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BIRD FLU VIDEOS
BIRD FLU EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
The following is a selection of free videos you can view online. They provide an introduction to Bird Flu and can be used in your training sessions.
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Public Broadcasting Service Videos: Part One: H5N1 - Killer Flu: Thuan's Story (12 mins) Part Two: H5N1 - Killer Flu: Tracking the Virus (12 mins) Part Three: H5N1 - Killer Flu: An Evolving Threat (12 mins) Part Four: H5N1 - Killer Flu: Preparing for a Pandemic (12 mins) Pandemic Flu. Originally aired by NOVA's ScienceNow in November of 2006, explains what pandemic flu is and how it could start and spread. (12 mins) The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. An interview with the White House Advisor Francis Townsend from May 3, 2006. It focuses on the steps that the US Government has taken to prepare for a pandemic.(60 mins) How to Prepare for an Influenza Pandemic. Describes the difference between the yearly (seasonal) influenza and an influenza which has the potential to cause a pandemic. (11 mins) Pandemic Influenza - A Harbinger of Things to Come by Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH. Dr. Osterholm tells us why the Bird Flu threat is the single most important concern in the world today. (1 hr 44 mins) Analyzing the Avian Flu Threat. The threat of Avian Flu with: Sir Paul Nurse, President, Rockefeller University, Michael Leavitt, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine, Dr. Peter Palese, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. David Nabarro, Coordinator, U.N. Response to Avian Flu, & Laurie Garrett, Author/Council on Foreign Relations. (60 mins) Prepared and Protected. Infection Control and Personal Protective Equipment for Respiratory Diseases. Series of 10 short videos that provide an introduction to infectious diseases and illustrate how to use protective equipment. The section on face masks demonstrates how to effectively wear and handle the Alpha Pro Tech N95 mask which you can purchase from this website. |
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Latest Bird Flu / Avian Flu News From Medical News Today.
| 05/15/2008 04:00 PM |
| Detection Of Mortality Clusters Associated With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza In Poultry: A Theoretical Analysis |
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Rapid detection of infectious disease outbreaks is often crucial for their effective control. One example is highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) such as H5N1 in commercial poultry flocks. There is no quantitative data, however, on how quickly the effects of HPAI infection in poultry flocks can be detected. Here, we study, using an individual-based mathematical model, time to detection in chicken flocks.
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| 05/05/2008 07:00 PM |
| Learning From The Influenza Virus' Tricks |
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Influenza is currently a grave concern for governments and health organisations around the world. The worry is the potential for highly virulent bird flu strains, such as H5N1, to develop the ability to infect humans easily. New drugs and vaccines to halt the spread of the virus are badly needed.
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| 04/26/2008 01:00 AM |
| Indonesia Runs Large Scale Bird Flu Drill |
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Indonesia is running a large scale drill simulating an outbreak of human to human bird flu that involves thousands of villagers, health workers and government officials, rehearsing for a potential pandemic. The drill started today, Friday 25th April, and is scheduled to run for three days.
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| 04/25/2008 04:00 PM |
| Heading Off A Bird-Flu Pandemic: We Need Broadly Protective Vaccines That Can Be Rapidly Produced And Administered |
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Widespread vaccination likely will be the cornerstone of public-health measures for controlling an H5N1 bird-flu pandemic, say Andrea Gambotto, M.D., assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and his colleagues, in this week's edition of The Lancet. However, any vaccines must be broadly protective and rapidly producible to be effective against H5N1, which is devastating in humans, the authors write in a journal Seminar.
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| 04/18/2008 08:00 PM |
| Identification Of The Common Mechanism Underlying Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome May Lead To New Strategies Against Bird Flu |
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The Spanish flu outbreak of 1918 killed between 30 and 50 million people. In the infected patients, the ultimate cause of death was acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This fatal condition is a massive reaction of the body during which the lung becomes severely damaged. ARDS can be induced by various bacterial and viral infections, but also by chemical agents. These could be toxic gases that are inhaled or gastric acid when aspirated.
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| 04/18/2008 06:00 PM |
| New Vaccine May Give Long-term Defense Against Deadly Bird Flu And Its Variant Forms |
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A new vaccine under development may provide protection against highly pathogenic bird flu and its evolving forms, according to researchers at Purdue University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who discovered the new preventative drug and have tested it in mice.
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