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New Study Finds Drug-Resistant Flu Type

A less common strain of flu has shown hints of resistance to two flu drugs among patients in a small study in Japan, a country known for prescribing the drugs more frequently than anywhere else in the world.

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Swine-Kitty Flu
Source: TIME

..the Iowa cat's case reinforces just how different H1N1 is from the seasonal flu viruses.

Is NSPD-51 and HSPD-20: National Emergency Illegal?

President Obama declared a "National Emergency" today, October 24, 2009, because of the Swine Flu, but can that declaration lead to the U.S.

(Watch) Next... H3N8: Dog Flu Virus
Source: ABC News

(Watch) Next... H3N8: Dog Flu Virus

Congress.org - Congress-Pharmaceuticals- Safety of Americans
Source: congress.org

Call your representatives at the White House today and demand public hearings on the record for public review on the Swine Flu vaccinations, ingredients, safety, adjuvants, the "LIVE VIRUS' nasal spray; prevention; and your rights and who is held liable should physical injury or …

Swine Flu Virus: CDC Recommendations Questioned
Source: Examiner

Swine flu virus questions. The CDC recommends Tamiflu for prevention and treatment of swine flu, as they did with the avian flu several years ago.

Surprise, The Circle of Life is a Circle
Source: Johns Hopkins

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria persist in chicken manure. Aug 07, 2009

Fast-tracked Swine Flu Vaccine under Fire
Source: Institute of Science in Society

A swine flu outbreak occurred in Mexico and the United States in April 2009 and spread rapidly around the world by human-to human transmission. The new type A H1N1 influenza virus is unlike any that had been previously isolated [1, 2], judging from the first data released in May.

What's it really like to have swine flu? Two sufferers tell their stories
Source: the Mail online

You've seen the headlines and read the advice, but what's it really like to have swine flu? Thousands are suffering from aches, fever and nausea, but the symptoms seem to be different for each person. Here two swine flu sufferers tell their stories...

Human noses too cold for bird flu
Source: BBC News

Bird flu may not have become the threat to humans that some predicted because our noses are too cold for the virus to thrive, UK researchers say.

Officials Face a Tough Decision Over Ordering Vaccine
Source: Wall Street Journal

Global health officials trying to gauge the severity of the swine-flu outbreak face a tough call on how quickly to move on creating a vaccine for the new virus.

Fearmongering? I got yer fearmongering right here...

The media and various experts are telling us to be calm about the imminent Swine Flu pandemic, but not complacent. What, exactly does that mean, and what can we expect?

Swine Flu is a scare tactic!

This whole thing with the swine flu is nothing more than a scare tactic that they will use to usher in Martial law. If you don't believe me then all you have to do is do a little research and you'll find that they are already planning on bringing in Martial law in the US.

Rapid avian flu test cleared by FDA
Source: Sciam

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lighted a test that can quickly determine whether a person is infected with deadly avian flu.

What could be Scarier than the Current State of our Economy? An Avian Flu Pandemic

It's not a matter of "if" but "when." The lay offs and the stock market are scary right now but the millions of people that are expected to die in the future is a scary thought that will linger for years to come.

Scientists say pandemic is certain
Source: Disaster News Network

Many scientists are now sure that a version of H5N1, or the avian flu, will cause a pandemic in the future. While speaking to health officials at the National Emergency Management Summit Thursday, several experts said the issue was no longer an "if" issue, it was now "when."

Vaccines as Biological Weapons? Live Avian Flu Virus Placed in Baxter Vaccine Materials Sent to 18 Countries by Mike Adams the Health Ranger
Source:

Hey kids, skip the flu vaccine this year... Makes one wonder if this has anything to do with the current Swine Flu outbreak?

Scientists Close To Universal Vaccine For the Flu
Source: npr.org

American scientists have taken several key steps toward developing a near-universal flu vaccine.

15,000 hens in Arkansas test positive for bird-flu exposure
Source: www.ky3.com

Tyson Foods has begun killing and burying the carcasses of 15,000 hens that tested positive for exposure to a strain of the avian flu in northwest Arkansas, state officials said Tuesday.

Public Safety Be Damned, U Texas Fires Critic of Lab Dangers
Source: The Dallas Morning News

As corporate interests have overtaken the University research networks the standards for public safety have been bent and broken to improve profits. This is hardly a first at UofTexas.

What if a Flu Like 1918's Broke Out Now? - New York Times
Source: The New York Times

In the early 20th Century an estimated 675,000 Americans died of the Spanish Flu. This article covers how New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are preparing for a possible pandemic flu outbreak in the future.

MIT Team Solves Mystery of 1918 Pandemic that Killed 50-100 Million
Source: Daily Galaxy

MIT researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic outbreak that killed at least 50 million people -believed more than that taken by the Black Death, and higher than the number kille …

US Dismisses Indonesia's Bird Flu Conspiracy Claims
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

THE United States has rejected the Indonesian Health Minister's claims that it is using bird flu samples to produce biological weapons and World Health Organisation officials have condemned allegations of conspiring to profit from bird flu vaccines.

Bird Flu is for Western Profit and Bioweapon Development
Source: The Age

Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari claims the United States and World Health Organisation are part of a global conspiracy to profit from the spread of bird flu, and the US may use samples to produce biological weapons.

WHO Reports Tamiflu-Resistant Flu in U.S. and Canada
Source: ABC News

Mutant Strain Threatens to Breach First Line of Pandemic Defense

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