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Recruits of the paramilitary police receive injections of the H1N1 vaccine at a military base in Taiyuan, Shanxi province February 2, 2010.
Source: Daylife - Reuters
New Issue
Over 10,000 ducks die in Cambodia
The Cambodian government said on Monday that more than 10,000 ducks have died and some 30,000 others are being sick in the country's southern province of Takeo.
Kao Phal, director of animal production department of agriculture ministry said that samples of the dead ducks being examined and the results will be known Tuesday or the day after.
He said that those dead ducks were reported happening a few days ago and now some 30,000 others are being sick.
Kao Phal said while sample testing is being examined, he could not tell what the cause to the deaths of the ducks was.
However, he said no report of any disease or death of human lives, but at the same time precaution to villagers is strictly advised by the government health concerning authorities.
According to Kao Sophal, the case is happening in Prey Khla village, Rominh Commune, Koh Andeth district in Takeo province, some 90 km south of Phnom Penh.
Cambodia, in the past and present, has had reports on the bird flu and influenza A/H1N1.
Source: Avian Flu Diary Blog - Eastday.com
Research
Medical journal recants 1998 study linking autism to vaccine
A major British medical journal on Tuesday retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease.
The retraction by The Lancet comes a day after a competing medical journal, BMJ, issued an embargoed commentary calling for The Lancet to formally retract the study. The commentary was to have been published on Wednesday.
Source: The Globe and Mail
Comment
The Emergence Of Operational Biosurveillance As A Professional Discipline
by James M. Wilson V, MD
Parallels With The Birth And Operationalization Of Modern Meteorology
The most direct, and in a sense the most important, problem which our conscious knowledge of nature should enable us to solve is the anticipation of future events, so that we may arrange our present affairs in accordance with such anticipation. -Heinrich Hertz (1898)
The emergence of operational biosurveillance as a professional discipline and early warning service to the public bears remarkable similarity to the birth of modern meteorology.
Meteorology as a practice and the concept of "forecasting" the weather was started by Vice Admiral Robert Fitzroy of the British Navy in the mid-1800s. The promotion of meteorology as a professional discipline was to be his final career in life and suffered the hardship of every social pioneer seeking to change societal function. He was ostracized by academicians, fought with competing individuals and organizations, struggled for funding and recognition by the British government, and as a lifelong sufferer of depression ultimately committed suicide under the strain. The world owes the term "forecast" and the operationalization of weather forecasting to Fitzroy and his remarkable persistence.[...]
Source: Biosurveillance blog
Risk Communication
Views on Swine Flu; 63% aware, 59% of them feel threatened: Poll
A recent Gilani poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan shows that majority of all Pakistanis (63%) claim to be aware about swine flu while the remaining are unaware. Among those who are aware, 59% believe Pakistanis are in a danger of being affected by swine flu to a great or some extent, 35% believe there is not much danger to Pakistanis or no danger at all while 6% are unsure.
It is seen that Pakistanis take various measures to protect themselves from swine flu, amongst which washing hands with soap and water, and covering mouth and nose while coughing top the list.
When asked if they were satisfied with the government’s actions to fight swine flu, 48% appear to be satisfied to a great or some extent, while 49% seem to be dissatisfied and 3% gave no response.
The recent Gilani poll was conducted in Pakistan by Gallup Pakistan, affiliated with Gallup International Association, among a sample of 2805 men and women from rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during January 2010.
Source: Associated Press of Pakistan
Quote
"It's not the H1N1 that makes you sick, it's your body's reaction to it"
Source: Kansas.com - The Wichita Eagle
News Flash
Doctors hail new treatment for severe swine flu cases
ABC Online
Doctors in Melbourne believe they have found a new and effective way to treat people with severe swine flu. The doctors at the Austin Hospital have found ...
Asean to ensure availability of antiviral drugs
ANTARA
... follow-up to the Joint Statement of the ASEAN Plus Three Health Ministers Special Meeting on Influenza A (H1N1) held on 8 May 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. ...
New outbreak of bird flu confirmed in Cambodia
AP via Yahoo! Asia News
Cambodian authorities began a mass killing of ducks Wednesday after confirming a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus.
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