Article: Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu.(Book review)

Article: Avian Flu: Michigan State University Experts ...
AScribe Medicine News Service;  October 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... discuss up-to-date issues surrounding avian flu. MSU has ISDN and TV uplink capabilities. AVIAN FLU Richard "Mick" Fulton, associate professor ... disease in animals. He can discuss how avian flu affects birds, as well as the epidemiology ...

Article: A Nightmare Scenario.(avian flu epidemic)
U.S. News & World Report;  June 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... is no choice with the avian flu emerging from Asia ... people who died from the Black Death in the Middle Ages ... just a handshake. For avian flu, the first two elements ... part of the world. If avian flu were allowed to develop ...

Article: Avian flu could disrupt economies
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... out that, oddly enough, one of the worst- ever pandemics, the 14th century "Black Death," set the stage for the West's economic rebirth. The Black Death, or bubonic plague, began spreading throughout Europe in 1347, killing serfs ...

Article: Avian flu found on Ephrata duck farm
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  January 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... said the H7N3 low-pathogenic strain of avian flu was confirmed on an Ephrata Township ... farm could remain stigmatized long after avian flu is gone. The farm had been under quarantine ... a Jan. 14 test show the farm is now avian flu-free, according to Schmucker. The ...

Article: Curbing avian flu at the source.(COMMENTARY)
The Washington Times;  November 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... returned from Vietnam and Thailand, where avian flu is endemic in birds. Fortunately, I am doing fine - and avian flu is still found mainly in birds. Almost ... of the world in nine months. Today, avian flu could sweep the globe in weeks. President ...

Article: Public Awareness of Avian Flu Has Increased, but ...
PR Newswire;  May 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... globe have been raising the alarm about avian flu and the need to be prepared for what ... More U.S. adults are familiar with avian flu today than a year ago; and concern about ... unveiling of the Bush Administration's new avian flu preparation plan. Familiarity and concern ...

Article: AMBIENT VOICES THE AVIAN FLU
The Manila Times;  October 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...NEWS are replete with stories on avian flu, thought to be of Asian origin and flaring ... Kong and China. Some human beings in avian-flu countries have been contaminated and ... chickens and birds to ducks and geese. The avian flu, which antedated the severe and acute ...