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Bird Flu Drugs are for Bird Brains (podcast)

By On November 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

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In today’s news a guy who is trying to create a more virulent form of bird flu. Is he trying to kill us or something?

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Swine Flu: Panic? Don’t Panic?

By On April 30, 2009 · 6 Comments

Here is a nice quote from a secretary of health, education, and welfare:

There is evidence there will be a major flu epidemic this coming fall. The indication is that we will see a return of the 1918 flu virus that is the most virulent form of the flu. In 1918 a half million Americans died. The projections are that this virus will kill one million Americans [this year].

Kathleen Sebelius? Nope! It is F. David Matthews, and the

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Look Out For School Closings and Vaccine Rationing with Swine Flu

By On April 29, 2009 · 3 Comments

Today there was the first death in the US from swine flu, a 23 month old in Houston, Texas, and the earliest case found so far was identified in La Gloria, Mexico, a five year old named Edgar Hernandez. Schools are closed throughout Mexico, and the virus continues to spread, with over 150 dead in Mexico, and confirmed cases in California, New York, Texas, Ohio, Kansas, Indiana. Based on this news we have to consider the possibility of school closings here.

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Post on Swine Flu Treatment on CNN.com

By On April 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment

My latest update on swine flu and treatment with Tamiflu is on the CNN website AC360 here.

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Swine Flu Cases Double Overnight

By On April 28, 2009 · 3 Comments

The number of swine flu cases keep increasing all the time, with twice as many cases in the US today as there were yesterday. And the countries affected increase as well, with confirmed cases in Mexico, the US, Canada, Scotland, Spain, and possibly France and Israel. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now upgraded the disease to Phase #4, which means that human to human transmission is occuring,

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Swine Flu Spreads in Mexico. Over 43,000 Die in US.

By On April 27, 2009 · 10 Comments

I woke up this morning to breaking news that reveals that over 100 people have died in Mexico from a recent outbreak of swine flu, with a 1,000 known cases total, turning Mexico City into a ghost town as people stay at home to avoid contagion.

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Bird Flu Drugs are [Still] For Bird Brains

By On March 23, 2009 · 4 Comments

the number of flu strains resistant to the bird flu drug Tamiflu (oseltamavir) is growing.

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No Vaccines For Me Please, But Thanks Anyway

By On January 29, 2009 · 15 Comments

This week I had to fill out some online modules so that I could retain admitting priviledges at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Part of that involved filling out a questionnaire about vaccines where it asked if I had been immunized with the various vaccines for hepatitis, the flu, and chickenpox. Well my daughter [...]

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