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Posted By: Guests
Subject: OT-Are there any viruses going around-USA?
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 8:23am
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Curious if anyone knows of any viruses going around (We live in Central Wisconsin), cold, flu, whatever..?
Our cat started sneezing yesterday (never sneezed before in her life that I am aware), and she just didn't act like her normal self.. Then this morning my husband started feeling pretty ill (took the day off work). Sore throat, nasal congestion, headache, and keeps coughing up phlem.
Anybody know of anything going around??
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 8:45am
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Although the odds are very long -- a cat can get Avian Flu from eating an infected bird. Also, given perfect conditions (and a mutated virus) a human could get the virus from the cat.
Have you husband see a doctor and relax.
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Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 11:24am
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Something new is going around with dogs, puppies in particular. Our puppy died about three weeks ago and the vet said all the tests he did on the dog came out negative, said it has to be a new strain of something, but he doesn't know what. He treated our dog with IV antibiotics and TAMIFLU and the dog did not live, some type of respiratory thing(I didn't find this out until this week when I took our new puppies in). He had 3 dogs in the past month with the same thing. Anyway, he told us to bleach our yard and house, so I sprayed down the yard with bleach water two times, three times in some places, we also had to clean then bleach all the carpets, did them three times, bleach all the floors, bedding, clothing that was on the floor, etc. We found 2 Lab puppies at the animal shelter and in talking with them, they also said they have been seeing the same virus in puppies, negative tests, don't know what the virus is, but they are dying from it. Hopefully these puppies will be ok, we shall see, the vet says we are taking chances with getting them from the shelter since they could have been exposed to anything there, says we should know something in 10 days if they are going to come down with something, so far this is day 5. Precautions we have to take from the vet, take our shoes off at the door, only take the puppies to the potty in a very small section of the yard, they can play inside with us supervising, but need to be in their kennel most of the time (in the house)in order to cut down exposure to anything until they have been fully vaccinated, they can't walk on the ground when they go to the vet, they have to be carried, and we have to spray any shoes with bleach water that come into the house.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 1:35pm
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Our cat is getting worse, and husband a little as well.
I just so happened to have a checkup today, asked the Dr. if there was anything 'going around' and he said nope.
Well, not sure what the cat and my husband have (too coincidental that they have non-related illnesses..). Will let you all know how things progress.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 4:03pm
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If other animals <horses can get West Nile then you would think dogs , cats can as they are affected by other virus's mossies carry .
Just wondering .
By 2004 WNV had spread to the west coast of the United States; in early 2004 the first confirmed case of WNV was reported in California, including one death. By the end of 2005, WNV had spread to all areas of the country except Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. 
Figure 2 2005 West Nile Virus Activity in the United States. This map reflects surveillance findings occurring between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005, as reported to CDC's ArboNET system for public distribution by state and local health departments. (CDC, 2006b)
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Posted By: janetn
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 5:49pm
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Here in Mich we have an upper resp virus going around. Kids are getting hit hard. It has ear and eye infections with it. Goes away in a few days though.
Wonder what the dogs are coming down with, Last year I remember something about a new virus that had jumped from horses. Wonder if that could be it.
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Posted By: Ferocia
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 7:23pm
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I believe the virus that has jumped from horses to dogs is an influenza. We vaccinate all our horses and ponies for influenza but we have nonetheless had an inordinate number of upper respiratory illnesses. We nearly lost a valuable broodmare to an infection that settled in the salivary gland and I had never before seen anything like it.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 3:41am
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060831/NEWS/608310400 - http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060831/NEWS/608310400
A Jackson neurologist accused the state Department of Health Wednesday of underreporting by almost half the number of West Nile virus cases in Mississippi.
Dr. Art Leis, a clinical professor of neurology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, told the Senate Public Health Committee the number of West Nile cases over the past year is 31, but the real number should be 60.
The department failed to report 29 of those cases, many from the Hattiesburg area, he said. "They were literally erasing the numbers. I don't know why."
Failing to inform the public posed a major risk to citizens who could have taken steps to avoid the disease such as using spray repellent, he said.
During a break, state Sen. J. Ed Morgan, R-Hattiesburg, expressed dismay. "When things get to the point of almost an epidemic, there's a requirement to get that information to the public," he said.
Department officials said they'll answer all questions raised Wednesday when the hearing resumes at 9 a.m. today at the state Capitol.
A four-month investigation by The Clarion-Ledger, published in June, revealed a myriad of department woes, including failing to adequately inform doctors and the public about disease outbreaks.
Senate Public Health Chairman Alan Nunnelee called the hearings because of issues the newspaper raised as well as a critical report of the agency by the Joint Legislative Committee for Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review.
Before Hurricane Katrina, Leis told the committee he went on TV to warn residents of the increased risk of West Nile virus cases - only to be corrected by Health Department officials, who said there was no increased risk of the disease. The numbers prove his prediction was right, he said. "If this were a report card, I would give them a D.'"
Pansy Maddox, who as district environmentalist oversees food and water inspections on the Gulf Coast, testified a top official told her she could no longer fail restaurants.
In one meeting, she said State Health Officer Dr. Brian Amy remarked that "he worked for the (state) Board of Health and did what the Board of Health told him to do. He told us if the board wanted to approve cardboard boxes for septic tanks, we would have to approve cardboard boxes."
Dr. Vafa Kamali of Hattiesburg, who previously worked as a director under Amy, said Amy had "wonderful ideas" that quickly faded away because they were never carried out. Under Amy, the Health Department turned into a place of intimidation, he said. "When you give the perception that nobody can come close to you, you create an environment of fear."
Tommy Williams of Philadelphia, who oversaw two of Mississippi's nine health districts before retiring recently, said there was a problem with management style - "no direction, no planning, reactionary, unwilling to capitalize on the experience of the staff." The current administration is "constructed on a facade based on superficial responses," said Williams, who had worked for the department 32 years. "We have had to cancel clinics to train people in order for Dr. Amy to say we were the first state to complete training." Despite warnings regarding bird flu, he said top department officials announced, "We will have no role in the pandemic flu."
Brenda Horne, who retired as a supervisory nurse at the Health Department clinic in Kosciusko in 2004, testified she worries Mississippi's poorest are no longer getting the care they need. She said she regularly gets calls from patients at the clinic, now open only two days a week instead of four. Two nurses are now doing the work of five. "The foot soldiers on the front lines are the ones who feel they're not worthwhile," Horne said.
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Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 7:50am
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Our other puppy died from a virus of some sort, and our two new puppies also got the same thing, however they both lived. We did everything the vet suggested, bleaching the yard, house, everything and he said that probably weakened whatever it was they picked up, plus the fact that we got them into the vet within a couple of hours of the first signs of illness (vomiting) and the vet started them on Tamiflu and antibiotics, both responded quickly and have been home again for about 10 days doing great. I would really just like to know what it is they are picking up, so as to avoid it. We are still bleaching the yard once a week, taking shoes off outside and spraying with bleach so we kill any germs brought from other places. I am wondering if it is some type of influenza? Vet still doesn't know what it was, all tests are negative, he didn't mention any other pet deaths (he is a friend and also does large farm animals and didn't mention any farm animal deaths either). Is the vets Tamiflu the same as people would take? One puppy was sick in the hospital for 3 days and was on the standard "store bought" Tamiflu (I still have the bottle in the fridge), the second puppy was only in overnight and my friend said he mixed up his own Tamiflu and made it stronger than the type he purchased, and the dog responded much faster. Of course we don't know if that was it or the difference in puppies (he was a larger, the largest of the pack anyway out of 7 puppies) or the difference in the meds.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 7:34pm
Candles, Dogs can not get West Nile according to our State Vet. He said they tried giving the virus to dogs but they couldn't. I don't know about cats.
I called the State vet after finding one of my dogs eating a dead Blue Jay about 4 years ago. There is a lot of West Nile in our area and has been for a while.
People are always getting some kind of virus's. My granson today was taken to the doctor and we were told he has a throat virus but it is not strep throat.
Also heard something about a virus going around among a store full of employees. But not really out of the ordinary. A few weeks ago it was a town full of people with something.
Good luck to all.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 9:00am
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Hi maysday , no wasn't posting re dogs and west nile .The Doc who was blasting the fact the cases were way under reportered for humans big time in every area . If it can't be done right with west nile , raises concerns for other under reported health situations . So glad dogs can't spread this virus to humans . cheers .
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 9:10am
West
Nile Virus and Dogs and Cats http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/wnv_dogs_cats.htm - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/wnv_dogs_cats.htm
NEW!!
*A recent
article (Austgen et al. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol10no1/02-0616.htm - Experimental
Infection of Cats and Dogs with West Nile Virus , EID, Vol.
10, no.1 Jan 2004) in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases
discusses WNV infection in dogs and cats in detail.
Q.
Can West Nile virus (WNV) cause illness in dogs or cats?
A. A relatively small number of WNV infected dogs (<40)
and only 1 WNV infected cat have been reported to CDC during 2003.
Experimentally infected dogs* showed no symptoms after infection
with WNV. Some infected cats exhibited mild, nonspecific symptoms
during the first week after infection--for the most part only
showing a slight fever and slight lethargy.
It
is unlikely that most pet owners would notice any unusual symptoms
or behavior in cats or dogs that become infected with WNV.
Q.
How can my veterinarian treat my cat or dog if they are/may be
infected with WNV?
A. There is no specific treatment for WNV infection. Full
recovery from the infection is likely. Treatment would be supportive
(managing symptoms, if present) and consistent with standard veterinary
practices for animals infected with a viral agent.
Q.
Does my dog/cat becoming infected pose a risk to the health of
my family or other animals?
