For the Birds

Naturally, people are curious about the avian flu and have a large number of questions regarding this disease.
What is avian influenza or Bird Flu? Avian influenza, which is also known as bird flu, is an infectious viral disease. It originates from a virus that typically infects only birds (including chickens, ducks, geese, quails and wild [...]

Vaccines are produced each year to prevent seasonal influenza. These vaccines are one of the most effective ways to minimize suffering and death from influenza. However, these vaccines do not protect against the avian flu. Currently there is no vaccine available to protect against the bird flu. Avian influenza, or bird flu, is an infectious [...]

With the cold and flu season rapidly approaching, more and more people are keeping a close eye on their health.  Doing so is one issue when all it means is avoiding the office coworker with the sniffles.  But when the flu makes the national headlines, more people take notice.  Of the different health scares that [...]

The bird flu is becoming a greater concern with health professionals in the countries that it affects.  Currently there is no cure for the disease, though there are some treatments for it.
Treatment for the bird flu is most effective when it begins within two days of the onset of symptoms.  There is a much higher [...]

According to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a human outbreak of bird flu in the United States could deal a $675 billion blow to the economy, quoting a new study by the Congressional Budget Office. This study assumed a 2.5 percent mortality rate and that 30 percent of the population would be infected and [...]

GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical giant, has developed a low-dose and inexpensive vaccine, which could protect humans from being infected by the H5N1 bird flu virus.  This virus is a severe type A influenza that has killed hundreds of people and millions of birds worldwide.  A global pandemic, scientist fear, could occur if the virus mutates to [...]

With all of the changes going on in the world of medicine, it is hard to stay on top of all of the latest developments.  Here are some of the important statistics and information as of October 2006.
As of October 31st, 2006, there have been 256 total confirmed cases reported to the World Health Organization [...]

Having the flu can be serious for many people. The human influenza virus is a virus that affects many humans annually, but it is usually not a fatal condition. On the other hand the avian flu virus, is a virus that has infected and killed many people around the world. There are many differences between [...]

With the threat of a possible bird flu pandemic, many Americans are wondering how it will affect the United States, how and where it has already affected the country, and what they can do to protect themselves.  At the moment, however, the bird flu has not become the problem that it has the potential to [...]

Avian flu has become very common in humans in the past few years. Many infected humans may be unaware of their illness, because most of the symptoms of avian flu are the same as the human flu. The symptoms of avian flu can be sudden, and there’s no easy way to distinguish between avian and [...]