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Scientists are working on a "universal" flu vaccine that would eliminate the need for year to year flu shots, and may even protect against a bird flu pandemic.

Study : 1 In 3 Doctors Would Abandon Patients During Bird Flu Pandemic It's a fascinating question of ethics in a debate that has barely begun : You're a GP, there's a bird flu pandemic unfolding, the deadly virus is as easy to catch as normal flu and the dead are piling up.

The UK's House of Lords has warned that a bird flu pandemic could kill 75,000 Britons and as many as 50 million people worldwide. A new and potentially deadly infectious disease emerges somewhere in the world every year, threatening "devastating consequences" across the globe, warns the Lords intergovernmental organisations committee.

Is The Projected Bird Flu Pandemic For Real Some people aren’t truly happy unless they have something to worry about. In some cases, having a common enemy can bring even the most diverse of people together. In this case, the common enemy is the big bird flu pandemic that is supposed to happen any day now.

There’s isn’t nearly enough Tamilflu (which has been linked with convulsions, delirium and Death) to vaccinate America’s population. Notice how the government is asking the private...

65 million Indonesians at risk if bird flu mutates: official A woman stands next to a poultry cage at a market in Denpasar on Bali island. More than 60 million Indonesians could be infected with deadly bird flu if the virus mutates into a form transmissible between humans, an official said

Indonesia, US must cooperate on bird flu: US official Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt (L) before their meeting at Presidential Palace in Jakarta.

The “Leave Them To Die” List By msadmin | May 26, 2008 Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY When the bird flu pandemic comes, and medical centres and hospitals are overloaded with the sick and the dying, not everyone is going to find the help they need.

The "Leave Them To Die" List When the bird flu pandemic comes, and medical centres and hospitals are overloaded with the sick and the dying, not everyone is going to find the help they need. In fact, there are tens of millions of people in the United States alone who will be denied help simply because they happen to fit into one of the following categories : • People older than 85.

msnbc Governments need to stockpile different sorts of flu drugs — not just Roche Holding AG’s Tamiflu — to counter the danger of resistance in a pandemic triggered by bird flu, British experts said on Wednesday. The warning could boost demand for GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s inhaled medicine Relenza, which has been largely overlooked in favor of Roche’s more convenient pill.