Bird Flu Medicine Toxic for Teens
                   
legitgov.org     May 14, 2008            

Concerns are rising over side effect of bird flu drug Tamiflu on teenagers. Tamiflu is Swiss-based Hoffman-La Roche's antiviral for general influenza A and B but is also used to combat bird flu. However, worries have surfaced about the possibility of the medicine causing mental disorders among... [read full story]                    


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AFP: A little more on Air Batu

typepad.com     6 hrs ago   6 related          

Agence France Presse isn't always the most reliable source for flu news, but it broke the Air Batu story yesterday and we aren't getting much from other sources. Here's AFP's latest: Indonesia probes bird flu 'outbreak'....                    

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Nigeria: Bird Flu - Govt Disinfects Farms

allafrica.com     7 hrs ago   1 related          

Posted to the web 7 August 2008 George Okoh Lafia Following the report of new cases of Avian Influenza alsoknown as Bird Flu in some states in Northern Nigeria, the Avain Influenza Project in Nasarawa State has started...                    

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What killed people in the 1918 flu? [Effect Measure]

scienceblogs.com     yesterday   4 related          

A curious paper on the 1918 flu pandemic appeared this month in CDC's journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases. It seemed provocative, at least on the surface. It claimed that the conventional wisdom underlying pandemic flu...                    

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Indonesia: A letter to the editor of the Jakarta Post

typepad.com     yesterday          

Via The Jakarta Post, a very interesting letter from the head of Cornell University's Indonesian program: Listening needed to communicate bird flu risks. Excerpt (but read the whole thing): Since 2006 the government, with...                    

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