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'This could be way worse than SARS' *
A deadly avian flu in Vietnam raises fears that it will be transformed into an infectious human killer. PAUL TAYLOR reports.
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*West Nile virus warning issued *
Ontario health officials warned tourists and residents to take precautions over the long weekend after discovering mosquito pools in the Toronto area that tested positive for West Nile virus.
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30 confirmed flu cases reported in Muskoka area *
There is a flu outbreak in the Muskoka area.
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A hint of the flu *
Health experts fear that somewhere in the world today -- perhaps in Asia, where avian flu has killed at least 19 people -- a particularly dangerous genetic change may be taking place in a known influenza virus and creating something new, like the SARS virus, to which humans have no immunity.
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Antibiotics should not be prescribed to patients with the common cold *
Antibiotics should not be prescribed to patients with the common cold because there is scant evidence they stop other infections, and the benefits do not outweigh the risks, according to a new systematic review of current evidence.
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Asia's toll from bird flu rises to 22 *
Two four-year-old boys became the latest victims of the bird flu virus sweeping Asia, bring the human death toll to 22 on Wednesday.
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Asian bird flu spreads to Pakistan *
Asia's outbreak of avian influenza spread to Pakistan yesterday, alarming health experts who fear the virus could mutate with a common flu bug to create the world's next human flu pandemic.
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Avian flu creates caution among travellers *
The outbreak of avian influenza, which has spread to 10 Asian nations, has, to date, done little to dissuade Canadian travellers to the region.
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Avian flu mutation made BC. strain a killer *
A tiny genetic difference in the avian flu virus infecting the Fraser Valley has made it a big killer, B.C. scientists have discovered.
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B.C. to immunize students against whooping cough *
The B.C. government is expanding its immunization program to provide adolescents with vaccinations against whooping cough.
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Beijing bans Canadian birds *
China has joined other Asian governments in banning imports of Canadian poultry after avian flu was reported in birds on a farm in British Columbia.
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Beware of online bird-flu remedies *
Online sellers of prescription drugs and supplements are trying to cash in on bird-flu fears by promoting treatments that are unnecessary, ineffective, or potentially harmful.
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Bird flu death toll hits 15 *
Asia's human death toll from bird flu rose to 15 on Wednesday while China addressed its broadening zone of infected poultry with a new bird flu headquarters and Singaporeans turned in pet chickens for slaughter.
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Bird flu hits second B.C. farm *
An extremely virulent form of bird flu has spread to a second B.C. hatchery where 36,000 chickens must now be slaughtered, prompting officials to step up inspections in their fight to keep the outbreak from getting out of control and crippling the industry.
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Bird flu in Asian chickens since April, WHO says *
The bird flu sweeping across Asia has been in chickens in the region since at least April, tests conducted by the World Health Organization revealed, giving reassurance the virus has not been very successful at jumping to humans so far.
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Bird flu killing 70 per cent of victims, doctor says *
Up to 70 per cent of people who contracted avian flu in the Asian outbreak died of the virus, about twice the level of the 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong, a doctor from the territory said yesterday.
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Bird flu not being spread by people, WHO says *
Genetic evidence shows bird flu is not being passed from person to person in Vietnam, reassuring news that suggests the outbreaks that have killed 18 people have not become an epidemic, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
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Bird flu spreads to China; Canada prepares *
Ottawa makes plans to battle outbreak...
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Bird flu strain crosses to pigs *
A Chinese laboratory said Friday that a deadly strain of bird flu has been found in pigs, expanding the number of species that can be infected with the disease.
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Bird flu toll rises to 20 *
A 13-year-old boy died of bird flu in Thailand on Saturday, an official said, bringing to 20 the human death toll from the disease that's also killed millions of chickens and ducks across Asia and is now feared to have jumped to other animals.
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Bird flu toll rises to seven *
Thailand's prime minister said Saturday the bird flu epidemic could hurt the country's giant chicken export sector, as the virus claimed another life in Vietnam, bringing Asia's death toll to seven.
