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There Never was a Heterosexual AIDS Pandemic Threat [Digg]
2008-06-09 18:59:00 However, the risk of contracting AIDS has always been low for heterosexuals who do not engage in sexual activity with high risk partners. The risk of a heterosexual pandemic has never really existed. Yes, outbreaks can occur and heterosexuals can get AIDS but the likelihood of a pandemic was close to zero, or nonexistent.
By: Stix Blog
Free Avian Pandemic Flu Ebook
2008-06-02 01:33:00 Avian flu or bird flu has been spreading around the world not just in Asia. Avian flu prevention becomes the major issue in the world, simply because this kind of flu is deadly.All countries are now trying to make efforts combating bird flu. Bird flu vaccination products and flu mask are produced as the defense from the H5N1 virus.This avian pandemic flu ebook tries to explain around bird flu information in order to help you. This book is very important. Click here to have the ebook.
Flu pandemic: Who should die?
2008-05-09 18:37:00 Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won’t get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. Now, an influential group of physicians has drafted a grimly specific list of recommendations for which patients would not be treated. They include the very elderly, seriously hurt trauma ...
By: 1913 Intel
Who should doctors let die in a pandemic?
2008-05-05 17:52:00 Which color gets stuck on your paperwork? Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won’t get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. Now, an influential group of physicians has drafted a grimly specific list of recommendations for which patients wouldn’t be treated. They include the very elderly, seriously hurt trauma victims, severely burned patients and those with severe dementia… Public health law expert Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown University called the report an important initiative but also “a political minefield and a legal minefield.” The recommendations would probably violate federal laws against age discrimination and disability discrimination, said Gostin, who was not on the task force. I wonder what the standards will look like when chiseled into bureaucratic stone? After all, FEMA might be in charge.
By: PhreQuency Ent.
Indonesia opens major exercise to prepare for bird flu pandemic
2008-04-25 08:28:00 INDONESIA opened a major bird flu simulation on Friday that will test its preparedness for a potentially catastrophic pandemic. About 1,000 government, health and law enforcement officials were at the three-day event on the resort island of Bali to consider how to contain a possible widespread outbreak of the often-lethal disease. It would begin with the isolation of a village where a field hospital would be set up to treat people with flu-like symptoms. At the closing on Sunday, officials will try to prevent 'infected' travelers from leaving the international airport and spreading the virus to other countries. 'This is the only exercise in the world (of its kind) that is ever taking place,' said Mr Subhash Salunke, the World Health Organisation's top official in Indonesia. 'This will certainly equip Indonesia in the event of a pandemic.' It will be an example to other countries struggling to contain outbreaks of the disease, he said. Indonesia News Bl...
The Coming Financial Pandemic
2008-04-12 13:21:00 For months, economists have debated whether the United States is headed toward a recession. Today, there is no doubt. President George W. Bush can tout his $150 billion economic stimulus package, and the Federal Reserve can continue to cut shortterm interest rates in an effort to goose consumer spending. But those moves are unlikely to ...
By: 1913 Intel
Pandemic Studios Working On New Batman Game
2008-04-03 03:22:00 According to a cancelled post on the IGN website, Pandemic Studios and Electronic Arts are working on a new Batman game. The article didn’t give any strong details about the game but, seeing the fact that there is a new movie coming out called “The Dark Night”, coming out in July, the game could be ...
Simulation Of Pandemic Influenza Outbreak In Chicago (Medical News Today)
2008-03-13 00:00:00 By using computer simulations and modeling, an international group of researchers including scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech's Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory (NDSSL) have determined how a pandemic influenza outbreak might travel through a city similar in size to Chicago, Ill.
Scientists Simulate Pandemic Influenza Outbreak In Chicago, Make Recommenda
2008-03-13 00:00:00 By using computer simulations and modeling, researchers have determined how a pandemic influenza outbreak might travel through a city similar in size to Chicago, Ill. This information helped them to determine the preferred intervention strategy to contain a potential flu pandemic, including what people should do to decrease the likelihood ...
Bird flu scare prompts Nunavik pandemic plan (Nunatsiaq News)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 KUUJJUAQ - If a pandemic flu hits Quebec, airline passengers won't be able to freely travel between Nunavik and the South for three months or longer.
Bird flu pandemic still possible, warns world expert (Daily Mail)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 The bird flu virus is 'firmly entrenched' in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert has warned. His statement came as Egypt reported its 46th human case of bird flu in an 11-year-old boy. Scientists fear the virus, which is usually spread direct ...
