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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The Centers for Disease Control can't show how the $5 billion given to public health departments after Sept. 11 has prepared the country for a bioterrorism attack or flu pandemic. By the Associated Press.
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There has not been a worldwide outbreak of influenza since 1968. Experts say there should have been another by now. They hope to be prepared to limit the effects when the next one finally happens.
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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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Theresa Torres, Reporter. Sharing its neighborsâ fears of a bird-flu pandeÂ­mic after the first probable case of human-to-human infection was reported in Thailand, the Philippine government on Wednes
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says, a day after the country announced its first probable case of human-to-human transmission. pandemic, it spurred the government into a frenzy of action.
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New York City's health care system is not prepared for a major disaster such as a large-scale attack, hurricane or pandemic, health care and disaster planning experts said.
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Children would likely be both prime spreaders and targets of a flu pandemic, but they're being overlooked in the nation's preparations for the next super-flu, pediatricians and public health advocates reported Wednesday.
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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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The spread of bird flu may be waning but the world must keep up its guard against the threat of a human influenza pandemic, which is almost certain in the longer term, senior health experts said on Thursday.
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BANGKOK A day after Thai and international officials confirmed the first probable human-to-human transmission of a virulent strain of avian influenza in this country, public health systems around the globe were scrambling to prepare for a possible pandemic
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Making a small change in the outer coating of the lethal 1918 flu virus was enough to stop it from spreading, a discovery that may help scientists monitor today's bird flu and other influenza strains for signs of the next pandemic.
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where public health systems, already weak, are now overwhelmed. &quot;There is a chance that we could have at least as many dying from communicable
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It&#39;s not a question of if there will be a worldwide influenza outbreak that strikes the United States, it&#39;s a question of when.
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Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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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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Officials warned that the world was close to its next pandemic, a powerful and contagious mix of avian influenza and flu virus that would likely be centered in Asia.