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Bird-flu blueprint sees up to 58,000 deaths *
Health Canada's preparedness document says pandemic would hit children, elderly.
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Chicken-farm workers didn't catch avian flu, tests show *
Three workers at a Vancouver-area chicken farm who got sick about the same time as chickens at the farm were dying weren't suffering from the avian flu virus, tests have shown.
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Chickens poxed in B.C. *
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday that it has confirmed a case of low-risk H7 avian flu on a chicken farm in British Columbia.
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China confirms new bird flu *
China said Tuesday it had confirmed new cases of bird flu in poultry in an eastern province, nearly four months after declaring victory over the highly-contagious disease.
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China reports bird flu in three more provinces *
China said yesterday the bird flu virus that has killed 10 people in Asia had struck in three provinces, and further cases were suspected, including one in Shanghai.
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China suspected of hiding outbreak *
With its bird-flu outbreak spreading swiftly to new regions, China faces mounting suspicions that its obsessively secretive bureaucracy has again been caught in a cover-up of a deadly disease.
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Controversy over whether vaccine additive linked to brain damage in children grows *
After assuring parents that additives in vaccines don't cause brain damage, scientists have found what they believe could be a "smoking gun" linking these additives to autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children.
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Cure for colds passes test *
A mantra of sports each winter is that an athlete can be prepared to beat everything but the flu or a cold.
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Don't cry wolf on every flu *
Creating panic over things like bird flu is counterproductive -- and distracts us from the problems that kill more people than SARS ever did, warns former Ontario public-health chief RICHARD SCHABAS.
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Emergency declared to deal with dead fowl *
B.C.'s Emergency Preparedness Act was invoked Saturday to enable officials to begin disposing of the potentially millions of carcasses of poultry infected with Avian flu.
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EU bans U.S. poultry products *
The European Union banned the import of all poultry products from the United States on Tuesday following the outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian influenza in Texas.
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Experts fear rapid spread in humans if virus mutates *
Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. The disease occurs worldwide and was first identified in Italy more than a century ago. There are 15 known virus subtypes.
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Experts meet for avian-flu talks *
Gathering in Rome aims to help nations affected by disease, prevent its spread.
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Experts say the world is going to have a new flu pandemic, but can't say when *
For influenza experts, the question is not whether the world is going to have a new flu pandemic, but when.
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Federal lab hasn't found any avian flu viruses in PEI samples *
Questions raised by the discovery of an H5 avian flu virus on a Prince Edward Island poultry farm can't yet be put to rest, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency admitted Tuesday as it announced its laboratory could not find any avian flu viruses in samples taken from the birds on the farm.
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Five B.C. poultry farm workers fall ill *
Five workers at a B.C. chicken farm where avian flu has occurred are showing flu-like symptoms.
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Five more human cases of bird flu suspected *
Vietnam reported five more suspected human bird flu cases Saturday, as the World Health Organization confirmed that a fourth death was caused by the disease and Taiwan began culling 35,000 chickens at an infected farm.
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Flu . . . what flu? How to ignore the superbug *
I didn't get a flu shot. Never had one, never wanted one, but now it's all I can think about because CNN has convinced me the flu is going to erase all of us this winter. I suddenly have the chills.
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Flu forces special measures *
Two hospitals in Southern Ontario are taking SARS-like precautions to cope with outbreaks of influenza, the latest sign of an unusually severe flu season striking nationwide.
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Flu season tips, 2008: Medicine Cabinet Clean-Up Ensures Your Family is Winter-ready *
Whether or not you get a flu shot, the key to doing battle with the flu bug is preparation. Preparing your medicine cabinet for "flu season" Is one of your first lines of defence.
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Free riders feedback (1) *
When I seriously considered getting a flu shot, I was presented with a disclaimer advising me if I had an allergy to the preservative thimerosol I should not have the flu shot.
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Free riders feedback (2) *
As a pediatrician, I regularly encounter the issue of parents refusing to immunize their children. It always perplexes me.
