http://www.blisstree.com/articles/south-korea-confirms-2nd-h5n1-outbreak-24/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:33:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/south-korea-confirms-2nd-h5n1-outbreak-24/comment-page-1/#comment-218922 Flu Patrol » Patrolling the flu’s - November ‘06 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:02:48 +0000 http://www.flupatrol.com/2006/11/28/south-korea-confirms-2nd-h5n1-outbreak/#comment-218922 [...] Where are we on H5N1? South Korea was very much in the news, with two outbreaks occuring a week apart! But Indonesia still topped the charts with 57 human deaths due to the bird flu virus.The expert opinion is that the H5N1 might evolve into a form that passes quickly among humans and become uncontrolled as a pandemic. But, Australia’s chief medical officer stirred controversy by saying that the pandemic might have done a Y2K! This month, we read that a dominant strain of H5N1 originating from China may have developed resistance to vaccines. In response, the Chinese government has refuted this here. The UK also warns about using a single drug against the flu - the reasons being… viruses forming resistance! President Bush was also in the news when he toured a Vietnam lab as pledge of support for the international efforts against bird flu. But at the homefront, trouble might be brewing for the US government when reports surfaced of its vaccine supply expiring. Global efforts to fight this growing menace is going on strong, but we need more cash for Africa, where the bird flu has also spread. [...] [...] Where are we on H5N1? South Korea was very much in the news, with two outbreaks occuring a week apart! But Indonesia still topped the charts with 57 human deaths due to the bird flu virus.The expert opinion is that the H5N1 might evolve into a form that passes quickly among humans and become uncontrolled as a pandemic. But, Australia’s chief medical officer stirred controversy by saying that the pandemic might have done a Y2K! This month, we read that a dominant strain of H5N1 originating from China may have developed resistance to vaccines. In response, the Chinese government has refuted this here. The UK also warns about using a single drug against the flu – the reasons being… viruses forming resistance! President Bush was also in the news when he toured a Vietnam lab as pledge of support for the international efforts against bird flu. But at the homefront, trouble might be brewing for the US government when reports surfaced of its vaccine supply expiring. Global efforts to fight this growing menace is going on strong, but we need more cash for Africa, where the bird flu has also spread. [...]

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