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Bookshelf of Influenza Resources

Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard held a conference about reporting on pandemics. Excerpts from the conference were published on-line in the Spring 2007 Nieman Reports. Maryn McKenna is currently writing about MRSA at her blog Creating a Bookshelf of … Continue reading

Overview avian influenza implications for human disease

from ProMED-mail http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org – ———————————————————- Overview– [A comprehensive reference document covering all aspects of the biology of human avian influenza H5N1 virus updated to 16 May 2007 is … Continue reading

Results Birds and Influenza from Asia into Alaska

Winker K, McCracken KG, Gibson DD, Pruett CL, Meier R, Huettmann F, et al. Movements of birds and avian influenza from Asia into Alaska. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2007 Apr [date cited]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/13/4/06-1072.htm Abstract Asian-origin … Continue reading

Results: 2006 Alaska Avian Influenza Surveillance

News Release 2006 Alaska Avian Influenza Surveillance Wrap-up Available: No H5N1 Found News Releases Home Page, Contacts, Bruce Woods (907)786-3695 In 2006, Alaska Department of the Interior agencies were tasked with testing more than 15,000 birds for the highly pathogenic … Continue reading

Request Guidance for Prioritization Pandemic Influenza Vaccine

There isn’t much time left to participate in this request. [I’m always skeptical of any group or official who uses the term “stakeholders”. Usually it signifies the agency or institution is the one in charge and the community gets to … Continue reading

Business Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza

Pricey for most of us, but should be attended by major reps. Second National Summit, Hosted by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota deadline February 5-6, 2007, in Orlando, Florida. The implications of an … Continue reading

Excerpts hearings on Alaska influenza devastation

These are excerpts I culled from the testimony given, as mentioned in the previous post. Influenza in Alaska 1919 Hearings These excerpts had to be extracted from images (pictures) of the original pdf file of the scanned document by Google. … Continue reading

Influenza in Alaska 1919 Hearings

Influenza in Alaska: Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, 65th Congress, Third Session on S.J. Resolution 199, A Joint Resolution for Relief in Alaska By United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC06258712&id=5JRLJryArpcC&q= congress+1919+alaska&dq=congress+1919+alaska&num=100&pgis=1 or http://tinyurl.com/ulnoz Influenza … Continue reading

Science project — community-based mitigation strategies during an influenza pandemic

from the http://www.fluwikie2.com/ Your ideas are needed so they can be passed along to improve our preparedness. Suggestions should be submitted at the link below (if we don’t include ourselves in planning, we don’t get included in plans or in … Continue reading

Influenza in Alaska: Senate Hearings (1919)

Influenza in Alaska: Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate,… By United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Title: Influenza in Alaska Publisher: G.P.O. Author(s): United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations Publication Date: 1919 Pages: 21 Google … Continue reading