A. There is no documented evidence of dog or cat-to-person
transmission of West Nile virus. The evidence suggests that dogs
do not develop enough virus in their bloodstream to infect more
mosquitoes. Cats develop slightly higher levels of virus in their
bloodstream, but it is unclear if this would be enough to infect
mosquitoes. It is very unlikely that cats would be important in
furthering the spread of the virus. *
If your animal becomes infected with WNV, this suggests that there
are infected mosquitoes in your area. You should take measures
to prevent mosquitoes from biting you (use repellent and wear
protective clothing.)
Veterinarians should take normal infection control precautions
when caring for any animal (Including birds) suspected to have
this or any viral infection.
Q.
How do cats and dogs become infected with West Nile virus?
A. Dogs and cats become infected when bitten by an infected
mosquito. There is also evidence that cats can become infected
with the virus after eating experimentally infected mice. *
Q.
Can I become infected with WNV if a dog with the virus bites me?
A. Preliminary studies have not been able to detect virus
in the saliva of infected dogs. This suggests that dog bites pose
a low risk, if any, of transmission of WNV from dogs to other
animals or people.
Q.
Is there a vaccine for cats or dogs?
A. No.
Q. Should a dog or cat infected with West Nile virus be destroyed?
A. No. There is no reason to destroy an animal just because
it has been infected with West Nile virus. Full recovery from
the infection is likely. Treatment would be supportive and consistent
with standard veterinary practices for animals infected with a
viral agent.
Q.
Can I use insect repellent on my pets?
A. DEET-based repellents, which are recommended for humans,
are not approved for veterinary use (largely because animals
tend to ingest them by licking.) Talk with your veterinarian for
advice about the appropriate product for use on your pet.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 9:22am
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http://pictopia.com/perl/gal?provider_id=332 -
EEE spraying favored by state health officials
By JOHN WHITSON
Union Leader Staff
http://www.unionleader.com/default.aspx?storyDate=2006-09-01 - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
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State officials are for the first time ever recommending at-risk communities consider spraying an insecticide to battle Eastern Equine encephalitis.
A half-dozen EEE-infected mosquito pools — four in Newton and two in Danville — were discovered this week, sparking a meeting yesterday of health officials throughout Rockingham County.
“What we’re seeing is a rapid concentration of EEE in the central and southern Rockingham County area, and that is a concern to us,” said John Stephen, commissioner of Health and Human Services.
“We believe, with these cases, there’s a risk high enough to these towns that they consider spraying.”
The state has also found the virus in mosquito pools in Manchester, Fremont and Hampstead, as well as in birds found in South Hampton and Hampstead.
EEE is spread to humans when an infected bird is bitten by a mosquito, which then bites a person.
Fred Rusczek, Manchester’s public health director, said the city sprayed for EEE last Friday night and that the local mosquito count is down.
He said the population is closely watched, and if numbers start to climb again the city will consider a second spraying.
The state yesterday recommended Newton, Plaistow, Kingston, East Kingston, Danville, Brentwood, Fremont, Sandown, South Hampton, Atkinson and Hampstead consider spraying synthetic pyrethroid, which kills adult mosquitoes.
There have been no human cases of EEE in New Hampshire this year. Last year seven people were infected, and two people died from the disease.
“We don’t want people to panic,” said Stephen. “We want people to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather, but continue to be vigilant.
“It’s our goal that, with our continuing efforts, we will not see any human cases this year.”
Last month, HHS declared a EEE threat in Rockingham County, making available expedited mosquito control permits and state reimbursement of up to 25 percent of mosquito-control activity costs.
Dr. Jason Stull, the state public health veterinarian, said he, Stephen and other state health officials met with a contingent of more than 40 people at Rockingham County Nursing Home yesterday morning.
The meeting was called to offer expertise, suggest a unified response and outline prevention strategies to the area of the state hit hardest by EEE.
Stull said it’s not known why Rockingham County is home to more EEE-infected mosquitoes than other parts of the state.
“The ecology of this area seems to be one that really allows this virus to thrive in the bird population,” he said.
Because EEE is rare in humans, it remains largely a mystery to scientists, said Stull. “It feels like I’m having a daily conversation with the CDC,” he said, referring to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Some studies indicate that people under 15 and those over 50 are at higher risk of falling seriously ill. The two fatal cases in New Hampshire last year involved a 20-year-old Newton woman and an 80-year-old Hooksett man.
Stull said the state laboratory has been actively testing for the virus. “We reach out to physicians throughout state and in the area of concern (for blood samples),” he said.
The majority of people bitten by an infected mosquito will never know it, said Stull. Some people may suffer mild flu-like symptoms, he said, and a small number of people develop serious symptoms.
The danger of EEE, said Stull, is that one-third of people who develop the more serious symptoms ultimately die from the infection.
Stull said spraying an insecticide is only dangerous to the general population if the product is improperly used. “In general it is very safe,” he said.
People are advised not to come into direct contact with insecticide, and Stull recommends people with respiratory problems stay inside with windows closed if trucks are used to spray throughout a town.
Massachusetts has been dealing with EEE for many years, said Stephen, and New Hampshire residents can now expect to do battle each fall.
“If we can learn anything from Massachusetts over the last 70 years,” said Stull, “it’s that it tends to cycle for several years ... so certainly we’ve got to be prepared for it here in New Hampshire.”
The state athletic association recently posted an informational warning about EEE on its Web site.
Executive Director R. Patrick Corbin said yesterday the association wants to let high school athletic directors know they have the option to reschedule games and avoid playing into the night when more mosquitoes may be out.
Sanborn High School and Timberlane of Plaistow, said Corbin, have moved soccer and field hockey start times closer to when school lets out.
“Our effort was just to remind everyone that it is an issue, and some schools have taken steps to avoid it,” he said.
A decade ago, playing games into the evening wouldn’t have been an option at nearly every high school in the state. But Corbin said more and more schools are playing under the lights.
“Before the advent of so many of these lit, turf fields ... many of the games, field hockey, soccer, a lot of these sports were played in the afternoon. Now ... they play into the evening almost every night.”
Bishop Guertin Athletic Director Andrew Krahling uses Stellos Stadium in Nashua for Friday night football.
For other sports, Krahling said he’d consider altering schedules if the threat appeared more imminent.
“It’s crossed our mind,” he said, “but as far as I know there hasn’t been affected mosquitoes right around our area.”
The state’s hotline for EEE/West Nile virus issues is 866-273-6453. For more information on EEE, including how to eliminate mosquito-breeding areas and how to avoid mosquito bites, go to http://www.unionleader.com/www.dhhs.nh.gov - www.dhhs.nh.gov .
► http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Mass.+boy%2c+9%2c+dies+of+EEE&articleId=170f3a34-64b2-4dc4-a6a3-833bae9088a2 - Mass. boy, 9, dies of EEE
► http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=After+Fremont+scare%2c+Raymond+gets+mosquito+update&articleId=90f74801-0afd-4dd9-91bf-a07aa55abc14 - After Fremont scare, Raymond gets mosquito update
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 9:30am
Mass. boy, 9, dies of EEE
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.unionleader.com/default.aspx?storyDate=2006-09-01 - 12 hours, 23 minutes ago Boston – A 9-year-old boy from Middleborough died yesterday from Eastern equine encephalitis, the first fatality from the mosquito-borne virus in the state this year.
John Fontaine developed a fever Aug. 18 and was hospitalized two days later. He died yesterday afternoon, said Christine Powers-Perry, a spokesman for Children's Hospital in Boston.
The grade-school student played youth football and was "like every other 9-year-old. Happy to be there. A joy to be around. Fun to watch grow," said Jim Muirhead, program director for the Mitchell Memorial Club Youth Football and Cheerleading program.
Middleborough was among the communities in southeastern Massachusetts that have undergone two rounds of aerial spraying to kill the mosquitoes that carry the virus. The first round of spraying Aug. 8 reduced the mosquito population by at least 60 percent, officials said.
The boy could have contracted the virus as early as Aug. 8, but probably got the virus the following week, according to state health officials.
Two other people -- a 52-year-old woman from Lakeville and a 23-year-old man from Acushnet -- have contracted the virus this year.
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Posted By: Dlugose
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 11:37am
THey are spraying for this, it started before this death in a few counties around where I work. Any Massachusetts people look on the mass.gov/dph website for a map. Media showed the shock and mourning in the child's community.
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Dlugose RN AAS BA BS Cert. Biotechnology. Respiratory nurse
June 2013: public health nurse volunteer, Asia
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 7:40pm
http://www.swnebr.net/newspaper/cgi-bin/articles/articlearchiver.pl?159031 - 17 Additional West Nile Cases Reported
Southwest Nebraska News, NE - 5 hours ago
... bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird. ... who are infected by a mosquito have no symptoms or only mild flu-like symptoms. ...
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 8:33pm
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Hi Candles - I'm from Hattiesburg and the story of under-reported cases of West Nile barely made a 3 inch column on the bottom of the front page of our paper. Very strange, because this community is the medical mecca for most of the southern part of the state. I was really surprised about this.
They spray about once a week for misquitos here, but it obviously can't kill all of them. Even though everyone is aware of the threat, it's hard to put repellent on everytime you want to water the plants or check the mailbox. And of course, the only times when it's tolerable to be outside in mid-summer are at dawn and dusk - when misquitos are most active. I know a woman who was in the hospital for the better part of a year with West Nile.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 05 2006 at 12:38am
HI getting ready , I know what your saying . But this might help along the way .
Drug makers foresee growing youth demographic, market new immunizations against diseases such as meningitis, HPV.