Bird flu pandemic still possible, warns world expert (Daily Mail)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 The bird flu virus is 'firmly entrenched' in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert has warned. His statement came as Egypt reported its 46th human case of bird flu in an 11-year-old boy. Scientists fear the virus, which is usually spread direct ...
Pandemic
2008-03-02 05:42:00 These last couple of weeks have given us a miniature taste of what a pandemic would be like.It started off slow, first we noticed that we were seeing a lot more sick elderly, then we noticed our daily census increasing. Then our ratio shifted - normally we see about 1/3 of our daily patients in fast track, so say 50 there and 100 in the main ER, now it is more like 30 in fast track and 170 in the main ER. The hospital was full and we started holding patients. The number of holds and length of time we held them grew every day. Patients were sitting in the lobby 3 to 4 times longer than normal because we had half our normal beds to see way more patients than normal. The patient acuity keeps climbing, normally we admit about 18% of our patients and now we are admitting 25-27%. Then the ER staff started getting sick. So we were seeing more, sicker patients with less beds and less staff.It wasn't pretty. Toward the end of this week the hospital census evened out and we started hol...
By: ERnursey
Pandemic
2008-02-21 01:31:00 Predator Press [LOBO] Well everyone is sick with Strep, and my hot proofreader LadyTerri is out cold. Please forgive me for the numerous grammatical errors that are doubtlessly unfolding before you: I'll fix them as I find them. But there appears to be a strange confluence of new people reading this blog. What they are up to, I'm not sure. But I'm watching them too. Oh yes. I can almost feel those hungry lustful eyes: It's almost like my junior high school P.E. teacher in the shower all over again, but without that chlorine, latex and Old Spice smell. At least in part, I blame one of my fave writer-slash-bloggers Don Lewis who hath recently bestowed upon us the universally-coveted Quality Original Humor Award. Where and why Don got the idea this blog is humorous when I strive for nothing more than cold, clinical historical accuracy and fact completely escapes me. But step off: it's MINE ... Keep yer grabby mouse mitts where I can see 'em, pal. Especiall...
By: Predator Press
Pandemic Challenges For Hospitals
2008-02-10 20:46:00 Update [2008-2-10 13:32:53 by DemFromCT]:: A reader reminded me via email that Maryn McKenna wrote an excellent article in 2006 outlining the emergency departments and their ability to cope. See Anatomy of a pandemic: Emergency departments woefully unprepared for bird flu outbreak. I am neither the first nor the last to cover this area. Introduction Problems like ...
AFP - APEC bird flu meeting aims to prevent pandemic
2008-02-07 00:00:00 May 3, 2006 -- DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) ? Asia-Pacific countries are meeting in Vietnam to find ways to either prevent or cope with a bird flu pandemic that...
Avian flu pandemic threat remains real (Pioneer Press)
2008-02-07 00:00:00 Last year, for the first time since avian flu emerged as a global threat, the number of human cases was down from the year before.
Avian flu pandemic threat remains real (Pioneer Press)
2008-02-04 00:00:00 Last year, for the first time since avian flu emerged as a global threat, the number of human cases was down from the year before.
PuriCore?s Sterilox Solution Highly Effective Against Pandemic H5N1 Avian I
2008-01-29 00:00:00 PuriCore (LSE:PURI), the life sciences company focused on the control of infectious pathogens with its novel, safe antimicrobial technology, announces that its Sterilox Solution has been proven highly effective against pandemic H5N1 avian influenza, a highly contagious and lethal outbreak pathogen.
Fears of bird flu pandemic lessen (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
2008-01-29 00:00:00 Last year, for the first time since avian flu emerged as a global threat, the number of human cases was down from the year before.
Pandemic flu & queers: A non-kosher linkage
2008-01-29 00:00:00 Oy, what is it with prominent Jewish leaders and linking gays to bird flu? Back in 2006, we saw Rabbi David Bari claiming that a deadly bird flu outbreak was brought upon by Israeli politiicans who were calling for the...
By: Good As You
Avian Flu - A flu pandemic that wasn?t but might be
2008-01-24 18:08:00 Last year, for the first time since avian flu emerged as a global threat, the number of human cases was down from the year before. As the illness receded, the scary headlines ? with their warnings of a pandemic that could kill 150 million people ? all but vanished. But avian flu has not gone away. ...
