US Prepares for Possible Flu Outbreak
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WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - The United States may have to close schools, restrict travel and ration scarce medications if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak, according to federal plans for
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The sudden flu shortage in the United States has become a political issue, causing a headache for the Bush camp and a fever in the Kerry one.
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The UK is drawing up plans to deal with a possible outbreak of bird flu, amid warnings that it poses a significant threat.
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In any serious US outbreak of avian flu affecting people, Delaware&#39;s huge chicken population would increase the risk of spreading the disease.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing for a potential pandemic with steps that include expanding the ability of employees to work remotely, plus cots, food and water in data centers in the event of a quarantine.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- While U.S. health officials say it's too soon to predict the severity of the coming flu season, unofficial accounts indicate it could be relatively harsh...
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Deployed military troops, emergency  workers, pregnant women and children will be among the first to  get scarce vaccinations if a pandemic strain of flu breaks out,  U.S. officials said.
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Poultry experts are turning to  sophisticated computer imaging to help them prepare for the  expected arrival of the deadly bird flu virus in the United  States later this year.
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Government guidelines are expected next week to help better organize flu-vaccination clinics and avoid misery, chaos and even death as people have waited hours to get a shot.
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11/1/04- With growing worries about the possibility of a global flu pandemic, the World Health Organization has announced plans to hold a summit to draft emergency response plans.
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Pointing to last year&#39;s early and unusually harsh influenza season, US health officials urged Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.
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The sudden shortage of flu vaccine has raised questions about how people can protect themselves during the coming flu season. USA Today reporter Anita Manning asked infectious disease experts for advice.
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An infectious disease expert is warning that the United States and other countries aren&#39;t prepared for an outbreak of bird flu.
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NEW YORK - If the United States wants to avoid future shortages of flu vaccine it must take steps to draw drug companies back into the business of making the inoculations, flu experts say. In a bad year, the stakes could be higher than just saving people from fever, headaches and a runny nose...
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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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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted its first âfull functionalâ avian flu exercise to prepare what public heath experts consider a major threat.
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An outbreak of avian influenza (&#39;bird flu&#39;) among villagers in Thailand is raising fresh fears that spread of the virus, which kills 75 per cent of people it infects, could, at least in principle, reach pandemic proportions.