Jeanne Whalen / Wall Street Journal
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For decades, immunization has been a rite of childhood and old age. Now, the vaccine industry is targeting teenagers, too.
Drug companies are rolling out new immunizations against diseases that teens are at risk of catching, such as bacterial meningitis, whooping cough and human papillomavirus, or HPV, a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer.
New technology and a better understanding of genetics and immunology are permitting vaccinations against a broader range of illnesses. Some diseases have also been spreading more rapidly among teens, increasing the need for vaccines. "The adolescent area is ... an area of tremendous growth opportunity and tremendous need," says Wayne Pisano, senior vice president of Sanofi-Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi-Aventis SA.
Drug makers predict global vaccine sales will double by 2010 to $19 billion. If some of the new teen-targeted vaccines sell as well as analysts predict, the teen segment could make up at least 15 percent of the vaccine market by then.
However, teenagers are a tough target. They are difficult to get to the doctor's office, pediatricians say. Many turn up only when they have a broken bone or serious illness. They often see a general practitioner or a gynecologist, most of whom aren't as accustomed as pediatricians to giving vaccinations.
Also, "they're old enough to say, 'No, I don't want it,' " says Carol Baker, a professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
So drug companies are trying to get doctors and parents on their side. When Sanofi-Aventis last year introduced Menactra -- a vaccine against several forms of bacterial meningitis, a potentially lethal infection in the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord -- it compiled a list of college-bound high school students and sent brochures to parents. Adolescents are especially susceptible because the bacteria spreads easily through dorms, military barracks and other close quarters.
This year, Sanofi is marketing to parents in doctors' offices. Printed posters and fliers explain how to distinguish flu symptoms from bacterial meningitis: a stiff neck, numbness in the hands or feet and sensitivity to light are common signs of the latter. The materials also direct parents to a Web site -- http://www.fightmeningitis.com/ - www.fightmeningitis.com -- where Sanofi offers more advice and information relating to the disease.
Kaitlyn Keelean, a 16-year-old from Chandler, Okla., got vaccinated against meningitis earlier this year after her older sister unexpectedly died from the disease. "You don't think it's going to happen to you, and then something like that happens," she says.
The current push to vaccinate teens marks a sharp turnaround for the industry. For many years, making vaccines was seen as a business high in hassles and low in profits. Vaccine shots were expensive and difficult to make, and health care providers weren't willing to pay much for them. As a result, many drug companies got out of the business in the 1990s.
But recent shortages of seasonal flu shots and fears of a bird flu pandemic have helped renew interest in vaccines.
Government, on the federal and state level, plays a big role in the vaccine business in the United States. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel can recommend new vaccines, and most physicians follow its advice. Also, because vaccines are often required for school and are considered a public health tool in fighting disease, government programs cover the cost of vaccines for many children.
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Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: September 05 2006 at 12:10pm
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Wow ... viruses - yep, we had a doozie of a respiratory one down here in Arizona ... now I thought I was pretty healthy, immune system all in check ~ then this thing comes along and floored me real good!! DH was sick about a month ago ... same thing I presume, but this must be circulating 'round the Valley here ...
Anyhow, I spent Labor Day recuperating ... and again, rethinking my preps ... what meds, foods, non-food items would be of beneficial use ...
What can ya eat when you have to cook for yourself ~ DH and kids are all in school and work, so I had to fend for myself at home ... soup can only go so far before appetite fatigue sets in with that, and DH stocked up on soup at the first sign of illness ...
I did find that spicy and salty foods helped to clear up my throat, so I had extra helpings of anything with chilies ... and the canned soups were "salty" enough to also help break down and clear the mucus ... I tried the "pineapple" with my sore throat ~ ouch, that burned ... but the "tartiness" of the juice(s) did help with clearing the throat afterwards ...
Well what do I need more of ... lots of boxes of Kleenex (w/lotion), Lysol wipes and spray to kill the germs, alot of fruit & juices, alot of bottled water, backup meds, and a big stack of DVDs ...
anyhow, glad to be (almost) all back into the land of the "living!"
PS ... I missed all the great sales over the weekend  !!
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"When an emergency arises, the time for preparation is past."
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 05 2006 at 9:00pm
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sweetpea, glad to hear you are better. I enjoyed your post. I put away some babyfood, carrots, peaches etc. for illness, have that in the flu kits in the bedroom closets also. We usually make a soup with , minced onions, cilantro, garlic, tomatoes, lime, veg cube and that is our cold soup...someone is always well enough to make it, but then I thought I could freeze some in case we are all down with something. Had a fire in the fireplace tonight..first of the season, so pretty. I smell fall.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 09 2006 at 5:59am
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USA West Nile September 2006 in Humans .
wnv_mi_human.html - Cumulative 2006 Data as of 3 am, Sep 05, 2006 - *
These data are provisional and may be revised or adjusted in the future.
http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov/wnv_background.html - Background http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov/wnv_historical.html - Historical Data http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov/faqs.html?wnv - FAQs http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov/links.html?wnv - Links
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http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/wnv-vwn/index.html - - Canadian WNV
Human Surveillance |
Did You Know?
You can also navigate to Adjacent States by clicking on them.
* States shown in yellow are those in which virus activity has been reported historically, but all counties in these states have not necessarily reported virus activity.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 09 2006 at 6:29am
 Anharra wrote:
someone is always well enough to make it, but then I thought I could freeze some in case we are all down with something. |
What a awesome idea! I am the only female in a house of 5 males...NO one can cook but me! Thanks for posting this...I am going to start cooking soups and freezing them!
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Posted By: Mississipp Mama
Date Posted: September 09 2006 at 12:42pm
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Hi everyone, I will be putting togerher my flu kits for the bedrooms next week. Will you guys give me some ideas on what you are putting in them? Anharra I like the idea of baby food in there. Will any one be keeping a small Microve and small refrig in the room?
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Posted By: Mississipp Mama
Date Posted: September 09 2006 at 12:45pm
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I live in a college Need to finish draftn. They had an outbreak of Strep throat last week of over 100 college students including the footbal team. This time last year they said they had only 10 cases.
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Posted By: Mississipp Mama
Date Posted: September 09 2006 at 12:49pm
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I'm sorry the post should read, I live in a college Need to finish draftn. They had an out break of Strep throat last week,on the college campus. Over 100 students were infected including the football team. This time last year they said they had only 10 cases.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 09 2006 at 8:57pm
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hi M. Mama... here is my list so far.
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Bedroom Closet Flu Kit
Adult diapers (18- sm/med) ...so far
5 chux disposable bed pads (place under person)
also have waterproof bed pads for under sheets
orange flav liquid ibuprofen w/cup
grape flav acetaminophen w/cup
digital thermometer/covers
liquilytes apple flav 2 (4 pac) total 2 quarts
baby food, little jars, plastic spoons, carrot, peach, butternut squash, sweet potatoe
hand sanitizer
disposable gloves
garbage bags
masks
goggles
tuks med. wipes
unscented baby wipes
desitin cream
Homeopathic flu remedys
I will be adding- in hall closet-
chart with pen
wash basin
small washclothes and hand sanitizer
2 1/2 gallon size water cont. with spout.
upstairs microwave for heating water
vaporizer/ plastic tent
battery tape player with soft music
battery - good/soft lighting
have extra sheets (know how to make a bed with a person in it.)
I will find more I imagine... folks here will be able to add some good ideas for sure :)
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Posted By: steve 101
Date Posted: September 10 2006 at 2:08pm
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please excose my ignorance but what is Need to finish draftels. never heard of it
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Posted By: Mississipp Mama
Date Posted: September 10 2006 at 2:57pm
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Hi Steve neither have I. I'm not trying to be funny here. As you can see I was trying to re type my message and the same thing appeared twice. I'm not sure what was happening with my computer. This was not an error on y part. Does anyone have any suggestions on what might have happen. Steve the basic message about the strep throat is what I was trying to post. Sorry to all about the confusion. Thanks for your understanding.
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Posted By: Mississipp Mama
Date Posted: September 10 2006 at 3:23pm
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Thanks Anharra for your list, I will let you know of anything that I'm adding that might be of help. your list is a great start for me. I don't know how to make a bed with a sick person in it. Are there any simple ways to do this? Please let me know. Thanks
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 10 2006 at 7:56pm
My nurses used to call it the log roll. When I was 9 yrs old I was hospitalized for a mysterious kidney infection, high fever for days 104+, I was a mess close to death. I remember the nurses would roll me over to one side and roll up the old sheets and roll on the new, roll me over to my other side and remove the old and finish the clean sheets. Sounds easy with a 65 lb kid - a 200 lb man like me would be a bigger challange but I believe do-able. Add a cattle prod to your prep list and you will have less trouble! 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 11 2006 at 7:15pm
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I've heard of several respiratory illnesses here in Colorado. My co-worker is still coughing after 5 weeks.
I read last spring that there was a deadly dog flu going around. We kept our dogs away from the vets office. One time we took our 2 English bulldogs to a dog park and within 2 days they were both really sick. Their noses kept running and they had to breathe out of their mouths for a week. We will never take them to dog parks again. You also want to keep your dog away from the other dogs in the vets office because our dogs caught something there once also.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 2:59am
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http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5WxvfgZF.1oB5m6NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=13gcl7cep/EXP=1158139887/**http%3a//www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf%3f/base/news/115803156084150.xml%26coll=7 - West Nile virus found in two birds
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5WxvfgZF.1oB526NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11oe8vcfi/EXP=1158139887/**http%3a//www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/ - The Oregonian - 0 KB- Found: 2 hours ago
Two dead birds found last week in Southeast Portland prove that the West Nile virus has made it to the state's most populous city .