By: 1913 Intel
A Pandemic That Wasn?t but Might Be (New York Times)
2008-01-22 00:00:00 Experts argue that preparations against avian flu have to continue, even if the virus?s failure to mutate into a pandemic strain has given the world more time.
Group: Bird Flu Pandemic Risk Overblown (CBS4 Miami)
2008-01-13 00:00:00 Fears of a flu pandemic originating from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus were overblown, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health said Thursday at headquarters in Paris.
Group: Bird flu pandemic risk overblown (AP via Yahoo! News)
2008-01-11 00:00:00 Fears of a flu pandemic originating from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus were overblown, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health said Thursday.
Shape Of Sugar Molecule Could Be All That Is Stopping Bird Flu Pandemic (Me
2008-01-09 00:00:00 US scientists have found that the shape of sugar molecules on cell surfaces in the upper respiratory tract determine how easy it is for influenza viruses to infect humans, and suggest that if the deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu were to adapt a way to bind to this shape ...
UK flu vaccine could help control pandemic (Times Online Sunday)
2008-01-05 00:00:00 A new flu vaccine that could be stockpiled to help control a global pandemic without the need for costly annual updates has shown encouraging results in its first human trials.
EGYPT: No bird flu pandemic despite recent deaths - health officials (Alert
2008-01-04 00:00:00 Source: IRIN Four humans have died of bird flu in Egypt in the past week but health officials deny the country is gripped by an influenza pandemic.
EGYPT: No bird flu pandemic despite recent deaths - health officials (Alert
2008-01-04 00:00:00 Source: IRIN Four humans have died of bird flu in Egypt in the past week but health officials deny the country is gripped by an influenza pandemic.
The Flu Vaccine In Powder Form The Answer To A Pandemic? (Medical News Toda
2008-01-03 00:00:00 In recent years, the bird flu virus has caught the attention of all of Western Europe. In 2006 in particular, there was a lot of speculation about a wide-scale flu outbreak, in other words a pandemic. The Dutch government was worried about running short of vaccine, mainly because it has ...
Hunters Recruited In Fight Against Bird Flu Pandemic (The Tampa Tribune)
2007-12-29 00:00:00 Duck hunters, including those prowling the Everglades this winter, are helping scientists nationwide guard against a bird flu pandemic.
Bird flu pandemic could cost 2 trillion dollars: World Bank - AFP
2007-12-04 18:16:00 AFPBird flu pandemic could cost 2 trillion dollars: World BankAFP - 2 hours agoNEW DELHI (AFP) ? The global cost of a possible bird flu pandemic could be up to two trillion dollars, a top World Bank official said Tuesday. ...Malaysia Wants World Agencies To Help Poor Nations Fight Bird Flu Bernamaall 45 news articles
Bird flu pandemic could cost 2 trln usd - World Bank - Forbes
2007-12-04 11:16:00 Bird flu pandemic could cost 2 trln usd - World BankForbes, NY - 1 hour agoNEW DELHI (Thomson Financial) - The global cost of a possible bird flu pandemic could be up to 2 trln usd, a top World Bank official said. ...
A Prayer to Mark World Aids Day
2007-12-01 14:11:00 Lord, make me an instrument of peace: What concrete steps can we take to promote peace and reconciliation in situations of conflict, violence and sexual exploitation to help reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS and promote a culture of peace and reconciliation? Where there is hatred, let me sow love: How can we create welcoming communities ...
Flu pandemic would catch world unprepared: UN report (TODAYonline)
2007-12-01 00:00:00 A laying hen is seen under a lamp at a poultry farm. The world remains unprepared to cope with a pandemic in humans arising from bird flu, a UN and World Bank report released Thursday found.
Bird flu pandemic risk still high: UN (CTV.ca)
2007-12-01 00:00:00 Bird flu in poultry and wild birds spread to 60 countries but is entrenched only in six because of improved and faster responses, experts said.
Flu pandemic would catch world unprepared: UN report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
2007-12-01 00:00:00 The world remains unprepared to cope with a pandemic in humans arising from bird flu, a UN and World Bank report released Thursday found.
Prayer for World AIDS Day
2007-11-30 15:22:00 December 1st is World AIDS Day. On that day and on the Sundays nearest it, people and churches around the world will be praying in response to the AIDS pandemic.No region is unaffected; no person is untouched. Here, too, while AIDS is less visible and less prevalent than it is in some countries, many among ...
