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Articles about pandemic (0-50 of 419)
- Swine Flu Facts You Should Know
By: Wes Hamilton | - With the rapid spread of swine flu and the media attention it has been subjected to, even a layman would be able to tell something about the pandemic. A lot of it that is fed to us however is not necessarily true. Here are some less known facts about swine flu you should probably know.
The current H1N1 Influenza Virus is of a genetic makeup that includes genes from three different viruses that affect pigs, birds, and humans. It is now known that the predecessor to the current H1N1 ...
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- How Swine Flu Has Spread Around The World
By: Wes Hamilton | - Swine Flu has become the serious sober sensation that is currently sweeping the world. Just like any other epidemic, what began on a small scale started spreading all over the world within months and has pretty much scared every person that is aware of its existance. But as the case would be, Swine Flu is not as dangerous as it has been made out to be. Perhaps this is why they say ignorance is bliss. A United Nations agency said it was only a matter of time before the pandemic which began in Mar ...
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- Symptoms Of Swine Flu
By: Wes Hamilton | - Just a few months back, very few people had even heard of swine flu. However in the recent past, there have been increased talks, news and panic gripping the entire world. Newspapers, television, blogs, social networking websites, everything and everyone seemed to discuss swine flu. In this current scenario, it has become a necessity for one to be well-informed about the case.
What is swine flu? Why is everyone speaking about it? Why has it become the new found sensation? Is it so ...
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- What Is Swine Flu?
By: Wes Hamilton | - The world has been subjected to different epidemics and pandemics through the ages. Different diseases have come and gone, and science, medicine and vaccination have played their miraculous roles. So nearly, every form of illness has had its own centre stage and limelight. However the one that has been getting most of our time and attention lately has undoubtedly been the swine flu. So, what is this swine flu?
Like people, pigs can get influenza (flu), but swine flu viruses aren' ...
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- History Of Swine Flu
By: Wes Hamilton | - Thanks to the media, all of us are well informed about swine flu, its symptoms and dangers, but how many of us know that swine flu is not actually a newfound malady, but a pandemic that has been circulating around the world for nearly a century now. The swine flu that is currently dominating the world had quite a big past. Read on to know.
Swine influenza was first projected to be a disease related to human influenza during the 1918 flu pandemic, when pigs became sick at the same ...
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- Everything You Should Know About Swine Flu
By: HARRA45 | - I suspect that for most people their concern about swine flu peaked the day that the World Health Organization raised their warning level all the way up to level 6 and declared that they were at "full pandemic status". Since then the world has not melted or anything, so we have all gone back to business as usual. I know that I have, and I think most people have taken the view that this thing is pretty much yesterday's story and that swine flu is about as harmful as a drink of water.
And yo ...
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- The 10 Best Ways To Protect Yourself From Swine Flu When Travelling
By: Mark Farrell | - At last you've got some well earned leave for a winter vacation. Perhaps it's your last opportunity to take advantage of those recession- buster bargain flight deals.
There's just one major problem to consider. Whether you're planning a family ski venture in a winter wonderland, or escaping to sunnier climates in the Southern Hemisphere, you'll need to take special care when travelling. Because this winter, the H1N1 swine flu is also enjoying a successful world tour - of pandemic p ...
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- Best Ways For Swine Flu Prevention
By: Ron Heggemeier | - We all have the fear that we will get the swine flu but dont know what we can do to prevent the swine flu or what are the best ways for swine flu prevention. When I talked to my doctor in August all I got in the way of advice was to wash my hands a lot. While that is a great idea it is not enough. We must do more and what follows are the best ways for swine flu prevention:
Number 1. Get the swine flu shot as soon as it is available if advised to do so by your doctor. ...
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- Importance Of N95 Mask
By: robertybin | - Masks or respirators are the devices designed to protect you from inhaling harmful fumes, dust, gases and vapors etc. These masks are available in the market in ample range of assortments (type, size etc.) used by industries, public, and the military. These masks would range from low cost, single use, and even you can avail reusable models with replaceable cartridges. With the increased danger of virulent diseases such as plague, avian, these masks have gained more popularity.
An N ...