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5W4RhQZFQmQAG2WNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=12ne963h7/EXP=1158141585/**http%3a//www.natchezdemocrat.com/articles/2006/09/12/news/news192.txt - West Nile found
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5W4RhQZFQmQAHGWNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11jlg9tqb/EXP=1158141585/**http%3a//www.natchezdemocrat.com/ - The Natchez Democrat - 0 KB- Found: 4 hours ago
NATCHEZ — A bird tested positive for the West Nile Virus in Adams County Friday, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Department of Health said Friday. The disease is carried from animal to animal by mosquitoes.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 12:11pm
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My aunt went to Alaska about two weeks ago for a cruise. Was quarantined for sickness in her room for two days and her husband for a day. When they returned to Tampa they passed the illness on to their grown daugher and her kids. Lots of throwing up and severe dehydration.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 11:27pm
Candles wrote:
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5WxvfgZF.1oB5m6NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=13gcl7cep/EXP=1158139887/**http%3a//www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf%3f/base/news/115803156084150.xml%26coll=7 - West Nile virus found in two birds
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5WxvfgZF.1oB526NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11oe8vcfi/EXP=1158139887/**http%3a//www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/ - The Oregonian - 0 KB- Found: 2 hours ago
Two dead birds found last week in Southeast Portland prove that the West Nile virus has made it to the state's most populous city .
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5W4RhQZFQmQAG2WNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=12ne963h7/EXP=1158141585/**http%3a//www.natchezdemocrat.com/articles/2006/09/12/news/news192.txt - West Nile found
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5W4RhQZFQmQAHGWNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11jlg9tqb/EXP=1158141585/**http%3a//www.natchezdemocrat.com/ - The Natchez Democrat - 0 KB- Found: 4 hours ago
NATCHEZ — A bird tested positive for the West Nile Virus in Adams County Friday, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Department of Health said Friday. The disease is carried from animal to animal by mosquitoes. |
more news
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XuvowdFuDwAjYiNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=12mvf71td/EXP=1158214959/**http%3a//www.journalstandard.com/articles/2006/09/13/news/news01.txt - Stephenson Co. sees first human case of West Nile
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XuvowdFuDwAjoiNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11j2dnmk3/EXP=1158214959/**http%3a//www.journalstandard.com/ - Freeport Journal - 0 KB- Found: 1 hour ago
FREEPORT - Local health officials have confirmed that a rural Ridott woman has tested positive for West Nile virus. She is the county's first human case of the disease in four years.
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XuvowdFuDwAj4iNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=12f2fen7h/EXP=1158214959/**http%3a//www.thefacts.com/story.lasso%3fewcd=991afa40b1da8bc7 - County to boost efforts to battle West Nile
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XuvowdFuDwAkIiNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11cromtco/EXP=1158214959/**http%3a//www.thefacts.com/ - The Facts - 0 KB- Found: 1 hour ago
ANGLETON — The Brazoria County Mosquito Control District will try an air attack to battle the West Nile virus after it turned up for the second time in two weeks as mosquitoes from Freeport and a dead blue jay from Lake Jackson both tested positive for the virus.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 12:56pm
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Thanks for the info Candles, I know people out that way.
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Posted By: Mississipp Mama
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 1:57pm
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Anharra what are draftels? I a putting together my sick room kit but I'm not sure what this is. Your list is a big big help thanks again.
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Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 2:29pm
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I took my DD (the adult one visiting from CA, not my youngest) to the ER the other night and they had the standard TB post on the door, has been there forever. There was also a new notice that if you are coming in the ER or clinic and have a rash do not enter, send the person in that you came with to the nurses station to talk to them first, or call before entering and talk to them. I am not sure what that is all about and it was 3 hours before she was seen and by that time I forgot to even ask. This is a new notice that has been posted within the last month.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 14 2006 at 4:59am
Tulsan's death is fifth from West Nile
By NICOLE NASCENZI World Staff Writer
9/14/2006
Officials are concerned about older people who seem to be more susceptible to the mosquito-borne virus. A Tulsa man died last month from complications from West Nile virus, making him the fifth Oklahoman to die from the mosquito-borne virus this year, public health officials reported Wednesday.
Oklahoma has seen a record number of deaths from West Nile this year, and public health officials are concerned about older people, who seem to be most at risk for complications from the illness.
The 68-year-old Tulsan, whose name was not released, died Aug. 27, said Melanie Christian, spokeswoman for the Tulsa City-County Health Department. The state was notified of the confirmed cause of his death on Monday.
One other patient in Tulsa County was sickened with the vi rus, and more than 20 cases have been reported across the state.
West Nile is a virus most commonly spread by mosquitoes and can cause a flu-like sickness in humans, but it rarely causes potentially deadly brain swelling.
The dead were between the ages of 62 and 78 and were from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Carter and Grady counties.
Mosquitoes contract the virus when they feed on infected birds. The bugs then transmit it to humans, horses and other mammals.
"Just like putting your seat belt on when you get in a car, when it is West Nile time, don't go out at dusk and dawn, and wear protection," said Janice Sheehan, manager of the Tulsa City-County Health Department's Communicable Disease Control Division.
West Nile season typically runs from July to October, peaking in August and September. This year, however, the season in Oklahoma started early when the first mosquitoes testing positive for the virus were found in June in Payne County.
Symptoms include fever, intense headache, extreme tiredness, muscle weakness and dizziness. Adults older than 50 are at greatest risk of developing encephalitis, a potentially fatal inflammation of the brain.
There is no cure for the virus, but medical attention can help alleviate symptoms. Experts are not sure why older adults are at greater risk for complications from the virus.
Most people who contract the illness never require medical attention, and therefore their cases are not reported to the Oklahoma State Department of Health Department. The virus is detected through a blood test.
The Tulsa Health Department helps the State Health Department monitor incidences of West Nile by testing mosquitoes for the virus.
The Tulsa Health Department also tracks the incidence of dead birds including crows, blue jays, cardinals, hawks, owls and eagles. The public can report dead birds by calling 595-4344. The state also tracks incidences of the disease in horses.
Christian said birds are no longer tested because officials know the disease is present in Oklahoma, but the department records the dead bird sightings to help track the virus.
Nicole Nascenzi 581-8315
mailto:nicole.nascenzi@tulsaworld.com - nicole.nascenzi@tulsaworld.com
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 14 2006 at 6:40am
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All six members of my family were sick for 10-14 days with head cold/bronchities/GI type symptons. Lots of coughing, phlegm, fever, dizziness. Many, many people have had the same symptoms. Cleared up for us a week or so ago. We are in North Carolina.
We became aware of BF several years ago and have been tracking it closely since. We moved from rural ME to rural NC in part because dealing with BF or something similar in January is much easier in NC than ME.
God Bless.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 6:15am
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http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XvppQpFYWUBskmNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11sci0m61/EXP=1158412137/**http%3a//www.marinij.com/novato/ci_4341810 - Marin has its first human case of West Nile
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XvppQpFYWUBs0mNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11bfd8uum/EXP=1158412137/**http%3a//www.marinij.com/ - Marin Independent Journal - 0 KB- Found: 5 hours ago
A 17-year-old Novato girl is the first Marin County resident to test positive for West Nile virus, county health authorities reported Thursday.
http://www.marinij.com/novato/ci_4341810 - http://www.marinij.com/novato/ci_4341810 A horse from same area had to be put down recently .
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 4:08am
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Again
Bird tests positive for West Nile virus
Published: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2006
MERRIMACK - A bird found in town has tested positive for West Nile virus, state health officials announced Friday.
The find makes 15 birds this season that have tested positive for the disease, five of those in Nashua, officials from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said. http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060916/NEWS01/109160133 - http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060916/NEWS01/109160133
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 6:59am
Again
By Laura Watson http://www.dogflu.ca/09162006/09/west_nile_comes_to_cape_county - http://www.dogflu.ca/09162006/09/west_nile_comes_to_cape_county
Cape County has reported its first case of West Nile of the year
Cape County has confirmed its first case of the West Nile virus. The positive testing comes as the West Nile season comes to a close meaning that the county has gotten off quite lucky when compared to other counties from across the United States.
According to county Health Officer Kevin Thomas, up until now, there have been no cases of avian or human West Nile virus infection. County officials are gathering dead birds to have them tested to determine if any of them have actually died from West Nile infection._
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 4:54pm
FDA Approves a Spray-on Virus to Keep Processed Meats ''Safe''
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 The FDA has approved a mix of six bacteria-killing viruses designed to be sprayed on ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. The viruses, called bacteriophages, kill the Listeria monocytogenes bacterium. This is the first-ever approval of viruses as a food additive.
Listeria monocytogenes can cause a serious infection called listeriosis. About 2,500 people in the United States become seriously ill with listeriosis each year, and 500 die.
Lunch meats are particularly vulnerable to Listeria because they are generally not cooked or reheated after purchase.
Consumers will not be informed as to whether their meat and poultry products have been treated with the spray. Intralytix, the company that produces the virus spray, also plans to seek FDA approval for another bacteriophage product, this one designed to kill E. coli bacteria.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_on_he_me/edible_viruses - Yahoo News August 19, 2006
DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENTS
I have snipped a few paragraphs; entire article at the following link.
"This could be a landmark event as it proposes to launch an enormously broad application of this bacterium-killing virus when only a select target group needs it. When meat leftovers containing this virus are disposed of, they will spread this virus throughout compost heaps and perhaps even into sewage sludge, providing a great opportunity for billions of bacteria to encounter this virus in great dilution under a variety of conditions.
Who is willing to bet that no bacteria will develop immunity? This strongly resembles the same irresponsible attitude that was at the bottom of the American habit to prescribe penicillin indiscriminately for everything from coughs and colds to sprained ankles."
