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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.   |
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. |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 28, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
No Swine Flu Emergency Yet, but Banks Should Keep Eyes Open Although it's not yet time to push the panic button, it is still important for banks to monitor something like the spread of swine flu closely and to take stock of their disaster recovery plans. |
AskMen.com
Jen Woodward |
False Pandemic Scares While nobody can say for sure if or when another pandemic will strike, these historic false alarms might soothe your fears. |
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. |
American Journal of Nursing
July 2007
Victoria J. Davey |
Questions and Answers on Pandemic Influenza Striking a balance between risk and preparedness. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Avian Influenza 101 Here is everything you need to now about avian influenza so that you can better protect yourself. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Bird Flu Planning Isn't for the Birds Buffalo Wild Wings discusses its strategy for dealing with the threat of avian flu. It's impossible to completely eliminate some risks, but it's quite possible for an astute firm to effectively manage any adversity that may come down its path. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
December 22, 2005
David Needle |
Most Companies Ill Prepared for Pandemic A new Basex report says that most large companies don't have the right policies to handle extended absenteeism and other pandemic related issues. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Managed Care
December 2005
Jack McCain |
Flu's Other Cost If the next pandemic is anything like the 1918 outbreak, hospitals could be overburdened, while some small regional health plans might see their membership decimated, or worse. |
Chemistry World
February 2006 |
Editorial: Fighting Avian Flu Participants at a world avian flu conference in Beijing committed to increasing cooperation on global vaccine and anti-viral research and development. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2011
Phillip Robinson |
Functionalized fiber catches flu before you do Scientists in China have developed a fibre that can trap the flu virus, which could be used in face masks and air filters to help to control the spread of the disease. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
4 Future Plagues What future plagues await us? Let's have a look. |
Managed Care
February 2005
Jack McCain |
Managed Care (and Everyone Else) Unprepared for the Next Killer Flu Could avian flu give rise to a pandemic that might rival the fearsome Spanish flu? Is the nation ready? Health plans may be called upon to administer vaccinations and identify high-risk patients, but what about he millions of Americans who lack health insurance? |
American History
December 2006 |
Letter : Coming Home to Roost Remembering 1918 and recognizing the catastrophe that could unfold in an age when a virus can cross the globe in a matter of hours has spurred unprecedented international cooperation and planning. |
Geotimes
May 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
On the Path of Bird Flu U.S.G.S. biologists are tracking the migration of bar-tailed godwits and other wild migratory birds via satellite to find out if they are likely vectors of H5N1 bird flu. |
Investment Advisor
May 2006
Ryan G. Murphy |
Catching up with... An interview with Milton Ezrati, senior economic and marketing strategist with Lord Abbet on the possible avian flu pandemic's role in the financial world. |
Scientific American
May 2005
Christine Soares |
Cooping Up Avian Flu Buying time to arm for a pandemic is possible--maybe. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
Crisis Management Building owners and managers have another reason to dust off their emergency preparedness plans -- the growing threat of avian flu. |
Bank Technology News
December 2007 |
Resiliency: Broadband Needs to Get Much Broader Much of banks' contingency plans rely on their ability to get work completed remotely. While a simultaneous drop in the communications and electric workforces may affect banks, the real concern is the availability of bandwidth. |
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. |
CFO
December 1, 2007
Karen M. Kroll |
Flu Diligence New software programs help companies gauge the potential business impact of a pandemic. FluWorkLoss... Infectious Disease Modeling... etc. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2006
Brian Lawler |
Happy (Sniffle) Holidays (Cough) It's flu season again, and the market for influenza vaccines is hot. Pharma investors, take note. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Avian Flu Ruffling Feathers Roche Pharmaceuticals boosts anti-flu drug production to quiet calls for generics. While the situation bears watching for now, it's not necessarily something for investors to get their feathers ruffled about. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Chiron Ready to Fly Flu vaccine maker readies first shipments as flu season begins and avian flu fears rise. |
| AskMen.com |
Swine Flu: The Game Dutch researchers have created a free, online-only game that challenges players to control a new pandemic -- swine flu. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2006
Jeff Wise |
Fighting Fire With Fire By recreating an extinct virus that killed as many as 50 million people, scientists race to defeat avian flu before it evolves into a deadlier form. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Chiron's Bird Flu Contract As Asian bird flu becomes the crisis du jour, this flu vaccine biotech is awarded a hefty contract. |
InternetNews
May 26, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Throwing The Book at Pandemics In preparation for the next time Mother Nature attacks, most companies have established business continuity plans that rely to a great extent on the nation's Internet backbone to provide the infrastructure for telecommuting. |
Scientific American
July 2009
Christine Soares |
Could Animal Surveillance Have Seen Swine Flu Coming? The surveillance of animals for new flu viruses has lagged behind preparations for the human pandemics that can be caused by the bugs |
Adventure
February 2006
Ken Kamler |
Ask Dr. Extreme Should avian bird flu alter travel plans to Laos? |
Investment Advisor
September 2006
Dave Kieffer |
IA Soapbox: Are You in Pandemic Denial? Under a severe flu scenario, the global just-in-time economy will buckle. Most financial advisors will want their clients to sit this out. But you might have only a day, more likely hours, to attend to your clients' interests. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2005
Patrick Clinton |
From the Editor: It Never Changes (Until It Does) Change is bubbling around through the industry, its customers, and its regulators. Should pharmaceutical companies be doing the equivalent of taking two aspirin and calling in the morning or building an ark? |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Swine Flu Update With the fall flu season rapidly approaching, a swine flu update is warranted. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Be Careful What You Wish For Do you have the stomach to profit from swine flu? |
Food Engineering
May 1, 2006 |
Regulatory Watch The USDA has set up a toll-free number for poultry producers to report any suspicious deaths or illnesses in their flocks that could be the deadly H5N1 virus, or "bird flu." |
Finance & Development
December 2005 |
In Brief Bird Flu Action Plan... Digital Divide Harms Growth... Africa Fighting Desertification... Work Longer... Events in 2006... |
Smithsonian
January 2006
Michael Rosenwald |
The Flu Hunter For years, virologist Robert Webster has been warning of a global influenza outbreak. Now governments worldwide are finally listening to him. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Swine Flu: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Here is a short list of what we do and don't know of swine flu. |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
John Carey |
Prevent A Pandemic, Make A Profit Where there's disaster, there's opportunity for business. |
Popular Mechanics
September 11, 2009
Emily Anthes |
Debunking 5 Prevalent Swine Flu Myths Some theories circulating online argue that this combination of strains is so unlikely that the new virus must have been created by humans in a lab and then either accidentally or deliberately released. |
InternetNews
October 14, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Nanotech Battles Bird Flu Several nanotech and IT firms say their products could help detect the virus and slow its spread. |
Scientific American
November 2005 |
Preparing for the Worst Flu season comes every year as reliably as hurricane season. If America shores up our defenses against both, we will be in a much stronger position when the "big ones" hit. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Frederik Balfour |
This Disease May Zap A Whole Industry Spreading avian flu could devastate Thailand's enormous poultry exports |
