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| | The Unofficial Paul Krugman Web Page |
 | | But the "perspiration theory" of Asian growth upsets two cherished beliefs held by both Asian leaders and their admirers. | | | Officials in many other Asian countries are no better. | | | The other unwelcome implication of the perspiration theory was that the pace of Asia's growth was likely to slow. |
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| | Poultry News: BIRD FLU: China, Russia report new cases of bird flu; Large outbreak approaching ... |
| | EU - With bird flu creeping up on the EU, the bloc's members have been jolted into a more active response to the danger, which not only threatens human health, but also the poultry processing sector's livelihood. | | | Leavitt said, "We are worried about places where we are not seeing processing done with this level and degree of quality. | | | He said culling was still the most effective way of containing its spread. |
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| | 20/2/2004 -- Asian Bird Flu Epidemic Stops Spreading |
| | In order to establish that Relenza is effective in humans infected with bird flu, clinical data from humans will be needed, she said. | | | Since January 23, the Thai Ministry of Public Health has reported nine laboratory confirmed cases of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. | | | "The fact that our experiments show that in the laboratory this Australian designed drug is effective against bird flu again shows just how important a discovery this was." |
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| | ASIAN FLU |
| | Treatment it has prescribed are all symptomatic; pang-kalintura lamang but the culprit - the bacteria, is still dancing on the Asian disco floor. | | | What else could treat our crisis than the best medicine they could give if it really wants us to get back to our feet. | | | The IMF prescription of the Asian crisis is completely wrong. |
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| | Asian Bird Flu - Avian Influenza Symptoms, Vaccines, News, Facts & Information |
| | So far, the disease has been spread from infected poultry to humans and there does not seem to be a big threat of humans passing it on to other humans, but that can change if the virus changes. | | | Travel advice and advisories as well as links to other sites are provided for those who want deeper coverage. | | | A traditional flu medication, Tamiflu, also has proven an effective treatment in the past. |
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| | Killer Asian Bird Flu |
| | If the avian flu virus develops the ability to spread through human contact, the outbreak could become a health crisis, said WHO regional co-ordinator Peter Cordingley. | | | Once upon a time, people didn't get much influenza type A. Then the bug learned to pick up genes that let it spread from human to human. | | | WHO officials say there has been no evidence the avian flu disease has spread from person to person. |
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| | The Flu |
| | Cancer or other diseases for which they are taking medicines that shut down their immune systems. | | | As always, you need to talk to your own or your child'd doctor to help decide if you or your child should receive the vaccine.) | | | Although several researchers claim that there is evidence of such poisoning, and in particular an increased risk of autism with thimerosal-containing vaccines, this has not been well-proven, and several large studies in different countries show no change in the occurence of autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders between children given thimerosal-containing and thimerosal-free vaccines. |
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| | THE ASIAN FLU SPREADS |
| | This may be an optimistic estimate for South Korea, much more so for other Asian lands that have yet to assess their problems realistically, much less take steps to solve them. | | | With or without devaluation in China, with or without meaningful government stimulus and economic revival in Japan, one thing is clear. | | | If you think that the Asian crisis is a much bigger problem for the US than other developed countries, think again. |
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http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_98/shilling083198.html
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| | Editorial: Asian Flu: Only Hype Contagious |
| | Even without the benefit of knowing what CEOs are planning, such gloomy forecasts don't make much sense. | | | But it's important to look past the alarmist rhetoric to the facts. | | | Not since health care has a "crisis" been so overstated. |
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| | Asian Flu threat underestimated |
| | Wild birds carry it in their intestines but usually do not get sick from it. | | | Would you like to register for our weekly NO-NONSENSE Medical News Letter? | | | The fatality rate among those reported to have the disease is about 70 percent. |
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| | New Scientist Pandemic-causing 'Asian flu' accidentally released - Breaking News |
| | This is a problem because of the way pandemic flu strains edge each other out of circulation. | | | The flu testing kits were sent to some 3700 labs between October 2004 and February 2005 by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), a professional body which helps pathology laboratories improve their accuracy, by sending them unidentified samples of various germs to identify. | | | The Asian flu’s most probable route of escape into the outside world would be if a lab worker were to unknowingly become infected by it. |
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| | Avian flu virus - information on Asian bird flu, symptoms & risk - BUPA health news |
| | Please view our most recent health news story on avian flu, dated 25 February 2005 | | | Antiviral medications used to treat human flu viruses appear to be effective in treating avian flu. | | | The result is a illness that rapidly spreads round the world and may cause widespread loss of life. |