There are also links at the bottom of the article to a few other articles on the safety of food, and how to keep our food safe.
http://tinyurl.com/kkxns - http://tinyurl.com/kkxns |
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Posted By: Silke
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 7:19pm
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My high school age son had two days of severe headache, lower back pain and fever of over 103 this week. No cough, sore throat, runny nose or other symptoms.
We spent a week at the beach last week and three of us who went developed a rash with little blisters this week (son didn't) and we had no sunburn, etc. associated with it. Just a weird little rash.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 5:49am
http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17211360&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478569&rfi=6 - Swarm of mosquitoes plague region this year
Beaver County Times, PA - 1 hour ago
... About a month ago, Bob, a diabetic, was exhibiting flu-like symptoms and was ... Cooperative Extension works with DEP to collect mosquito and dead bird samples. ...
West Nile found in Beaver County .
http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17211360&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478569&rfi=6 - http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17211360&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478569&rfi=6
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 18 2006 at 6:41am
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Montgomery, Alabama - throwing up kind of virus
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 2:42am
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http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XsbDBFF2wMByV6NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=13nvgcog6/EXP=1158831515/**http%3a//www.northplattebulletin.com/NorthPlatteBulletin/stories/index.asp%3fpageID=3%26storyID=10613 - First Nebraska West Nile death reported
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XsbDBFF2wMByl6NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11nlpd7go/EXP=1158831515/**http%3a//www.northplattebulletin.com/ - North Platte Bulletin - 0 KB- Found 26 minutes ago
Nebraska has had its first death this year from the West Nile virus, according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. A man in his 80s from south-central Nebraska died from the virus within the past week, the HHS said.
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&q=bird%20flu&o=50&sort=date - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&q=bird%20flu&o=50&sort=date
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 6:06am
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Just heard on the radio yesterday that DuPage County IL (next one over from me) has had 48 cases of West Nile and 2 fatal so far this year. An ederly lady one block from my house got it too but recovered thankfully. This a very real problem this time of year but very little said.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:57am
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Hi Cruiser is Du Page County near this one ??
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XVXQxJFUzAB2VGNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=1282u035c/EXP=1158911191/**http%3a//www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx%3fid=501773 - 2 West Nile cases confirmed in city
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XVXQxJFUzAB2lGNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11c3bioge/EXP=1158911191/**http%3a//www.jsonline.com/ - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 0 KB- Found: 4 hours ago
The Milwaukee Health Department has reported two confirmed cases of West Nile virus and, in a separate case, is...
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=501773 - http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=501773
In addition, the Milwaukee agency said that it has received about 500 reports of dead birds.
Sotir said 130 cases of West Nile have been detected in birds from 58 counties. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=501773 -
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 4:31am
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HEADS UP- In Mobile Press Register paper this am stated first case of 2 yr. old with influenza type B in USA. Also states there is concern about 10 cases of Influenza A in Ozark, Alabama. I am going to try to link this to our local papers web address, wish me luck. http://www.al.com - www.al.com
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 4:51am
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My link works, but the article is not on the internet site of the mobile register, I read this hard copy. HERE IS THE ARTICLE. FLU CASE AMONG FIRST IN NATION BY Penelope McClenny: A two yr. old Mobile County child in August was hospitalized for a case of influenza that is among the first reported in the country this season. Laboratroy test confirmed that the victim tested positive for influenza B, a less virulent type of flu often seen in children. While state flu coordinators said that the Mobile case is notable because it was unusual to see the flu this early in the season, but his department is more closely watching nearly a dozen recently reported cases of influenza A in the southeast Alabama city of Ozark. The Mobile case, so far is a singular case, "Ozark is a little bit more concerning to us right now than the Mobile case." said Chris Sellers-state flu coordinator.Eleven of the Ozark cases have been confirmed as H1N1, the same strain behind the 1918 virus that killed as many as 50 million people worldwide according to the Atlanta based CDC. While H1N1 is more virulent and contagious than influenza B, humans have built up an immunity to that strain and it does not pose the same threat that it did in the early 1900's. H1N1 which is not the same strain as the Avian flu that public health officials are watching worldwide. "I am hoping that that's going to be our strain this year, and that's whats in our vaccine." said Melissa Tucker, director of epidemiology at the Mobile County Health Dept. The Mobile Influenza case is likely "an absolute coincidence at this point" Seller said. Health officials will monitor the child's family, physicians and any other people who came into contact with the victim to see if the illness emerges elsewhere, but they do not consider the case a cause for alarm.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 5:06am
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one more time with a link http://www.al.com - www.al.com , the newspaper is Mobile Press Register, key word-influenza and then there is the article.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 5:11am
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Candles,
DuPage county is just west of Chicago, we have been getting hammered by the bug!
Here is the direct link to the article above from Frankiew.
http://www.al.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/115883062031120.xml?birminghamnews?nstate&coll=2 - http://www.al.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/115883062031120.xml?birminghamnews?nstate&coll=2
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 6:13am
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THANK YOU CANDLES, I am so computer illiterate. My link goes to the article in the press register. Again, thank you for your help, now how do you post a new topic, I could not figure that one out at all?
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 5:57pm
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hi Frankiew, on the right hand side , on the top of page of Discussion there is new topic , and reply . The new topic will allow you to create a new topic in the forum . I have troubles with the news forum , my new topic's become events , like crying wolf I find press releases hours before US time , I post them but shy to as its not an event so to speak , only to find them being posted again a day later . So I post lots following the same subject , just hope it gets read . The event just comes up on me can't get rid of it . Your post was so good , flu has started made me sit back , and I am a long way , huge ocean between us , keep well guys . I hope everyone puts the knowledge in practice to keep you all safe . Cheers Candles
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 7:51pm
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Thanks Candles, and thanks Cruiser for posting it correctly for me. I will know what to do the next time, talk to ya'll later.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 2:16am
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This is one of the warning signs I have been looking for. A cluster of off-season flu in the US. They say it's H1N1, and it has already been subtyped. which means it is probably weeks old news, wich means it probably started in Aug. the birds in Montana take 3 weeks to subtype, but Mobile does it overnight. This is getting fishy.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 2:42am
mach wrote:
This is one of the warning signs I have been looking for. A cluster of off-season flu in the US. They say it's H1N1, and it has already been subtyped. which means it is probably weeks old news, wich means it probably started in Aug. the birds in Montana take 3 weeks to subtype, but Mobile does it overnight. This is getting fishy. |
Hi Mach ,just posted in news on flu thread , Billings wants to vaccinate 10,000 and flu mist for kids for a test run ................ 10,000 is this normal for flu ????
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 3:13am
Candles wrote:
mach wrote:
This is one of the warning signs I have been looking for. A cluster of off-season flu in the US. They say it's H1N1, and it has already been subtyped. which means it is probably weeks old news, wich means it probably started in Aug. the birds in Montana take 3 weeks to subtype, but Mobile does it overnight. This is getting fishy. |
Hi Mach ,just posted in news on flu thread , Billings wants to vaccinate 10,000 and flu mist for kids for a test run ................ 10,000 is this normal for flu ???? |
Hi again found this had to post it as I found the article , think back how researchers thought how 1918 started maybe ignore that .. 11 people early flu cases .......
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5X0FtRNFeXUAOg.NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=1233cmf8t/EXP=1159005829/**http%3a//www.wtok.com/news/headlines/4202061.html - Alabama Probes - Flu Cases
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5X0FtRNFeXUAOw.NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=118qt4u6g/EXP=1159005829/**http%3a//www.wtok.com/ - WTOK-TV Meridian - 0 KB- Found: 11 hours ago
State health officials are investigating 11 early season flu cases in Ozark, Ala., to determine if the outbreak is connected to a nearby military base.
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&q=%20flu&o=10 - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&q=%20flu&o=10
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XDetxNFPGAABiCNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=12oeiel6g/EXP=1159006558/**http%3a//www.helenair.com/articles/2006/09/22/montana/a11092206_03.txt - Flu shot clinic planned at MetraPark
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XDetxNFPGAAByCNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11cng2713/EXP=1159006558/**http%3a//www.helenair.com/ - Helena Independent Record - 0 KB- Found: 4 hours ago
BILLINGS Health officials want to give flu shots to 10,000 people in a single day at MetraPark next month as a disaster readiness exercise
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&q=%20flu&o=10 - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&q=%20flu&o=10
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 4:05am
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Hey, the child in Mobile, Alabama had the flu in August, the people, cluster in Ozark the article never said when they had the flu. My other concern besides off-season cluster of flu, is that Ozark, Alabama is right next door to Ft. Rucker, a military installation with personnal going and returning from Iraq.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 4:05am
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http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XbMwhNFWNEApgmNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=13bi1vm9v/EXP=1159009356/**http%3a//www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3fAID=/20060922/NEWS01/609220384 - 2 students have viral meningitis
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XbMwhNFWNEApwmNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11lv3h2u5/EXP=1159009356/**http%3a//www.courierpostonline.com/ - Courier-Post - 0 KB- Found: 3 hours ago
Custodians worked overtime Thursday to disinfect door handles, armrests, the knobs on water fountains and lockers after two West Deptford High School students were diagnosed with a contagious but rarely fatal disease. http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/NEWS01/609220384 - http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/NEWS01/609220384
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 4:12am
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http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XpCxBNFalgAjmqNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=133ksp318/EXP=1159009730/**http%3a//www.montanastandard.com/articles/2006/09/22/newsstate/hjjdjahhjjhfeg.txt - Two women treated for West Nile
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XpCxBNFalgAj2qNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11juf7re5/EXP=1159009730/**http%3a//www.montanastandard.com/ - Montana Standard - 0 KB- Found: 4 hours ago
MISSOULA (AP) — A Ravalli County woman is recovering from a bout with West Nile virus and another woman also likely has the disease, said Charmell Owens, the county’s disaster preparedness officer. 22/9/2006
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date&q=+flu&o=50 - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date&q=+flu&o=50
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 4:18am
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http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XIfxRNFP_MAjyCNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=12b3h5r4b/EXP=1159009951/**http%3a//cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_264220527.html - Cook County Woman State's 9th To Die Of West Nile
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XIfxRNFP_MAkCCNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11f98ct17/EXP=1159009951/**http%3a//www.cbs2chicago.com/ - CBS 2 Chicago - 0 KB- Found: 8 hours ago
A Cook County woman has died from complications of the West Nile virus, bringing to nine the total number of deaths attributed to the disease in Illinois this year, the state Department of Public Health announced Thursday.http://www.sctonline.net/articles/2006/09/21/news/local/news63.txt
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 8:59pm
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cold and upper respitory virus in NC. We had a news report on TV telling us not to get the flu shot until at least Oct. they said that if you get it too soon, the effectivness of it will wear off, possibly when the flu season hits the hardest. Anyone ever heard that one before?
