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Experts warn of bird flu risk during haj pilgrimage

During Haj pilgrimage cities like Mecca, Medina and Jeddah have been worst hit by deadly diseases like plague, cholera and meningitis through out the history. The next haj is expected to start in January and around 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims are expected to visit Mecca from over 160 countries...

by User avatar Danny

China confirms bird flu in humans

New outbreaks of bird flu have been reported in China but this time they were human. The first human case who died in China was a 24-year-old woman in China's eastern province of Anhui. Another 12-year-old girl from central Hunan province who died in October is also suspected to had died from the...

by User avatar Miia2818

Terri Schiavo Died This Afternoon

This afternoon I have heard many people are sad. I was asking what happened and they told me Terri Schiavo died this afternoon. I could not found out more then she was in a hospital for a long time and now she died. I would like to know what happened to her, is she some famous woman. Why I have...

by User avatar Guest

bactrium

I have a friend who seemed to be overreacting about clean hands and home. At the beginning, I was thinking that is great he is so clean, but now I think he is not normal. He always mentions how bacterium is so dangerous for human. Somehow, I cannot believe this, I know there are some species...

by User avatar stevenson1933

florine

I know each element from periodic system might be important for human health. I know it is important to keep balance between important and less important elements. Anyway, I know about each important cell structures, such as calcium, magnesium, etc. Interesting is that I do not know absolutely...

by User avatar word360

Sick Swedish seagull was drunk, not affected by bird flu

That the bird flu scare is present and big shows us a recent event that occurred in a Swedish town Sundsvall on the east coast. A big panic emerged across the country and among authorities when a drunken seagull was found and brought to the laboratory. Veterinarians examined the bird with extra...

by User avatar Jane232591

Genetic map shows route to personal drugs

An international team of 200 scientists mapped the entire genome of 269 people, and identified tiny differences in key areas of DNA. The HapMAp is a map of the most common differences in the human genome, which could lead to personalised treatments for diseases. Humans are genetically 99.9%...

by User avatar Jane232591

Bird flu takes another life, panic in Europe

Bangkok reports that the bird flu has taken another human life. A 48-year-old Thai man is the 67th person known to have been killed by a virus which is slowly creeping from Asia into Europe and possibly towards Africa. In Indonesia, possible clusters of bird flu among members of the same family...

by User avatar Jane232591

Hungarians test human vaccine against the bird-flu virus

Hungarians have developed a prototype of a vaccine against the bird-flu and it proved to be effective against birds. The prototype vaccine showed effectiveness against the Asian H5N1 strain of bird flu among poultry and it can be used to vaccinate them. The vaccine was developed from isolated...

by User avatar Jane232591

Still not ready for the bird flu pandemic

There won’t be much to do to fight H5N1 avian influenza if the vaccines and drugs against bird flu come too late and the virus spreads to people. Meetings are being held, international visits being made in effort to battle avian influenza but it seems that little real progress has been made in...

by User avatar Mick