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Full year needed to gird Canada for flu pandemic *
Health Canada's new plan for dealing with any influenza pandemic estimates it will take no more than three months for a virus from Asia to reach Canada but as long as a year to develop a vaccine and immunize all Canadians against the new strain.
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Garber Gastronomic: Chicken Soup Soothes More Than the Soul. . . *
A cure for the common cold may still be out of reach, but temporary relief could be right in your kitchen cupboard.
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Garber Gastronomic: Chicken soup survey 2005 *
Canned chicken noodle soup is a tempting remedy for midwinter ailments. It's also a tempting shortcut to a hot meal. And with the cold and flu season upon us, many turn to the comfort of a steaming bowl of chicken soup. But there's a world of difference between brands, so let's take a quick survey of what's out there and how they stack up.
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Germany checks woman for bird flu after Thai trip *
Doctors in Germany are examining a woman suspected of contracting bird flu during a recent trip to Thailand, officials in Hamburg said Monday.
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India Fully Geared to Combat the Outbreak of Bird Flu *
...no cause for worry.
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Indonesia seventh country to confirm bird flu *
Indonesia became the seventh country in Asia to confirm an outbreak of deadly bird flu, as the World Health Organization warned Sunday the virus could be resistant to basic human influenza drugs.
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Influenza cuts feverish swath across Canada *
More than five million people can expect to be infected, Ontario microbiologist says.
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Japan bans Thai chickens over fears of avian flu *
Thailand swore yesterday that it is not covering up cases of bird flu, but Japan suspended imports from the huge Thai chicken industry until it is sure there are none.
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Malaysia on bird-flu alert *
Malaysia went on a nationwide alert against bird flu Thursday after officials confirmed that a deadly strain of the disease, blamed for the deaths of 27 people in Asia, had been found in a tiny northern village.
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Montagne Jeunesse Eucalyptus and Camphor Anti-Cold Bath (Garber review) ****
Again, this Montagne Jeunesse product does what it claims, and I must say that the soothing vapours went a long way toward helping with my chest congestion during a recent bout of bronchitis.
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New B.C. avian flu strain an H5 offshoot *
Scientists have not ruled out the possibility that the strain of bird flu that has been detected on a farm in B.C.'s Fraser Valley is the same strain responsible for more than 20 deaths in Asia this year.
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New study says OTC cough medicines do not work *
Despite the billions of dollars spent every year in this country on over-the-counter cough syrups, most such medicines do little if anything to relieve coughs, U.S. chest physicians say.
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Polio on rise as Nigerian clerics block vaccinations *
The World Health Organization has confirmed new outbreaks of polio in two African countries that were polio-free -- just as the global effort to eradicate the disease was believed to be on the brink of success.
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Race for flu shots depletes firm's reserves *
The world's largest manufacturer of the flu vaccine reported yesterday its cupboards are bare after the Canadian government bought up its remaining doses to replenish the country's stocks.
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Sauerkraut may bring more than Good Luck this New Year's Eve ****
Recent links to curing avian flu have made Sauerkraut a holiday best seller!
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Schizophrenia linked to flu, study shows *
A new study adds more evidence to a body of research that suggests the children of some women who get the flu while pregnant are at higher risk of developing schizophrenia.
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Scientists revise view of 1918 pandemic *
The 1918 flu that killed 20 million people appears to be more birdlike than previously thought, according to findings by U.S. and British researchers that could help explain why it was the deadliest influenza strain ever recorded.
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Scientists testing dangers of bird flu *
Scientists are embarking on a series of experiments with the bird flu virus ravaging Asian poultry to see how dangerous it would be if it adapted to humans, the chief influenza expert at the UN health agency said.
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Seventh bird flu fatality confirmed in Asia *
Pakistan joins list of countries affected by the disease.
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Six countries hit by bird flu *
Deadly disease spreads in Asia, emerges as threat to health, markets.
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Study shows pandemic path a bird flu can take *
Killer of millions in 1918 was able to make human-to-human infection leap.
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Superbug gaining on antibiotics *
Deaths in Britain from an increasingly drug-resistant superbug are 15 times higher than they were a decade ago, according to new figures released Thursday.