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| | Local firms weathering "Asian flu' |
| | For one, he said, most of his firm's clients are still more focused on doing business in Europe than in Asia. | | | More difficult to measure is the effect of the Asian crisis on Milacron's customers here and elsewhere who aren't buying machinery because their customers in Asia aren't buying their products, he said. | | | Beaupre said the devalued Asian currencies "had some impact," but in the machine-tool market, in particular, competition is so keen that most Asian producers have used lower exchange rates to bolster their bottom lines rather than cut prices further. |
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http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1998/08/02/bus_asia02.html
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| | Asian bird flu crisis causing concern in governments worldwide |
| | The World Health Organization is urging countries and drug companies to speed development and production of a vaccine and then stockpile the drug when it comes onto the market. | | | Secret Sources for healing foods and natural medicines that can save your life. | | | This downloadable ebook arms you with the information you need to protect you and your family from the possible bird flu pandemic the World Health Organization is now warning about. |
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http://www.newstarget.com/004109.html
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| | Asian flu prophylactic treatment with Chinese traditional herbal medicine |
| | Asian flu prophylactic treatment with Chinese traditional herbal medicine | | | In REVIVO a combination of 12 of the most powerful herbs is acting as a very strong immune system booster to fend off any viral attack. | | | AIDS/HIV : asthma : breast cyst : herpes : hepatitis : cancer : diabetes : health tea : malaria : Puer tea : flu |
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| | frogblog » Catching the Asian flu |
| | Could it be that he’s seeking the votes of bigots no matter their colour: he’ll pick up the bigoted Pakeha by talking about the “treaty industry” (whatever that means) and the bigoted Maori (and Pakeha) by talking about an Asian invasion. | | | Quite apart from the dodginess of his figures, Winston’s worrying about Asians outnumbering Maori is completely inconsistent with some other of his musings. | | | And if that is what he thinks, why should he care how many people are Maori and how many people are of other ethnicities? |
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| | Is Asian Bird Flu the Next Pandemic? |
| | But some virologists caution that alarmist warnings could harm preparedness plans. | | | While most health experts agree that the bird flu virus represents a grave danger and is highly likely to spread unless urgent steps are taken, some virologists caution that alarmist warnings could harm preparedness plans. | | | This year there have been 44 confirmed human cases of H5N1 flu in Thailand and Vietnam. |
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| | CDC - Influenza (Flu) |
| | Symptoms, what to do if you get sick... | | | Prevention and Control of Flu: Recommendations of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Also available as PDF | | | MMWR Update: Flu Activity, U.S. and Worldwide, May 22-Sep 3, 2005, and 2005-06 Vaccination Recommendations NEW! |
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| | Asian financial crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The "Asian flu" also put pressure on the United States and Japan. | | | The Singaporean economy managed to turn in a relatively healthy performance in comparison to her Asian peers during and as a result of the financial crisis, although its strong linkages and dependency on her regional economies still entailed some negative effects on her economy. | | | Culturally, the Asian financial crisis dealt a setback to the idea that there is a distinctive set of Asian values, i.e. |
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| | KIROTV.com - News - Local Doctors Watching For Asian Bird Flu |
| | There is noevidence it can be spread from person to person. | | | Health departments in King and Snohomish counties are urging doctors to report patients with severe respiratory illnesses who have traveled into the affected countries in Asia. | | | Doctors in the Northwest are now on the lookout for disease, which is spreading like wildfire. |
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| | Size of Asian Bird Flu Outbreak Unprecedented, Health Agency Says |
| | With that knowledge, the World Health Organization (WHO) has repeated its warning that only with diligence and difficulty will the disease be controlled. | | | Most of these countries are experiencing outbreaks of this disease for the first time in their histories. | | | International public health organizations say the outbreak of bird flu in eight Asian nations is the most widespread and serious occurrence of a disease that was once thought to be rare. |
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| | Deadly Asian bird flu strain reaches Europe |
| | Further complicating the response, a study released Friday said researchers had identified a mutated form of H5N1 bird flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled around the world to counter a feared influenza pandemic. | | | Some Alzheimer's drugs linked to increased risk of death | | | Breast cancer drug Herceptin results 'simply stunning': scientists |
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| | Asian Bird Flu Really Scares CDC Staff ! |
| | This flu also must be able to be transmitted efficiently from person to person. | | | essentially avian, but possessing genetic components of the human flu that would allow it to be easily transmitted from person to person. | | | The resulting virus could be essentially avian, but possessing genetic components of the human flu that would allow it to be easily transmitted from person to person. |
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| | The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 240 |