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- The Threat Of A Second Swine Flu Infection Wave Needs To Be Taken Seriously
By: Mark Farrell | - The current swine flu pandemic has, so far, turned out to be less severe than expected, with most infected people experiencing mild symptoms, and only a relatively limited number of deaths.
Will it stay this way and slowly fade away?
Health officials say this is unlikely, and warn that swine flu may re-emerge,next fall, more deadly than ever. There remains, however, uncertainty about what could happen should this relatively mild outbreak be followed by a more severe one ...
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- Swine Flu And Bird Flu - What If They Join Forces?
By: Mark Farrell | - H1N1 and H5N1 may co-mingle. Mutations are not the only concern. Scientists are worried about the possibility that the swine flu virus might co-mingle with the highly deadly bird flu A(H5N1) virus.
Looking at the Southern Hemisphere
Important clues about the likelihood of a lethal swine flu pandemic in the fall may come from the Southern Hemisphere, where the influenza season is just about to begin. Scientists and healthcare officials are actively monitoring the virus behavior ...
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- Propane Camping Stoves
By: robertybin | - Camping stoves make camping not so ancient. Just like home, you can grab a pan, some ingredients, and you can start cooking. Everyone would have what they want such as coffee, tea etc. camping stoves makes a campaign fun and easy. When you are out for a camping trip, one of the most important items in your checklist should be what kind of camping stove you choose. However, there are many factors to be considered before purchasing the stoves as they come in a wide range of shapes, sizes and pric ...
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- The Lowdown On The 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak
By: Sutiyo Na | - The 2009 outbreak of swine flu or H1N1 virus is recently hugging the limelight due to the potential harm or effects it can have on a patient or on a community. Unfortunately, the source of the virus still cannot be traced.
Before the first case in the United States was discovered, the illness was believed to have started in Mexico which eventually spread to other countries. Recently, the first case of swine flu was reported in
Costa Rica. Alarmed that it could grow into a ...
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- Determine Three Flu Services, If You Have Swine Flu
By: Joy Davenport1 | - It would be a tremendous understatement to say there are many people currently worrying about the outbreak of swine flu over the world. While it has not reached the levels of a pandemic, it is an incredibly serious flu virus that can caused fatalities if not isolated and treated in time. Most people aren't familiar with symptoms of swine flu. Proper medical treatment is therefore not pursued. You should know the three main flu symptoms.
The swine flu often mimics the same sympto ...
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- Swine Flu Is An Epidemic - It Can Be Protected By Vaccines
By: jamessean001 | - Swine Flu is a deadly virus disease that occurs mostly in pigs. Even though it does not affect the humans, it cannot be completely ruled. There are rare cases world wide, who are infected with swine flu. The people who have direct contact with pigs are most likely to get swine flu. And this dangerous disease is epidemic like other diseases and spreads through air, water, sneezing, coughing etc.
The symptoms of swine flu are similar to that of other flu (viral diseases). High fever ...
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- Swine Flu Pandemic - Implications For Nurses And Individuals
By: Louanne | - During a pandemic, if the nurse is asked to do something that is unfamiliar, will she still be held accountable?
The answer is yes. In the event of a pandemic, nurses may be asked to work in areas that are not familiar to them. As members of a self-regulating profession, registered nurses are accountable at all times for their own actions and decisions. Working in emergency circumstances does not suspend a nurse's accountability and responsibility for ensuring that their practice ...
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- Beating A Flu Pandemic "" What History Shows
By: Anthony Gondesen | - Swine Flu it's all over the news and the news is not very comforting eitherThe headlines talk about epidemics, national and international warnings, supply (and shortages) of flu vaccinations, how the current vaccines may not be adequate to combat this version of the flu strain, and on and onForget "not very reassuring", it's downright scary.What is Swine Flu?According to wikipedia, swine influenza refers to influenza caused by any virus of the family Orthomyxoviridae, that ...
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- Pandemic Flu - Physical And Psychological Responses
By: Peter Yellowlees | - The possibility of a pandemic flu is upon us. A great deal of information is available from the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation. This is a time when the internet can be really helpful by allowing us all to have access to high quality health information. Unfortunately there are many websites that have uninformed or inaccurate information. Some sites deliberately produce the wrong information to scare or mislead people. When looking for information in this sort of pot ...
