redirect remaining supplies of the flu vaccine as it tries to ensure it reaches people who need it most: children, the elderly and people with chronic diseases.
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Thai and international health officials  were due to hold an emergency meeting on Monday to review a  case in which there is a "very remote possibility" bird flu was  passed from human to human, a senior WHO official said.
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A group of Scottish scientists to create a centre of excellence in a bid to stop the threat of avian flu.
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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...