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 6:55pm
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Talked to my daugther today, from KC MO and she said a terrible stomach virus is going around there. She said that it is really nasty and hits fast. She had terrible abdominal pain. She is fine now.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 9:01pm
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took butch to the doctor today. he has a cold and the doctor said he had 5 other cases just like his today. i asked about tb or the flu and he seemed to think it was all in his resp. system. we are in ms. and in the paper today was all about tb, so that's why we went. they gave him a shot and some cough syrup and antibotics.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 4:16pm
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I spoke to a doctor last night and he said there are lots of viruses going around Colorado. Several of my co-workers have been sick and my mom's been running a temperature for 4 days. It was 102.2 last night.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 26 2006 at 4:59am
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http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XLSFBlFEB4BOAmNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=12begcv0o/EXP=1159358034/**http%3a//cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_269063809.html - 10 Northwest Indiana Residents Have West Nile
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XLSFBlFEB4BOQmNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11f1e6dmr/EXP=1159358034/**http%3a//www.cbs2chicago.com/ - CBS 2 Chicago - 0 KB- Found: 1 hour ago
Ten people in northwest Indiana have tested positive in the last two weeks for the West Nile http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&q=bird%20flu&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&q=bird%20flu&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date
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Posted By: Mississipp Mama
Date Posted: September 26 2006 at 7:49pm
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I ate lunch today at Shoney's with a friend. When I came out an older guy was standing around looking at my red pickup truck. When i apporached he said he was just admiring it. So we chatted for a while. He pointed to an 18 wheeler and said this is mine. He said I'm just getting back to driving it this week. I've had some kind of viral infection for 2 months and I'm just getting over it. I think I kind of panicked. I said sir it has been nice chatting with you but I'm late for an appointment. In hindsight I wish I had asked him about his symptoms and and wether he had to go to the hospital and ect. What if most of our truck drivers are down for 2 months? how will our stores get supplies? Keep prepping guys.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 26 2006 at 7:52pm
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My co-worker has been sick for over 6 weeks with a really bad cough. He's on a second round of antibiotics and still coughing!
A doctor a spoke to on Saturday said there is a lot of stuff going around right now. Several other co-workers have said they've been fighting something off; one of them said for 2 weeks and the other for over a month.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 27 2006 at 2:20am
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guest.
i am in northwest georgia. the flu is here now. this is the regular flu, not the bf. i have been in the medical field for years. this is september. this is
too soon for this to be happening.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 27 2006 at 7:30pm
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as for us butch is getting better but now i'm sick with about the same thing but i have a low grade fever. called to make app. to see my doctor but no openings until oct9. hope it's gone by then.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 6:12am
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Upper and lower respitoray infections in Ohio and PA.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 12:11am
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5W8OxhxFHyYB6B2NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=12334pt9a/EXP=1159600014/**http%3a//www.wowt.com/news/headlines/4259901.html - West Nile Count Rises
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Twenty-five new cases of West Nile virus have been reported since last week, bringing the total this year to 156, according to Nebraska Health and Human http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date&q=bird+flu&o=20 - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date&q=bird+flu&o=20
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Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 6:46am
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A school principal in bridgeport ct, critial with legionnaires, they don't think he contracted at school, but no state testing is being done?? I googled and found recent cases in iowa,nj,ny,pa,uk,spain,italy,netherlands,Could this be something more serious?
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Posted By: Mississipp Mama
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 7:52pm
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I went to my local bank today. I always chat with the teller. I told her I wasn't feeling that well, sore throat and feeling a little a ache in my bones. She said there is a virus going around, a lot of people at the bank have been off. She said whatever it is it is contagous. She said it starts with a high fever that won't go down. I had a ear infection a couple of weeks ago. I went back to the Dr. a few days ago, he said it had cleared up. I still have this ringing in my ear and they click every time I sawllow. I will try to get another Appt. next week. does anyone have any suggestions? My friend in Chicago said there is something going around there, several of the people she know is sick. She said it's like something is in the air. She is also sick.
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Posted By: AuntBones
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 8:46pm
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Virus going around north east Ohio. People start with a sinus infection,sore throat and it ends in a upper respiratory infection. It is taking on average 30 days to feel better. Now its spreading into Indiana.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 4:35am
Millie Martinez, KOLD News 13 Reporter
48 people across the state of Arizona have been infected by the West Nile virus—three have died—and health officials have discovered four new cases of the virus in Tucson.
Nine of the twelve West Nile cases were found in the clustered hot zone, the midtown area between Pima and 29th and Kolb and Columbus.
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=5480441&nav=menu86_13_12 - http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=5480441&nav=menu86_13_12
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 4:40am
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XENIA — A Greene County man recently contracted the West Nile virus, a Combined Health District official said Wednesday.
The man, whose identity was not released, was treated at Kettering Memorial Hospital and is in recovery, said Mark McDonnell, county health commissioner. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/10/04/ddn100506westnile.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=16 - http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/10/04/ddn100506westnile.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=16
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 4:49am
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Part of an article , explains different strains of West Nile ........
West Nile virus was first documented in the U.S. in 1999. Harbored in birds and transmitted by mosquitoes, it spread quickly across the country. This year Dallas County has had a total of 83 confirmed human cases and three deaths associated with West Nile virus. The virus is particularly harmful to children, the elderly or people with weak immune systems.
In the new study, appearing in this month's issue of the Journal of Virology, Dr. Gale and colleagues compared a virus isolated from an infected bird in Hall County, in the Texas Panhandle, with a milder strain from Madagascar.
The researchers found that the Texas strain can subvert the body's first attempt to limit the virus's replication in the body. Normally, within a few hours after infection, the body's cells are producing interferon, a biochemical trigger for a coordinated immune system attack. But the Texas strain clogs up the interferon response, giving the virus a head start in its spread throughout the body.
By contrast, Dr. Gale and his colleagues found, the Madagascar strain can't clog up the interferon response so the virus is not as damaging.
"People have observed before that the African isolates are less virulent," said Dr. Robert Tesh, a pathologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. "This is an explanation of why."
Scientists have previously proposed that a weak strain of the West Nile virus could be the basis for a vaccine, and the current findings are in line with that notion.
"What we've got here is the footwork for how to design a vaccine," UT Southwestern's Dr. Gale said. "We think the key to a good vaccine will be to produce a mild virus that won't block interferon."
Other candidates for developing a vaccine include the mild Kunjin strain, which circulates in Australia, as well as a variety of genetically engineered viruses.
But developing a vaccine has its challenges, said the NIAID's Dr. Repik.http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-westnile_01nat.ART.State.Edition1.3f433c2.html
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Posted By: PATB
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 5:00pm
our area is experiencing the West Nile virus outbreak. There were 20 cases with 1 death. In some "hot" spots they are going door to door with info dealing with it. This has been unusual in the past years, but increased with the last year to front page news. Our area has already had the flu outbreak very early this year and the shots are just now arriving with a two week incubation before effective. We are in the Arizona desert and the flu is here the first week of Oct. - usually it is in Dec. or late Nov.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 09 2006 at 11:16pm
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Hi PATB , hope your doing okay , do you notice any difference after the public has been informed re West Nile , and the fogging has that made any postive impact yet ?
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XgLOStF07cAFhaNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=135fdakfd/EXP=1160546955/**http%3a//www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2006/10/10/news/community/5aaa03westnile.txt - West Nile detected in Benton County
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XgLOStF07cAFxaNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11gr8oq6f/EXP=1160546955/**http%3a//www.gazettetimes.com/ - Corvallis Gazette Times - 0 KB- Found: 2 hours ago
A dead bird from Corvallis tested positive for West Nile Virus last week, making it the first local case of the year, according to scientists at Oregon State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&q=bird%20flu&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&q=bird%20flu&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date
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Posted By: PATB
Date Posted: October 11 2006 at 2:49pm
We are avoiding close crowds, etc. during week-ends. The Wnv has ex-panded the "hot spots" within 2miles of us so I don't go out at night. Birds being carriers scares me because this area is world known for all the tropical, unique birds. Thousands will migrate soon to a lake for the winter. Foggers have not been seen except for small ones. We use a sump pump to move standing water during the rains and the dry ground sucks it right up. It hooks up to the hose and works great. The TV news is very up front, reminding us to use bug spray, etc. They also said city people are going house to house to inform people and check for standing water. I have found 2-3 in house but they come in when you open the door. We have bats to work the nights and the lights. There are so many bats....thousands. Some were in the eves of our house. We will just deal with everything as it comes up.
