May
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Just when bird flu news was settling down into some sort of routine, along comes the news that pigs in Sumatra have tested positive for the H5N1 virus. Not humans, pigs – so why the concern? Pigs are often quoted as being the “mixing bowl” where the H5N1 bird virus can intermingle with a human [...]
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13
It’s interesting to see that several European countries are removing the bird flu restrictions they put in place a few months ago. I guess this is to be expected as the migration season has now finished so the threat of wild birds spreading avian flu into other European countries and the United States has now [...]
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Birds Flu – the movie
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Well I guess it’s happened sooner than I thought – a movie about a bird flu pandemic already! In the movie, the H5N1 virus is brought to the United States by a businessman from Hong Kong. The virus then follows the worst case scenario by passing from chickens to humans and then between humans, causing [...]
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News that an experimental vaccine is successfully protecting mice from the H5N1 bird flu virus shows how much research is being undertaken to find effective protection against this deadly disease. This research must bring other benefits too. Reading the article, we learn that the vaccine may potentially protect animals from other influenza viruses too. Of [...]
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No news is good news
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It is noticeable that the number of news items about bird flu is decreasing at the moment. When preparing the news today for survivingflu.com, there were really only two news items that seemed of interest to the growing numbers of people who are now visiting that site every day. This is good news, as it [...]
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Brokeback Mountain
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About: Two cowboys discover their homosexuality whilst working together on Brokeback Mountain in the 1960′s and then live with the consequences during the ensuing decades. For: The film portrays effectively the difficulties faced by homosexuals during that era and in that tough rural environment. Set against stunning scenery on the one hand and hum drum [...]
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