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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."
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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.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Avian Influenza 101 Here is everything you need to now about avian influenza so that you can better protect yourself.
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.
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.
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
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.
Adventure February 2006 Ken Kamler	Ask Dr. Extreme Should avian bird flu alter travel plans to Laos?
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 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.
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.
Chemistry World May 2006	In the Papers... Bulgaria pays reduced FP6 fee... China to use Australian uranium for peaceful purposes... Relief in UK over bird flu...
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 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 Frederik Balfour	This Disease May Zap A Whole Industry Spreading avian flu could devastate Thailand's enormous poultry exports
InternetNews March 24, 2008	STMicro Launches Microchip to Detect Bird Flu STMicroelectronics, said it has developed a portable chip to detect influenza viruses, including bird flu in humans.
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.
Food Engineering November 1, 2005	Tech Flash Vol. 1 No. 2 IAFIS, FPMA Merges, co-locates show with PACK EXPO... First microwavable aseptic product in U.S... U.S. farm production set help prevent spread of Avian flu... etc.
Scientific American May 2005 Christine Soares	Cooping Up Avian Flu Buying time to arm for a pandemic is possible--maybe.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Anthony Tao	The Avian Few: Is it Too Late for Pharma to Re-enter the Vaccine Fray? Small profit margins and high litigation risks drove most companies out of the vaccine business decades ago. As a possible pandemic looms, pharma re-enters the fray. Is it too late?
Salon.com August 27, 2001 Katharine Mieszkowski	Animals online Birds do it, polar bears do it -- and with the help of satellite transmitters, they send e-mail too...
Chemistry World January 3, 2014 Harriet Brewerton	Mid-air monitoring of migrating birds Scientists in the US have designed a biosensor that could be used to study the metabolism of free-flying birds in real time.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	4 Future Plagues What future plagues await us? Let's have a look.
Geotimes February 2007 Fred Schwab	Does Geology Kill You? We must become "medicinal geologists." Ignorance of geology, not geology itself, can make you sick. We must learn about the relationship between geology and human health.
American Journal of Nursing July 2007 Victoria J. Davey	Questions and Answers on Pandemic Influenza Striking a balance between risk and preparedness.
Food Engineering May 2, 2007 Richard F. Stier	Heed the Word: Watch Those Birds A pest management program that doesn't address birds has a significant gap. Birds are major food processing pests that sometimes are ignored when facilities focus on controlling insects and rodents.
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.
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?
Financial Advisor August 2006 Karen DeMasters	What If ... ? Financial advisors debate talking with clients about what to do if a viral pandemic strikes U.S.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Playing Chicken With Sanderson Farms Bird flu has given poultry companies the blues. Who knows how long the recovery will take, but at today's prices, value-minded investors might well be willing to wait.
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 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.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Capitalist Pig's View of Swine Flu So you want to make money from the swine flu? Here's how to do so.
Smithsonian September 2007 Alistair Wearmouth	Flying North to Fly South Preparing the critically endangered whooping cranes for migration could save these majestic birds from extinction. Leading the cranes south to Florida will be a microlight aircraft and its pilot, dressed to resemble a crane.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 Brian Gorman	Chasing Down Bird Flu Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are emerging as the likely winners in the race to produce a bird flu vaccine.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Carol Matlack	Preventing The Pandemic France's Sanofi Pasteur is already signing contracts for an avian flu vaccine.
Health June 19, 2009 Ginny Graves	How to Combat the Latest Supergerms While some germs may be outpacing our ability to kill them, we're not completely defenseless. In fact, there are plenty of things we can do to slow their spread.
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.
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.
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Food Engineering February 28, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins	Masters of Disaster With professional response planning, industry leaders are learning to manage food-safety crises -- before, during and after the event.
Reactive Reports Issue 73 David Bradley	Fake Bird Flu Chemists have developed a rapid technique for detecting fake Tamiflu, the mainstay medication for preventing and treating bird flu.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Swine Flu Update With the fall flu season rapidly approaching, a swine flu update is warranted.
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.
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.
Geotimes June 2006 Jennifer Yauck	Ancient Bird Fossil Makes a Splash Recent expeditions in China have unearthed well-preserved fossils of an ancient bird that lived between 105 million and 115 million years ago. The fossils of the modern-looking bird suggest that today's birds may have originated from an aquatic ancestor.
Bio-IT World September 2006 John Russell	IBM Races H5N1 Unlike most (perhaps all) of its IT brethren, IBM has the size and breadth of technology expertise to make waves in basic research beyond IT and to tackle global projects that enable Big Blue to do well by doing good. The Global Pandemic Initiative is a perfect example of that capacity.
Science News November 29, 2003 Janet Raloff	Talking Turkey (with recipe) They can weigh in at 40 pounds or more. They prefer walking, but they can fly. And if Benjamin Franklin had had his way, they would be the U.S. national symbol. We're talking turkey -- wild turkey, that is.