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Posted By: PATB
Date Posted: October 11 2006 at 3:02pm
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hi candles...thanks for the contact. We are in the Tucson area and the flu is here too. Many people migrate from Mexico, which is two hours south and there is Dunghe fever down there. They will also expect WNV because of the migration birds. We expect a rush into the U.S. if their country gets
too bad off. It's going to be interesting...
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 13 2006 at 12:51am
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http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5Xd1RC9Ff_gABXWNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11vo05fs1/EXP=1160812021/**http%3a//www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/150910.php - W. Nile cases spreading
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5Xd1RC9Ff_gABnWNBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11d27gulk/EXP=1160812021/**http%3a//www.azstarnet.com/ - Arizona Daily Star - 0 KB- Found 17 minutes ago
Tucson's West Nile Virus "hot zone" is losing its status as most of the latest cases are now outside the area and a county health official believes the entire metropolitan area has the potential for hosting even more dangerous mosquito-borne diseases.http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/150910.php
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 13 2006 at 12:06pm
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no flu here in the north ...yet colds.
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Posted By: PATB
Date Posted: October 13 2006 at 12:09pm
Oh boy! my cat is indoor/outdoor, eats birds, and scratch me last night. If my arm doesn't get better I am headed to the emergency room also. Now let me tell you why...I was bit by a feral cat many years ago. The cat died and my finger was infected within 3 hrs. (I took a lot of joking from the cat dying) but the fact is, the only bite nastier then a cat is a human bite. The bacteria is very dangerous and I had to go to a surgeon and have it lanced and soaked every two hours, etc. I was out of work for two weeks. The doctors used rubber gloves to attend the infected bite. I just rubbed this cats belly and it grabbed my arm with its teeth and claws. Not something to mess with.
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Posted By: PATB
Date Posted: October 13 2006 at 12:18pm
Sweetpea...I am here is AZ too! the WNV is still spreading here in Tucson. They are using helicopters to check for bad swimming pools and standing water. Ten more people this week are infected and this will not ease up until the night chill stays at 50 degrees. I think it will be here for awhile yet. The migrating birds should be coming in soon. I have humming birds in my olive tree and they are usually gone by now for Mexico, but they seem in no hurry. At least we were able to seal up the eves of the house so the bats moved on. Stay in touch.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 12:46am
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DNA Computing Targets West Nile Virus, Other Deadly Diseases
Researchers say that they have developed a DNA-based computer that could lead to faster, more accurate tests for diagnosing West Nile Virus and bird flu. Representing the first "medium-scale integrated molecular circuit," it is the most powerful computing device of its type to date, they say.
The new technology could be used in the future, perhaps in 5 to 10 years, to develop instruments that can simultaneously diagnose and treat cancer, diabetes or other diseases, according to a team of scientists at Columbia University Medical Center in New York and the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Their study is scheduled to appear in the November issue of the American Chemical Society's Nano Letters, a monthly peer-reviewed journal.
"This is a big step in DNA computing," says Joanne Macdonald, Ph.D., a virologist at Columbia University's Department of Medicine. Macdonald led the research team that developed MAYA-II (Molecular Array of YES and AND logic gates) ¯ a "computer" whose circuits consist of DNA instead of silicon. She likens the significance of the advance to the development of the earliest silicon chips. "The study shows that large-scale DNA computers are possible."
"These DNA computers won't compete with silicon computing in terms of speed, but their advantage is that they can be used in fluids, such as a sample of blood or in the body, and make decisions at the level of a single cell," says the researcher, whose work is funded by the National Science Foundation. Her main collaborators in this study were Milan Stojanovic, of Columbia University, and Darko Stefanovic, of the University of New Mexico.
Macdonald is currently using the technology to improve disease diagnostics for West Nile Virus by building a device to quickly and accurately distinguish between various viral strains and hopes to use similar techniques to detect new strains of bird flu. In the future, she suggests that DNA computers could conceivably be implanted in the body to both diagnose and kill cancer cells or monitor and treat diabetes by dispensing insulin when needed.
Scientists have tried for years to build computers out of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), nature's chemical blueprint for life. But getting nano-sized pieces of DNA to act as electrical circuits capable of problem-solving like their silicon counterparts has remained a major challenge.con't
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061016121606.htm - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061016121606.htm
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 18 2006 at 7:25pm
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http://www.topix.net/health/west-nile - http://www.topix.net/health/west-nile
Web site for updates for west nile .in USA .........
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 18 2006 at 7:56pm
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Is this going around?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7207529&dopt=Abstract - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7207529&dopt=Abstract
N Engl J Med. 1981 Apr 9;304(15):911. Related Articles, Links
Conjunctivitis in human beings caused by influenza A virus of seals.
Webster RG, Geraci J, Petursson G, Skirnisson K.
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Posted By: roxy
Date Posted: October 18 2006 at 11:00pm
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hi to all, illness going around connecticut,1} i had it, aches and pains in your bones and body lasting a few weeks. there are others at work and their family members who had it .2} also upper respiratory, a lot of sputum,3} also a head ache, sore throat thing. three differant illness going around , roxy
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 25 2006 at 3:43pm
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Hi , do hope your feeling better Roxy , it sounds a horrible bug . More news about West Nile , seems more have tested postive .
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XkP5j9FdMsAMA6NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=134b82sn5/EXP=1161901967/**http%3a//www.kirotv.com/health/10149777/detail.html%3frss=sea%26psp=northsoundnews - More Birds Test Positive For West Nile
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5XkP5j9FdMsAMQ6NBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11aksnobm/EXP=1161901967/**http%3a//www.kirotv.com/ - KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma - 0 KB- Found: 3 hours ago
Two more birds in King County and one in Snohomish County have tested positive for West Nile Virus.
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&q=bird+flu&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&q=bird+flu&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 28 2006 at 1:42am
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more West Nile
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5X02F0NFxaQAMRONBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=12tuahr49/EXP=1162111158/**http%3a//www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/10/28//news/sandiego/10270662233.txt - More birds found with West Nile
http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5X02F0NFxaQAMhONBqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBxYWI3cjhwBHBndANhdHdfbmV3c19yZXN1bHQEc2VjA3Ny/SIG=11bcve49j/EXP=1162111158/**http%3a//www.nctimes.com/ - North County Times - 0 KB- Found: 1 hour ago
Four more birds in San Diego County have tested positive for West Nile virus, it was reported today.
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&q=bird%20flu&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=news&cs=utf8&q=bird%20flu&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref&sort=date
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 02 2006 at 2:18am
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From RSOE HAVARIA 2/11/06
Epidemic Hazard - North-America https://hisz.rsoe.hu/cap/cap_view.php?id=8215">
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| http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/glide_referency.php?lang=eng - GLIDE Number |
EH-20061102-8215-CAN |
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| Event type |
Epidemic Hazard |
Date / time [UTC] |
02/11/2006 - 04:40:10 (Military Time, UTC) |
| Country |
Canada |
Area |
Boniface General Hospital |
| County / State |
Manitoba Province |
City |
Winnipeg |
| Cause of event |
Unknow |
Log date |
02/11/2006 - 04:40:10 (Military Time, UTC) |
| Damage level |
Moderate  |
Time left |
- |
| Latitude: |
N 49° 52.980 |
Longitude: |
W 97° 10.020 |
| Number of deaths: |
Not or Not data |
Number of injured persons: |
Not or Not data |
| Evacuated: |
- |
Infected |
100 |
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| DESCRIPTION |
The highly contagious norovirus is spreading in Winnipeg's hospitals and personal care homes, the city's medical health officer warned Wednesday. Dr. Margaret Fast, medical officer of health for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, said that norovirus has appeared in city hospitals, emergency rooms and personal care homes. For the past number of years, norovirus infection seemed to be on the increase, and it's not an officially reportable disease, so we don't have accurate numbers on cases," Fast said. But there have been "cases and outbreaks in higher numbers than usual across the whole country," she said. "People need to be concerned to the extent that they take reasonable precautions." The number of norovirus infections is difficult to track because not everyone seeks hospital treatment once they contract it. But officials said at St. Boniface General Hospital they have seen about 100 cases in the past week. The term norovirus refers to a group of viruses that affect the gastrointestinal system. It was formerly known as the Norwalk virus. Symptoms of the norovirus are similar to those for a stomach flu, including vomiting, diarrhea and cramps. Unlike the flu, there is no vaccine for norovirus. However, Fast said norovirus does not usually require a trip to the emergency room. Those who are concerned about a possible norovirus infection can call the province's HealthLinks service.
Norovirus spreads very easily, "either through direct contact or through what we call indirect contact," Fast said. "For example, I've got some on my fingers, and I touch a surface — maybe my keyboard — and then you come along and use my keyboard, and you're eating your lunch there at the same time. You don't need many viral particles to cause infection and illness." Symptoms can last up to three days, but the illness can still be spread for days after those symptoms disappear. As for avoiding norovirus, Fast said people should keep their hands clean as much as possible. "Wash your hands frequently with soap and water, after you've been to the washroom particularly, but also at other times when they've become contaminated," she said. "But if you don't have access to soap and water, there are a number of hand hygiene products on the market now and those are very good as well." Fast said those who believe they have norovirus should drink lots of fluids and not prepare food that others will eat.
< http://visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert.php?lang=eng - http://visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert.php?lang=eng |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 02 2006 at 1:28pm
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Influenza here in NC they have shut schools down in yancy county.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 04 2006 at 8:25pm
Nov 4, 2006 8:03 am US/Eastern
More Whopping Cough Cases Confirmed At Children's
(CBS4) BOSTON Several more staff members at Children's Hospital have been confirmed cases of whopping cough, according to health officials.