Non-pharmaceutical interventions for a pandemic: getting it right [Effect M
2007-11-28 15:49:00 A Commentary by John Barry (author of The Great Influenza) in CIDRAP News and accompanying meta-commentary by CIDRAP Director Mike Osterholm highlight an interesting controversy about a JAMA article by Michigan’s Howard Markel and colleagues. Markel’s article was a detailed compilation of public health responses to the 1918 influenza pandemic in 43 cities in the US with the aim of telling whether any was associated with better community outcomes. The Markel paper bore the following conclusion: Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/-ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/191-831483/nonpharmaceutical_interv-ention.php
Gripe Aviária (Pandemic Flu)
2007-11-14 22:06:00 Eu particularmente não vejo muito expertise e investimento do governo Brasileiro em programas de respostas a incidentes (Se for desconhecimento, por favor me informem!). Agora o que vem me surpreendendo é o investimento e trabalho dos nossos governantes em relação a uma possÃvel epidemia de gripe aviária. Me surpreende primeiro pelas várias iniciativas e depois pela priorização. Afinal existem inúmeras outras ameaças com maior probabilidade de ocorrência e nada é feito. Priorização é um conceito básico de gestão de riscos. O governo já trabalhou nas seguintes iniciativas para evitar uma epidemia de gripe aviária: Distribuiu uma cartilha de 44 páginas com informações sobre a gripe aviária e suas consequências; Monitora a rota migratória das aves; Disponibilizou o telefone (0800 611995) para esclarecer dúvidas sobre gripe aviária; Está implantando um sistema informatizado nos portos para evitar a entrada de seres infectados no Brasil. De qualquer forma...
NASA Technology Helps Predict And Prevent Future Pandemic Outbreaks
2007-11-07 16:43:00 A particular infectious disease being targeted by NASA is malaria, which affects 300-500 million persons worldwide, leaving 40 percent of the world at risk of infection. With the help of 14 satellites currently in orbit and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Applied Sciences Program, scientists have been able to observe the Earth's environment to help predict and prevent
Foreclosure Pandemic: Case Example Cleveland
2007-11-06 21:58:00 “A wave of foreclosures and evictions is about to sweep the United States in the wake of the sub-prime mortgage lending crisis. This could destabilise the US housing market and may also lead to further turmoil in financial institutions, who collectively own $1 trillion (£480.6bn) worth of sub-prime debt.” That’s nothing new there, although ...
EA to buy BioWare, Pandemic Studios in $860M deal
2007-10-22 05:14:00 Electronic Arts has agreed to acquire VG Holding Corp., which owns both BioWare and Pandemic Studios, from Elevation Partners in a deal valued at $860 million. This will give EA a "strong competitive position in key genres in interactive entertainment: action, adventure and role-playing games." These are some of the most popular genres in gaming today, which should really help the bottom line. BioWare and Pandemic Studios already has 10 franchises under development, including six wholly owned games, one of which will be published by Mi
Flu Pandemic Planners Overlook Children
2007-10-18 16:06:00 Planners are overlooking children as they plan for a possible, if not probable, flu pandemic. Children, as we parents know, are prime flu and cold carriers and it is surmised that they will be the prime targets for a bird flu pandemic. I am a chronic worrier about such things and do believe in planning ahead. Of course, I belong to a family of the other type of people, who are typically saying "whatever will be, will be". So the planning is up to me. So, all the tips for planning for disaster apply here - keep supplies on hand: food and drink for sick people, like soups, gatorade, crackers, children's tylenol and advil, prepackaged cold packs, etc. You can buy adult size masks and put them in your disaster pack. Just think about what you'd need if anyone gets the flu and keep enough for your family on hand. If this does happen, grocery stores will have runs and items will be hard to find, there will be quarantines and general panic. So next trip to the store, get a few it...
By: Parent Traps
Pandemic Risk vs Pandemic Apathy
2007-10-17 18:46:00 October 16, 2007 14:24 PM Bird Flu Takes Another Life In Indonesia, Toll Now 88 (source:http://www.bernama.com.-my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=29017-9)JAKARTA, Oct 16 (Bernama) -- A 12-year-old boy at Ceger village inTangerang district in Banten province near here died of the H5N1 virusover the weekend, bringing to 88 the death toll in bird flu cases inIndonesia, a health official reported.The boy was brought to a local midwife on Oct 3 after suffering fromfever for three days, said head of the communicable disease control andprevention section at the Tangerang district health office, Dr YuliahIskandar.Among the critical issues facing this planet is H5N1 and the threat ofa worldwide pandemic. While the other major issues such asterrorism, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, increasing tensions overnuclear technology and weapons proliferation, whether a dirty bomb in asuitcase or a trend of more nations joining 'the club', mattersinvolving critical health issues seem to take a back seat.Th...