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Swift drive considered to avert flu pandemic *
With a rising death toll in Vietnam and almost daily warnings that an influenza pandemic is imminent, a number of flu experts are wondering whether a pandemic could be averted with swift and decisive action.
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Ten African nations vow to eradicate polio *
Ten African countries on Monday will launch a vast campaign designed to eradicate polio on the continent once and for all, health officials said.
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Thailand confirms human cases of bird flu *
A man suspected of having bird flu died Friday and two boys have been infected, the Thai government said, while Cambodia became the sixth Asian nation with a confirmed outbreak of the disease.
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The great vaccination debate *
With polio vanquished and other deadly diseases in decline, many parents are saying no to the needle. But as more children go unprotected, could some lethal illnesses be poised for a comeback? PAUL TAYLOR reports.
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Transfer of bird flu between humans suspected *
An unnamed 31-year-old man in northern Vietnam has emerged as "patient zero" in the first suspected human-to-human transmission of the deadly bird-flu virus that is sweeping through Asia.
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Two dead B.C. pupils likely victims of flu *
Two British Columbia children who died after getting sick at school appear to be the latest fatalities in a severe influenza season that is developing across Canada.
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Two more die from avian flu *
Two four-year-old boys were confirmed yesterday as the latest victims of the bird flu virus sweeping Asia, bringing the human death toll to 22.
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Two sisters who died of bird flu may be first human-to-human transmission *
Two Vietnamese sisters who died of bird flu may have caught the disease from their brother, the World Health Organization said Sunday. If confirmed, it would be the first known case of human-to-human transmission of the virus during the current outbreak sweeping Asia.
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UN doubts bird flu linked with pigs *
The human toll in Asia's bird flu crisis rose Friday to 18, as UN officials in Rome moved to play down test results suggesting that swine might also be carriers of the deadly virus.
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UN experts approve bird flu vaccinations *
UN experts approved limited animal vaccinations Thursday in Asia's bird-flu crisis to avoid a mass slaughter of livestock in the affected countries.
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Vaccination protects kids against serious disease *
Vaccination is the best way to protect your child against serious disease. . .
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Vaccine can stop lung cancer, U.S. scientists report *
An experimental vaccine wiped out lung cancer in some patients and slowed its spread in others in a small but promising study, researchers say.
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Vaccine option possible against bird flu *
International public health, food and animal experts will announce today their recommendations for stepping up the fight against avian influenza, but early indications are they will give their blessing to mass vaccination for poultry.
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Vietnamese girl 5th bird-flu victim *
An eight-year-old girl has become the fifth confirmed death from bird flu in Vietnam, the World Health Organization said yesterday as Asia went on alert against the chicken-borne virus.
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West Nile case Ontario's first *
A Windsor woman has been diagnosed with what appears to be Ontario's first case of West Nile disease this year, the province's chief medical officer of health announced yesterday.
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WHO plays down fears after bird flu found in cats *
The World Health Organization played down fears yesterday that the discovery in cats of a bird flu that has killed at least 22 people in Thailand and Vietnam poses increased risks for humans.
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WHO targets polio in Africa despite local resistance *
The World Health Organization plans to launch a massive immunization campaign Monday, targeting 63 million children in 10 African countries as a polio outbreak spreads from heavily Muslim northern Nigeria.
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WHO urges isolation, not travel bans, for bird flu sufferers *
The World Health Organization said Friday that people hit by the bird flu outbreak sweeping Asia should be quarantined to avoid contact with sufferers of regular influenza, because a combination of the two viruses may accelerate the spread of the disease.
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Saskatchewan area hit hardest by West Nile *
The West Nile virus infection rate among people in an area of south-central Saskatchewan last summer was higher than anywhere else in North America.
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Senators' victory just flu away *
Over the years, games between the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs have followed some twisted scripts. But none perhaps as bizarre as last night's 5-4 Toronto win, in which the Senators raced out to a 4-0 lead, then saw it slip away as a rampant flu bug went through the team during the game.
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