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BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
A Hot Zone In The Heartland Little could be done to contain a deadly avian flu outbreak. Right now, the U.S. has no national pandemic preparedness plan, either for treating large numbers of patients or for dealing with the resulting economic and social disruptions.   |
Managed Care
July 2006
Ed Silverman |
Managed Care Prepares For the Worst To cope with the possibility of an avian flu pandemic, health plans are devising ways to function even when their providers are being overrun and the insurers themselves face a vastly depleted workforce. |
American Journal of Nursing
July 2007
Victoria J. Davey |
Questions and Answers on Pandemic Influenza Striking a balance between risk and preparedness. |
Entrepreneur
August 2006
Chris Penttila |
The Hot Zone Prepare your business for the outbreak of bird flu or any other possible pandemic before you're really in trouble. |
| AskMen.com |
Flu Overhyped? Some Say So The so-far mild swine flu outbreak has many people saying all the talk about a devastating global epidemic was just fear-mongering hype. But that's not how public health officials see it. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
What You Need To Know About Avian Flu The current avian flu outbreak in Asia is the fifth since 1997 to infect humans. This has raised a red flag for infectious disease experts, who fear the strain could mutate and spark a devastating flu pandemic. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
Michael Arndt |
Why 3M Feels Right At Home In China Today, 3M is selling goods worth nearly $500 million annually in China, from industrial gear and components for consumer electronics to respiratory masks and the latest in Post-it Notes. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005
Lorraine Woellert |
The Asbestos Mess: There Is A Way Out If Bush wants to end the asbestos impasse, he'll have to put the weight of the White House behind the simpler yet effective approach. A medical-criteria bill would give business and the courts much-needed relief while protecting the rights of real asbestos victims. |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
John Carey |
Prevent A Pandemic, Make A Profit Where there's disaster, there's opportunity for business. |
BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005 |
The "Horrific" Economics of Avian Flu A new study looks at what a pandemic could do to the global economy, and it isn't pretty. The lesson: Prepare well -- now. |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
John Carey |
Avian Flu: Business Thinks The Unthinkable Experts say most companies don't yet realize how serious the economic effects of a pandemic could be. But some executives are starting to confront the real chance of panicked workers, supply disruptions, and economic upheaval. |
Popular Mechanics
July 31, 2007
John Galvin |
Spanish Flu Pandemic: 1918 The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people around the world -- 34 million more than died from the First World War in progress alongside it. |
Reason
March 2007
Walter Olson |
Dangerous When in Power In the U.S., does government protect us from hazardous products, or does it put us in harm's way? |
BusinessWeek
October 11, 2004 |
Bird Flu In Thailand: New Fears The death of a 26-year-old Bangkok woman is raising fears that the deadly avian flu may be "learning" how to spread among people -- a step towards a potentially devastating epidemic. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2006
Gregory Juckett |
Avian Influenza: Preparing for a Pandemic Preparing for a new influenza pandemic involves increasing global influenza surveillance and developing practical strategies for containing outbreaks at the source. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Avian Influenza 101 Here is everything you need to now about avian influenza so that you can better protect yourself. |
Searcher
June 2006
Eva C. Perkins |
Is the Price of Cheap Chicken Bird Flu? Information professionals are faced with a situation in which our skills are called upon to soothe the public with reassuring data about the avian flu. |
