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55 WHO Faces Up to Climate Change in Sixtieth Anniversary Year Health & Wellness (tags: World Health Organisation, WHO, climate change, Second World War, AIDS, SARS, bird flu, public health, global warming, pollen seasons, malaria, cholera, malnutrition, heatstroke, allergies, heat waves, urban poor ) LL - 151 days ago - news.yahoo.com Turning sixty is usually a time to start winding down and think of retirement, but the World Health Organisation is using this milestone as a spur to its greatest challenge yet--climate change. The WHO was born in the shadow of the Second World War on Apr 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
47 Asia Will Bear Brunt of Climate Change-Linked Deaths: WHO Health & Wellness (tags: Asia, Pacific, diseases, climate change, WHO, World Health, organisation, bird flu, malaria, diarrhoea, malnutrition, health crises, global warming ) LL - 151 days ago - news.yahoo.com More than half the annual estimated 150,000 deaths linked to climate change will come from the Asia-Pacific region, officials at the World Health Organisation said Monday. Most of the fatalities will be the result of a greater incidence of diseases such add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
44 Extinction Threat to Country Chicken Health & Wellness (tags: epidemic, bird flu, extinction, chicken, chickens, culling, disease, disease spread, india, asia ) Shandril - 173 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com The indiscriminate culling of country chickens in the wake of the bird flu outbreak in the state might soon lead to their disappearance or even extinction, warn scientists and experts. 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
36 Fresh Bird Flu Cases Reported in India Health & Wellness (tags: india, bird flu, illness, health, warning, news, prevention ) John - 180 days ago - physorg.com Two villages in an eastern Indian state that appeared to have brought a widespread outbreak of bird flu under control last month have reported fresh cases of the disease, officials said Sunday. add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
30 Egyptian Boy Confirmed With Bird Flu, 47th Case Health & Wellness (tags: bird flu, virus, humans, illness, health, warning, risks ) John - 181 days ago - africa.reuters.com CAIRO, March 8 (Reuters) - An 8-year-old boy in Fayoum province has contracted the bird flu virus after coming into contact with infected birds -- the 47th case among humans in Egypt since 2006, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
44 Bird Flu Virus Has Mutated Into Form That's Deadly to Humans Health & Wellness (tags: bird flu, mutated, humans, chickens ) Sc - 182 days ago - naturalnews.com:80 The avian flu has undergone a critical mutation making it easier for the virus to infect humans, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and published in the journal PLoS Pathogens. 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
41 WHO Rules Out Human Transmission in Bird Flu Deaths Health & Wellness (tags: bird flu, death, human, transmission ) Elisabett - 191 days ago - reuters.com BEIJING (Reuters) - All three Chinese who died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu this year had contact with sick poultry, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday, adding there was no evidence of transmission between humans. A 44-year-old woman in 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
57 China, Vietnam on Bird Flu Alert After Deaths Health & Wellness (tags: outbreak, health, bird flu, epidemic, poultry, containment, China, Southeast Asia, Asia, Vietnam ) Shandril - 193 days ago - news.yahoo.com Bird flu has killed a woman teacher in northern Vietnam, the fourth death from the H5N1 virus this year, state-run Voice of Vietnam radio reported on Tuesday. 2 comments \| visit site \| problem?
66 SKorea Confirms First Bird Flu Outbreak - Seoul, South Korea - "Low Pathogenic" H7 Strain That Has Not Been Known to Spread to H Health & Wellness (tags: health, government, South Korea, H7, bird flu, humans, risks, safety, prevention ) Thunderr - 286 days ago - my.earthlink.net S.K. first bird flu outbreak in 8 months,forced the slaughter of thousands of ducks in the country's south Saturday,although the deadly H5N1 virus was not involved, the government said.Quarantine workers slaughtered about 17,000 ducks,at the farm in Gwang 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
28 Bird Flu Virus Mutating Into Human-Unfriendly Form: By Maggie Fox Health & Wellness (tags: bird flu, toxic, mutation, risks, disease, humans, AlternativeMed, CDC, protection ) Gregory - 336 days ago - reuters.com NEW YORK (Reuters) - The H5N1 bird flu virus has mutated to infect people more easily, although it still has not transformed into a pandemic strain, researchers said on Thursday. add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
29 Bird Flu Virus Mutating Into Human-Unfriendly Form Health & Wellness (tags: bird flu, virus, mutation, infectious, humans, respiratory tract, pandemic strain ) Eduardo - 337 days ago - reuters.com The H5N1 bird flu virus has mutated to infect people more easily, although it still has not transformed into a pandemic strain. The changes are worrying because of a specific change that could make bird flu grow in the upper respiratory tract of humans. 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
71 Researching Bioterror Agents: Dangerous for Us? Health & Wellness (tags: bioterror, anthrax, smallpox, bird flu, research, germs, viruses, bioterror agents, disease ) Regina Co - 338 days ago - latimes.com In-depth look at the research being done on bioterror agents by various entities of varying competence. Are we safe? 17 comments \| visit site \| problem?
28 Bird Flu 'Can Infect Unborn Child' Health & Wellness (tags: bird flu, pregnant women, unborn child, disease, China ) Plato - 341 days ago - channel4.com The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu can pass from pregnant women to their unborn children, researchers have said. Scientists in China discovered viral cells in an unborn baby and also proved the virus can move from the lungs to other parts of the body. add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
27 Deadly Bird Flu Can Pass From Mother to Foetus Health & Wellness (tags: animals, birds, bird flu, regnancy, fetus, health, illness ) Jacquelin - 342 days ago - thenews.com.pk PARIS: The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu can pass through the placenta of a pregnant woman to her unborn, scientists reported on Friday. The highly pathogenic flu strain, which has killed 60 per cent of humans infected, can also spread to organs other th add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
25 NEW Avian Flu Found in Canada - Case Is Not the H5N1 Type Health & Wellness (tags: avian flu, bird flu, alert, humans, illness, environment, disease ) Sheila - 342 days ago - msnbc.msn.com Canadian veterinary officials said on Thursday they have found the H7N3 strain of avian influenza on a Saskatchewan chicken farm, but noted the case was not the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain seen elsewhere. add a comment \| visit site \| problem?

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