Health experts probing deaths of 6 family members in Asia
Dr. D.A. Henderson, who helped wipe out smallpox around the world, has a little piece of advice for governments fighting bird flu -- don't use the military or police to enforce public health.
1000s quarantined in Bucharest - About 13 000 people were quarantined in the Romanian capital on Monday as troops and police sealed off streets in response to the city's second bird-flu outbreak, said officials.
Nationwide initiative trains volunteers to teach congregations to "obey the government" during seizure of guns, property, forced inoculations and forced relocation.
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Morgellons Disease
It sounds like the makings of a science fiction movie. It's an illness that causes painful sores that produce colored fibers and sometimes host parasites. But it's not science fiction.
Symptoms include persistent lesions, fibers popping out of skin, brain fog
A strain of bird flu that can be deadly for humans has spread from Asia to the fringes of Europe, and countries should prepare for a potential pandemic, Europe's health chief said on Thursday.
Can induce "strange behavior" leading to action which could cause death
HEALTH officials and police have sweeping powers to confine people in their homes and fine them $20,000 for breaching orders if a deadly flu pandemic strikes here.
President Bush outlined a $7.1 billion strategy Tuesday to prepare for the danger of a pandemic influenza outbreak, saying he wanted to stockpile enough vaccine to protect 20 million Americans against the current strain of bird flu as a first wave of protection.
GlaxoSmithKline, the UK's biggest pharmaceuticals company, is considering a dramatic expansion of production of Relenza, a flu treatment, after fears of a bird flu pandemic prompted a dramatic rise in orders.
Amid worries about bird flu, demand for a flu medicine is so extreme that the drug's maker has stopped shipping it to private U.S. suppliers just as consumers fret over whether they should try to stock up on the drug.