| | An eight-year-old girl has also tested positive and is in critical but stable condition, and the WHO says nine other people - some of whom have already died - could have contracted the virus. | | | The World Health Organisation estimates that six people have since died of the human form of the disease. | | | The commissioner for livestock husbandry said it was not a strain of bird flu that can spread to humans -- something that has happened in other parts of Asia. |
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| | The Flu |
| | Take medication to relieve the symptoms of flu. | | | A person who has the flu can spread the flu starting one day before they begin to feel sick. | | | It is transmitted from person to person, usually by inhaling infected droplets from the air. |
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| | Asian Flu Article |
| | Longer term effects on China's economy may be positive. | | | Devaluation of China's renminbi would produce a further drop in the value of other Asian currencies, and would therefore not stimulate Chinese exports. | | | China, however, will not manifest the same extreme symptoms of the flu as in Korea for several reasons, of which the most obvious are the lack of capital account convertibility and greater reliance on FDI than borrowing. |
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http://www.scs.unr.edu/~cer/abstracts/v9n1asianflu.html
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| | Deadly Asian Bird Flu Smuggled Into Ohio? |
| | Vietnamese health officials and the World Health Organization have tried to warn people about the danger. | | | Calls to Food King on Thursday were referred to a person who was not available. | | | IF bird flu arises in bird populations via smuggled birds then we have a major problem. |
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| | Hardin MD : Bird Flu / Asian Flu / H5N1 |
| | Hardin MD : Bird Flu / Asian Flu / H5N1 | | | Key facts (Scroll down for What are the symptoms of bird flu in humans? | | | Bird flu and human flu : Reassortment of RNA segments |
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| | ZetaTalk: Asian Flu Epidemic |
| | The illness emerging is not new, in the main, caused by germs that have been present all along. | | | Swine or avian flu, germs passed from animals to humans and mutating, is not new. |
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| | BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Fears mount over Asian bird flu |
| | While stressing that culling was the best way to tackle the problem, they added that vaccination against bird flu could be used as a complementary measure. | | | If true, she would be the first person in the latest outbreak to get bird flu from another human rather than birds. | | | But he said the WHO was still concerned in case the case was the beginning of a more widespread transmission. |
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| | U.S. Issues First Warning About Asian Bird Flu |
| | Gerberding said if doctors find that patients with flu symptoms have been in Vietnam or other places with bird flu, they should test for the virus. | | | Gerberding said people who might have the flu should voluntarily tell doctors about their Asian travels if no one asks them about it. | | | The goal is to prevent the possible human spread of the virus, although there have been no documented cases of this occurring during the Asian outbreak. |
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| | Dollar catching Asian flu |
| | While this reflects the changing structure of East Asian trade, it is also an indicator of the increasing maturity of Asian exchange activity. | | | Currency market trading has also had a shift of emphasis, with China's yuan emerging as a potential regional substitute, albeit in the distant future. | | | Export-led Asian central banks have been accumulating dollars for two decades or more to keep their own currencies competitive. |
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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science -- Chronology: Asian bird flu outbreak |
| | Feb 12 – WHO confirms tests show no evidence bird flu is passing from person to person. | | | LONDON – Preliminary tests by Vietnam have shown the presence of the H5N1 strain in one of three people who died from bird flu, Hans Troedsson, Vietnam representative of the World Health Organisation, said on Friday. | | | Aug 13 – The WHO says that preliminary tests by Vietnam have shown the presence of the H5N1 strain in one of three people who died from bird flu. |
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| | Asian flu or Asian comeback? |
| | Still, the view from that side of the ocean was different from what has been reported here in America. | | | Ron Oltmanns is a local business coach who publishes an electronic newsletter called Nouveau Entrepreneur. | | | This optimistic outlook is based on several key realities. |
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| | Fighting the Asian Flu |
| | Greg's experience is more hands-on in the logging side, having worked in the BC Interior and done sawmilling on the Coast. | | | Seeking even more challenge, he worked as a consultant in China and other Asian countries for 10 years. | | | Given a little time, the Asian markets may resume a more normal buying pattern and give small BC mills, like Mill Creek, a chance to get back on their feet. |
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| | CBC News: Focus on Asian bird flu outbreaks, not pigs: WHO |
| | Scientists fear human and bird flu forms of the virus could mix in pigs, mutating into a form that could spread more easily between people. | | | Last week, a Chinese researcher told a scientific conference in Beijing that the avian flu virus had been found in a small number of pigs in southeastern Fujian province in 2003 and "another place" in 2004. | | | He added a communicable disease surveillance system is needed in Asia to respond quickly to outbreaks of H5N1, SARS or other animals diseases that can infect humans. |
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| | mobilepals.com - asian flu |