By: Faultline USA
EA Acquires BioWare and Pandemic Studios
2007-10-15 04:37:00 EA adds two new game studios to its portfolio: BioWare and Pandemic Studios. This acquisition gives EA a strong competitive position in key genres in interactive entertainment: action, adventure and role-playing games. The two studios have been recognized for creating some of the highest-quality games in the industry.BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios have ten franchises under development, including six wholly owned games. BioWare Corp. is currently developing the highly anticipated Mass Effect, which will be published by Microsoft in November, and is in the early development stages of a massively multiplayer online game. Pandemic Studios is redefining open-world games with its upcoming Mercenaries 2: World in Flames and Saboteur, in addition to several unannounced projects.Pandemic Studios and BioWare Corp. employ roughly 800 people across four studios located in Edmonton, Canada; Los Angeles; Austin; and Brisbane, Australia. EA will pay up to $620 million in cash to the stockholde...
By: Tech Global.com
EA deal with Pandemic and Bioware should pay off
2007-10-15 02:40:00 In a recent interview, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter said he believes the deal with Electronic Arts buying Pandemic and Bioware should pay off, although there is some risk. "It's a lot of money, which places more pressure on them to deliver revenues at the level that they have modelled - USD 300 million-plus per year," Pachter said. "If Pandemic and Bioware continue to be as productive in the future as they have been in the past, revenues should easily hit the required level." "However, much of their past revenue came from games like Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, and the Star Wars games. The first two franchises are somewhat tired and are PC-centered, while the last one will likely not be licensed by EA going forward." "It's possible that either Neverwinter Nights or Baldur's Gate can be turned into MMOs, and both would likely do quite well, but neither Pandemic nor Bioware has had success in that area in the past - few have." Nonetheless, Pa...
News-EA Buys Pandemic Studios and Bioware
2007-10-14 23:29:00 Bioware and Pandemic studios are both great video gaming companies responsible for amazing gaming franchises like Star Wars; Knights of the Old Republic, Destroy All Humans, Star Wars; Battlefront, ETC. Last year, both Bioware and Pandemic studios merged together, in hopes of solving their finical problems. In a twist of irony, EA bought both Pandemic studios and Bioware a couple days ago. Bioware released this press release on their website. “’Pandemic Studios remains focused on attracting the best talent and creating blockbuster action games’, said Josh Resnick, President and Co-founder of Pandemic Studios. “As a worldwide publishing leader, EA represents the ideal partner to bring our titles to market as global entertainment events.We are truly excited by John Riccitiello’s new vision for EA,†said Ray Muzyka, Co-founder and CEO of BioWare Corp. “This vision is consistent with BioWare’s focus on crafting the highest quality story-driven games in the world....
By: Pariah's Guild
Ea Buys Bioware, Pandemic
2007-10-12 15:51:00 Electronic Arts Inc. Today announced an agreement with Elevation Partners to acquire VG Holding Corp. -- the owner of both BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios. This acquisition gives EA a strong competitive position in key genres in interactive entertainment: action, adventure and role-playing games. The two studios have been recognized for creating some of the highest-quality games in the industry. BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios have ten franchises under development, including six wholly owned games. BioWare Corp. is currently developing the highly anticipated Mass Effect, which will be published by Microsoft in November, and is in the early development stages of a massively multiplayer online game. Pandemic Studios is redefining open-world games with its upcoming Mercenaries 2: World in Flamesâ„¢ and Saboteurâ„¢, in addition to several unannounced projects. Pandemic Studios and BioWare Corp. employ roughly 800 people across four studios located in Edmonton, Canada; Los Angele...
By: Universal Xbox
EA buys BioWare and Pandemic
2007-10-12 14:45:00 EA's been making some new company purchases and absorbings: REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - Seeking to fill gaps in its product lineup, video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday it will acquire two software studios from Elevation Partners in a deal worth $860 million, the largest in its history. The studios, BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios, are known for their action, adventure and
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