Boston health authorities are also investigating whether a 3-year-old caught the disease outside the hospital or after coming for treatment.
Twenty-five employees at Children's have been diagnosed with whopping cough since a 19-month-old boy was admitted to the hospital with the disease in September.
As a precaution, 200 staff members are being tested after showing flu-like symptoms. Those who are showing the symptoms are off duty until they finish five days of antibiotics.
http://cbs4boston.com/health/local_story_308071718.html - http://cbs4boston.com/health/local_story_308071718.html
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 7:20pm
| Archive Number |
20061116.3282 |
| Published Date |
16-NOV-2006 |
| Subject |
PRO/AH/EDR> West Nile virus update 2006 - Western Hemisphere (19) |
WEST NILE VIRUS UPDATE 2006 - WESTERN HEMISPHERE (19)
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A ProMED-mail post
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ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
< http://www.isid.org/ - http://www.isid.org >
In this update:
[1] Canada - human surveillance
[2] Canada - bird surveillance
[3] USA - CDC/Arbonet
[4] USA - USGS/CDC maps
[5] Mexico - suspected, RFI
*****
[1] Canada - human surveillance
Date: 28 Oct 2006
From: ProMED-mail < mailto:promed@promedmail.org - promed@promedmail.org >
Source: West Nile Virus Monitor, Public Health Agency of Canada [edited]
< http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/wnv-vwn/mon-hmnsurv_e.html - http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/wnv-vwn/mon-hmnsurv_e.html >
Human cases were reported for week 43 (as of 28 Oct 2006) from the
following provinces:
Province / Neurological / Non-Neurological / Unclassified;
Unspecified / Total* / Asymptomatic**
Alberta / 1 / 23 / 0 / 24 / 0
Ontario / 16 / 24 / 1 / 41 / 0
Manitoba / 15 / 28 / 7 / 50 / 1
Saskatchewan / 2 / 9 / 0 / 11 / 0
TOTALS / 34 / 85 / 8 / 127 / 1
* Neurological syndrome + Non-Neurological syndrome + Unclassified +
Unspecified = Total
** Most identified through blood donor testing; not included in total cases
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ProMED-mail
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[This is the same report as in the previous update (West Nile virus update
2006 - Western Hemisphere (17) Archive No. http://www.promedmail.org/pls/promed/f?p=2400:1001:5463834487640211534::::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_ARCHIVE_NUMBER,F2400_P1001_USE_ARCHIVE:1001,20061109.3221,Y - 20061109.3221 ). - Mod.TY]
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[2] Canada - bird surveillance
Date: 18 Oct 2006
From: ProMED-mail< mailto:promed@promedmail.org - promed@promedmail.org >
Source: Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre [edited]
< http://wildlife1.usask.ca/en/west_nile_virus/current_maps/canada06en.jpg - http://wildlife1.usask.ca/en/west_nile_virus/current_maps/canada06en.jpg >
Of the 7 provinces testing dead wild birds for West Nile virus as of 18 Oct
2006, those having positives / numbers tested include:
Ontario 257 / 972
Alberta and Saskatchewan 17 / 939
The positive birds / total tested include:
American crow 233 / 1981
Black-billed magpie 2 / 55
Blue jay 36 / 253
Common raven 1 / 146
Other 1 / 14
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ProMED-mail
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[No change from the previous update (Archive No. http://www.promedmail.org/pls/promed/f?p=2400:1001:5463834487640211534::::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_ARCHIVE_NUMBER,F2400_P1001_USE_ARCHIVE:1001,20061109.3221,Y - 20061109.3221 ). - Mod.TY]
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[3] USA - CDC/Arbonet
Date: 14 Nov 2006
From: ProMED-mail < mailto:promed@promedmail.org - promed@promedmail.org >
Source: USA CDC, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, West Nile
Virus [edited]
< http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/surv&controlCaseCount06_detailed.htm - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/surv&controlCaseCount06_detailed.htm >
Human Cases have been reported from:
State / Neuroinvasion* / *West Nile* fever** / Other*** / Total **** /
Fatalities
Alabama / 7 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0
Arizona / 47 / 56 / 38 / 141 / 6
Arkansas / 21 / 5 / 0 / 26 / 0
California / 78 / 178 / 11 / 267 / 6
Colorado / 60 / 250 / 0 / 310 / 4
Connecticut / 7 / 2 / 0 / 9 / 1
District of Columbia / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0
Florida / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0
Georgia / 2 / 5 / 1 / 8 / 1
Idaho / 111 / 730 / 6 / 847 / 11
Illinois / 117 / 70 / 24 / 211 / 9
Indiana / 26 / 7 / 42 / 75 / 3
Iowa / 21 / 13 / 2 / 36 / 0
Kansas / 17 / 13 / 0 / 30 / 4
Kentucky / 5 / 1 / 0 / 6 / 1
Louisiana / 87 / 77 / 0 / 164 / 0
Maryland / 7 / 1 / 2 / 10 / 0
Massachusetts / 2 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 0
Michigan / 41 / 2 / 5 / 48 / 4
Minnesota / 30 / 35 / 0 / 65 / 3
Mississippi / 84 / 89 / 0 / 173 / 10
Missouri / 47 / 12 / 1 / 60 / 3
Montana / 12 / 21 / 1 / 34 / 0
Nebraska / 41 / 176 / 0 / 217 / 1
Nevada / 34 / 75 / 14 / 123 / 1
New Jersey / 2 / 2 / 1 / 5 / 0
New Mexico / 3 / 5 / 0 / 8 / 0
New York / 8 / 4 / 0 / 12 / 2
North Dakota / 20 / 117 / 0 / 137 / 1
Ohio / 35 / 11 / 0 / 46 / 4
Oklahoma / 26 / 18 / 3 / 47 / 5
Oregon / 6 / 48 / 8 / 65 / 0
Pennsylvania / 8 / 1 / 0 / 9 / 2
South Dakota / 38 / 75 / 0 / 113 / 3
Tennessee / 15 / 2 / 0 / 17 / 1
Texas / 205 / 101 / 0 / 305 / 26
Utah / 55 / 101 / 0 / 156 / 5
Virginia / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4 / 0
Washington / 0 / 3 / 0 / 3 / 0
West Virginia / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0
Wisconsin / 11 / 9 / 0 / 20 / 1
Wyoming / 15 / 40 / 10 / 65 / 2
TOTALS / 1355 / 2356 / 176 / 3887 / 120
* Cases with neurologic manifestations (such as WN encephalitis,
meningitis, and myelitis).
** Cases with no evidence of neuroinvasion.
*** Cases for which insufficient clinical information was provided.
**** Total number of human cases of WNV illness reported to ArboNET by
state and local health departments.
Neuroinvasive Disease refers to severe disease cases, particularly West
Nile meningitis and West Nile encephalitis.
West Nile fever refers to typically less severe cases that show no evidence
of neuroinvasion.
West Nile fever is not currently on the list of nationally notifiable
diseases, and therefore, it is optional whether or not state health
departments report these cases to CDC. Click the above CDC site [URL above]
for further explanations of neuroinvasive West Nile virus disease and West
Nile fever.
Other Clinical includes persons with clinical manifestations other than WN
fever, WN encephalitis or WN meningitis, such as acute flaccid
paralysis. Unspecified cases are those for which sufficient clinical
information was not provided.
Total Human Cases Reported to CDC: These numbers reflect both mild and
severe human disease cases occurring since 1 Jan 2006 reported to ArboNet
by state and local health departments.
ArboNet is the national, electronic surveillance system established by CDC
to assist states in tracking West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne
viruses. Information regarding 2006 virus/disease activity is posted when
such cases are reported to CDC.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 12:31am
Newfoundland hospital restricts visitors after cases of Norwalk virusProvided by: Canadian Press
Nov. 18, 2006
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR, N.L. (CP) - A hospital in central Newfoundland has closed its doors to visitors after reporting cases of the Norwalk virus.
The Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor started banning visitors on Friday after cases were reported in the hospital and in the community.
Hospital officials expected to decide Monday whether the restrictions would be lifted.
Similar restrictions have been put in place at the Carmelite Seniors Home, though no cases of Norwalk have been detected at the facility.
Symptoms range from nausea and diarrhea to dehydration.
The virus spreads easily and can survive up to 12 hours on surfaces such as toilets and sinks.
A hospital in Digby, N.S., reported several cases of the virus earlier this month.
In October, there were outbreaks of the virus at two Maritime universities.
http://bodyandhealth.canada.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=11135&news_channel_id=131&channel_id=131&relation_id=11576 - http://bodyandhealth.canada.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=11135&news_channel_id=131&channel_id=131&relation_id=11576
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 20 2006 at 5:22am
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Also in the England , two hospitals on the news with Norovirus and have closed wards .
Norwalk prompts tighter rules at Grand Falls hospital
Last Updated: Monday, November 20, 2006 | 9:22 AM NT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html - CBC News
A rash of cases of Norwalk virus at a hospital has prompted health officials in central Newfoundland to tighten visiting restrictions both there and at the adjoining nursing home.
Some 17 cases were confirmed at the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor.
The Central Health regional authority says the virus — which attacks the gastrointestinal system, causes severe diarrhea and easily spreads — has not been found at the Carmelite seniors' home. However, it has come under the same restrictions because it is attached to the hospital.
The health authority is expected to decide whether to lift the restrictions on Monday.
Family members have been asked to contact appropriate nursing units to check on family members' conditions.
Health officials say all the cases involve patients who had already been admitted to the hospital, although they believe norovirus is also in the community.http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2006/11/20/norwalk-virus.html
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