| | Treatment must begin within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. | | | It can also help with your overall health in general. | | | There is now an alternative treatment that can stop a cold or flu in its tracks or significantly reduce its effects. |
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| | University of Miami School of Medicine - Glossary - Asian flu |
| | Immunity to this strain of influenza A (H2N2) was rare in people less than 65 years of age, and a pandemic was predicted. | | | First identified in China in late February 1957, the Asian flu spread to the United States by June 1957 where it caused about 70,000 deaths. | | | University of Miami School of Medicine - Glossary - Asian flu |
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| | Asian Bird Flu Symptom |
| | China link The East Asian region is the worst affected... | | | 04/24/03 Continued> Bird flu spreads to humans in the... | | | natural herb nature's herbs bird flu head cold swine flu... |
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| | Dvorak Uncensored » Fears mount over Asian bird flu |
| | Officials stress it was an isolated case, and the WHO said it “would not pose a significant public health risk”. | | | But a case of human-to-human infection would raise fears that bird flu could combine with human flu, to create a more deadly version of the disease. | | | During the 1918-1919 fall period the number of Americans who died from influenza is estimated at 675,000. |
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| | asianflu |
| | This form of the vaccine effectively prevents most cases of the flu, although success rates vary according to age, health status, and how closely the virus strains contained in the vaccine match those that are circulating through the population. | | | Information needed about asianflu can be found on these sites. | | | You can help prevent influenza by getting immunized with an influenza vaccine each year, ideally in October or November. |
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| | IslamWeb - Asian Bird Flu Death Toll Hits 48 |
| | In addition, a 40-year-old woman from Quang Ninh province was in Hanoi's Bach Mai Hospital, in stable condition, health officials said. | | | In neighbouring Vietnam, where 14 people have died of bird flu since late December, the latest cases follow a string of infections that have had health experts worried about the spread of the virus now acknowledged to be endemic in the region. | | | Villagers did not immediately tell authorities about the sick chickens for fear that their remaining stock would be slaughtered, Miller said. |
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| | Asian bird flu migrates |
| | As Thailand said the virus had spread across a vast swathe of the kingdom, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra appealed for calm and said that countries affected by the outbreak would meet here on Wednesday for crisis talks. | | | Thailand's bird flu epidemic has forced a cull of nearly 11 million chickens focused on two western provinces of Suphan Buri and Kanchanaburi. | | | Another man suspected of having bird flu died in hospital last Friday, and 10 other suspected cases have been reported. |
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| | ANTI-VIRUS - asian chicken flu virus |
| | Robert J. Hudson, M.D. is the Medical Director and Vice President Medical and Marketing of ZymeTx, Inc. "Dr. Bob" is a Pediatrician with a focus on infectious disease. | | | EU bans Thai chicken as Asian bird flu spreads... | | | ...flu, two other pandemics - the Asian flu in 1957 and the Hong Kong flu in 1968.....new cases of human infection ceased. |
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| | ANTI-VIRUS - 1957 asian flu virus |
| | These changes mean that the flu vaccine must be... | | | Although it was legal to use the "Asian" flu virus, which killed between one and four million people in 1957, the WHO said it was an "unwise... | | | ...ever received specimens of the Asian flu virus that killed nearly 4 million people, including about 70,000 in the United States, in a 1957-58... |
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| | CNN.com - Virus outbreak: Air travel fears - Mar. 25, 2003 |
| | Health officials in several Asian countries are taking unprecedented steps to try to stop the spread of a potentially deadly pneumonia virus amid fresh fears air travel is worsening the outbreak. | | | Officials in Hong Kong, the center of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) scare, said on Tuesday nine tourists caught the virus on a flight to Beijing from another passenger, a man from mainland China. |
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| | Asian Flu :: AO |
| | If administrators took pains to analyze these supposedly Asian spam messages by analyzing the full Internet headers, they would have realized that the Asian servers were merely used by the real spammers as open relays, or perhaps as zombie hosts previously infected with the mass mailing worms through the exploitation of operating system vulnerabilities. | | | I have consistently tried, as a good Internet citizen, to alert the administrators of these vulnerable Asia hosts and open relays of their problems, and I hope that they will patch their systems. | | | Therefore, many less-experienced systems administrators have simply blocked the access from subnets of Chinese or Asian origin, effectively destroying the fabric of the Internet -- messaging. |
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| | Battling the 'Asian flu' |
| | Economist Robert Townsend, who studies the management of risk in developing economies, has a rare opportunity to examine the impact of the current "Asian flu" on a national economy. | | | Townsend, the Charles Merriam Professor in Economics, has received funding from the Ford Foundation to expand his study of the economy of Thailand to see how people are faring in the face of the current economic crises there. | | | It's a good time to export and those exports could help the country get through the crises." |
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