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- Influenza Pandemic 2009: Immunity Boosting, Prevention, And Homeopathic Remedies
By: C.L. Carr | - Typically the flu season begins and ends with the winter season. However, as we are all aware, the
spring of 2009 has very different ideas! A rare and "baffling" flu virus is rapidly wreaking havoc
in Mexico, with over 103 confirmed deaths as of Monday, April 27, 2009. In addition, this flu virus
is not only spreading in the United States, but all over the world!
It would behoove each and every individual to take major and immediate p ...
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- Living With The Threat Of An Avian Pandemic
By: Kenneth Scott | - Prevention is better than cure. This is one saying that all of us are aware of but normally tend if we possibly can to ignore it. It is prudent to be careful and protect oneself and the family against mishaps, especially the medical emergencies which include epidemics.
We all have heard of avian flu and it is true that it is now assuming the proportion of an epidemic, affecting thousands of people all across the world. It is in your own benefit to be ready and prepared for a s ...
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- Pandemic Flu History - A Deadly Legacy
By: Robert G. Knechtel | - A pandemic event is the widespread incidence of a disease that is present through an entire region, continent, or even worldwide. A pandemic flu happens when a new variety of virus invades a community that does not have any resistance to that particular flu strain. Four major pandemics have swept around the globe since 1890.
The first recorded pandemic flu history happened 1890 and was most intense in the United States and Western Europe.
The Spanish Flu circled t ...
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- What To Expect If We See A Pandemic Influenza In Our Lifetime
By: Steven Cyros | - As you and your family plan for the potential of an influenza pandemic, think about the challenges you might face, particularly if a pandemic is severe. You can start to prepare now to be able to respond to these challenges. The following are some challenges you or your family may face and recommendations to help you cope.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES YOU DEPEND ON MAY BE DISRUPTED;
Plan for the possibility that usual services may be disrupted. These could include services pr ...
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- Important Facts About The Flu
By: Ethan Miller | - The flu is a respiratory infection, despite the fact that it causes full body pain, digestive upsets, and headaches. The flu can sweep through entire communities in a matter of days, moving through schools, work places, and shopping centers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates 5 to 20 percent of Americans are infected with the flu during each flu season, typically from November to March. Children are two to three times more likely than adults to become i ...
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- Should You Be Worrying About The Next Pandemic Flu?
By: Steven Cyros | - This article will hopefully help you to better understand the threat of a pandemic influenza outbreak. We see lots of news reports on bird flu and pandemics, but the truth is that we don't know if H5N1 will mutate to cause the next influenza pandemic, or if it will be something else. We also don't know if it will happen next year, 5 years from now or 30 years. We only know that it will happen again. No one can predict how severe the next pandemic will be or when it will occur, but being prepared ...
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- Bird Flu A Ticking Bomb
By: Velicu George | - Although the earliest occurrences of avian influenza date back to 1997, when an outbreak in Hong Kong was swiftly dealt with and managed to be contained after causing 6 human deaths, it is the disease's most recent history, from late 2003 onwards, that is seen as a very worrying sign for the situation's future development. After only random cases between 1997 and 2003, Hong Kong and China reported various cases that signalled the start of a rapid spread of the virus across Asia. A couple of year ...
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- Worldwide Bird Flu Death Toll Is Rising
By: Tracy Ferea | - The H5N1 version of bird flu is the deadliest flu in recent history. Indonesia has now recorded its 49th human bird flu death according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This surpasses that of neighboring Vietnam with 42 bird flu deaths.
This makes 2006 the deadliest year since the H5N1 virus started spreading rapidly amongst the world's bird population. And it brings this year's worldwide human death toll to 66, out of the 100 reported cases (66%). This death rate far ex ...
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- Practical Pandemic Planning Advice
By: Robert Giffin | - As the deadly Bird Flu virus (H5N1) continues to spread across the globe, its propensity to mutate into a new strain capable of creating a pandemic continues to increase. The World Health Organization notes that this threat is serious and has urged world governments to develop contingency plans in the event of an outbreak.
While the 2003 SARS outbreak was a call to action for many international companies, few organizations are truly prepared to deal with a pandemic that ...
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- Why You Should Be Worried About A Bird Flu Pandemic
By: Tom J. Smith | - You may have been hearing a lot in the news lately about a bird flu pandemic. You have probably been thinking what does that have to do with me? There is always something to worry about right? Natural disasters, terrorism and now a flu pandemic? The first twonatural disasters and terrorism have a lot in common. They both strike without warning, they leave death and destruction in their wake and they affect a local area. Now in the case of a natural disaster, that area can be fairly larg ...
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- How To Prepare A "bug Out" Laptop Kit
By: Tom J. Smith | - Can you imagine being away from your computer for an extended period of time? No internet, no email, no funny jokes, no games to play? Many people have found themselves in this position when the unexpected happens. In the event of a natural disaster, terrorist event or a bird flu pandemic, having access to your computer could be a lifesaver. Are you one of the many people who have all their personal and financial records stored on their computer with no back up and no way to access them in the e ...
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- How To Prepare Your Finances In The Event Of A Bird Flu Pandemic
By: Tom J. Smith | - If you have been paying attention to the news lately you may of heard of the threat of bird flu and a world pandemic. What would this mean and how would it affect your financial holdings. The World Bank, which has estimated that a bird flu pandemic lasting a year could, cost the global economy up to $2 trillion dollars. The economic toll on the world economy will be catastrophic. That is a forecast no investor wants to hear. Even a mild pandemic could wreck havoc with your investments.
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- The Avian Influenza Virus (bird Flu) A Pandemic In The Making
By: Ken Charnly | - Is the world today looking at another pandemic due to the avian influenza virus? The increasing cases of the avian influenza virus, the global spreading of the disease and the fact that many scientists believe that it is not a matter of if but when we will experience it, is making this a global question. What is making some believe this is highly probable?
To answer that question we first need to examine what the avian influenza is, and some of its history.
Avian ...
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- Six Things You Can Do To Prepare For The Coming Pandemic
By: John Hart | - A recent survey showed that 60% of American businesses were not ready for the coming Avian Influenza pandemic. However, 73% said they wanted to get ready, but weren't sure what to do. Here then, is a starter list of six things you should include in your business preparedness plan.
1. Absenteeism will be high due to illness or refusal to come to the workplace out of fear. Gather your key employees in accounting, sales, marketing, manufacturing, and management and develop a work-fro ...
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- Preparing For A Natural Disaster, Terrorists Attack Or Bird Flu Pandemic
By: Pandemic Zone | - How prepared are you? Will you be like thousands of others and wait until the last minute to stock up on food and water? Do you even have a working flashlight in your home or auto? As we have clearly seen, waiting until it is too late does not work. Grocery stores run out, gas stations run dry and we certainly cant depend on the government to help.
You need to start planning today, preparing for the unexpected so that you and your family can survive. Official sources always rec ...
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- Questions To Ask Your Employer Before A Bird Flu Pandemic
By: Pandemic Zone | - Bird flu? Have you heard of it? You have probably been hearing more about it in the news lately. What is it and why should you be worried about it? Avian influenza affects poultry and wild game birds. It has been mainly in Southeast Asia but is spreading to other countries. Since 2003 160 people worldwide have become ill and about 82 have died. It is deadly to poultry and can be lethal in humans as well. The people who have contacted bird flu have been in close contact with infected birds. At th ...
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- Preparing Your Finances For A Bird Flu Pandemic
By: Pandemic Zone | - If you have been paying attention to the news lately you may of heard of the threat of bird flu and a world pandemic. What would this mean and how would it affect your financial holdings. The World Bank, which has estimated that a bird flu pandemic lasting a year could, cost the global economy up to $800 billion dollars. The economic toll on the world economy will be catastrophic. That is a forecast no investor wants to hear. Even a mild pandemic could wreck havoc with your investments.
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- Bird Flu-worst-case Scenario
By: Bird Flu | - There has been a lot of buzz about bird flu or the avian influenza and how it could become a global pandemic. What would a pandemic really mean? The federal government just launched a 7 billion dollar program to help the prevention and out break of a bird flu pandemic. There have only been 83 deaths from avian flu worldwide since 2003. Health experts have not yet seen evidence of human to human transmission. So what does it mean? And why is everyone so worried about a pandemic?
Th ...
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