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Also Try Disaster Preparation Hurricane Preparation Pandemics Materials -Pandemic or Hurricane Checklist (Awesome Library) Provides recommendations for what to assemble to prepare for avian (bird) flu or other pandemic. Includes recommendations appropriate for preparing for a hurricane also. 03-06 News -01-07-06 Avian Flu Kills Siblings in Turkey (CNN News) "A teenage sister and brother who died of bird flu in Turkey this week were infected with the H5N1 strain of the virus, making it the first time that strain has killed humans outside East Asia, the U.N. health agency said Saturday." "The WHO is also investigating whether the disease had been transmitted from human to human, spokeswoman Maria Cheng said Saturday. But Health Minister Recep Akdag said Saturday there was no reason to suspect it had." 01-06 -02-25-06 Poll: Avian Flu Concerns (CNN News) "Nearly 60 percent of Americans are concerned about bird flu, but fewer than one-third think it will show up in the United States this year, according to a new poll." "If human outbreaks occurred, 75 percent said they would reduce or avoid travel, 71 percent said they would skip public events and 68 percent said they would stay home and keep their children at home while the outbreak lasted." 02-06 -03-14-06 Expert: Preparing for a Pandemic (ABC News) "The Red Cross says that if there's a pandemic, we need to prepare for 10 days of being stuck in our homes, and that we may be without power and water during that time. In the event of a bird flu pandemic, Americans should plan for interruptions or delays in other services: Banks might close, hospitals could be overwhelmed, and postal service could be spotty. Experts also say that people need to begin stocking up on extra food and supplies like protective masks, flashlights, portable radios, batteries and matches." 03-06 -03-14-06 Preparing for a Pandemic (ABC News) "If there is an avian flu pandemic, you'll want to minimize your chance of catching it by staying indoors; you might even be required to stay home if the government asks that people remain in quarantine or 'shelter in place.' Stocking up today on at least seven days' worth of essentials such as water, nonperishable food, emergency and medical supplies will help you get through an extended time at home if an outbreak happens. Once you've purchased these items, store them in a place where you will not be tempted to dip into them for everyday use." 03-06 -03-14-06 Scientist: 50-50 Chance of Bird Flu Hitting Humans (ABC News) "Robert G. Webster is one of the few bird flu experts confident enough to answer the key question: Will the avian flu switch from posing a terrible hazard to birds to becoming a real threat to humans?" "There are 'about even odds at this time for the virus to learn how to transmit human to human,' he told ABC's 'World News Tonight.' Webster, the Rosemary Thomas Chair at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., is credited with being the first scientist to find the link between human flu and bird flu." 03-06 -05-03-06 Report: We Are Mostly On Our Own With Bird Flu (ABC News) "A medical reality is complicating federal preparations for the next pandemic: Flu spreads in ways that make it extremely unlikely the U.S. could avoid being hit." 05-06 -05-10-06 Study: Encouraging Results from Bird Flu Vaccine (ABC News) "A trial of an experimental vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus shows it produced a good immune response in healthy volunteers, scientists said on Thursday." 05-06 -06-11-08 New Flu Shot "Big Leap Forward" (MSNBC News) "The first experimental bird flu vaccine made from lab-grown cells instead of chicken eggs shows promise in blocking the highly lethal virus, scientists report." "The advance is good news not just for preparations in case of a pandemic, but also because it offers a way to make shots for seasonal flu much faster. That gives health officials crucial extra time to better match annual shots to the flu strains circulating." 06-08 -07-26-06 Glaxo Reports Breakthrough on Bird Flu (BBC News) "UK drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline believes it has developed a vaccine for the H5N1 deadly strain of avian flu that may be capable of being mass produced by 2007." 07-06 -09-29-05 Bird Flu Mutant Likely to Cause Pandemic (USA Today) "A top U.N. public health expert warned Thursday that a new influenza pandemic could come anytime and claim millions of lives unless officials to take action now to control an epidemic in Asia." "Dr. David Nabarro of the World Health Organization called on governments to take immediate steps to address the threat at a news conference following his appointment as the new U.N. coordinator to lead a global drive to counter a human flu pandemic." 9-05 -09-30-05 U.N.: Concern About Bird Flu Mutant Needs Moderation (CBS News) "The World Health Organization moved Friday to dampen fears over alarming predictions quoted by one of its own officials that a pandemic stemming from the bird flu virus ravaging parts of Asia could kill as many as 150 million people." "Normal seasonal flu viruses have an attack rate of between 5 percent and 20 percent, but a death rate of less than 1 percent. Between 250,000 and 500,000 die from flu every year, according to WHO." 9-05 -10-05-05 Flu from 1918 Reconstructed (CNN News) "Scientists have made from scratch the Spanish flu virus that killed as many as 50 million people in 1918, the first time an infectious agent behind a historic pandemic has ever been reconstructed." "Why did they do it? Researchers say it may help them better understand -- and develop defenses against -- the threat of a future worldwide epidemic from bird flu." " Like the 1918 virus, the current avian flu in Southeast Asia occurs naturally in birds. In 1918, the virus mutated, infected people and then spread among them. So far, the current Asian virus has killed at least 65 people but has rarely spread person-to-person." 9-05 -10-10-05 Approach to Quarantines: Medieval or Modern? (MSNBC News) "Quarantine — or some version of it — in a 21st-century flu pandemic would look very different from the medieval stereotype of diseased outcasts locked in a do-not-enter zone." "President Bush’s specter of a military-enforced mass quarantine is prompting debate of the Q-word as health officials update the nation’s plan for battling a pandemic — a plan expected to define who decides when and how to separate the contagious from everyone else." "Bush’s comments recall how quarantines were enforced in parts of this country in the 1890s, when armed guards patrolled streets to keep victims of smallpox and other dread diseases confined to their homes." On the other hand, "The SARS epidemic of 2003 illustrated that 'the public will voluntarily comply with measures to both protect themselves and their loved ones' — if doctors make the case that the steps are for their own good," said Dr. Marty Cetron, head of quarantine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. " 'Quarantine' means restricting the movement of still healthy people who may have been exposed to an infectious disease, in case they’re carrying it. It’s almost always for a brief time; during SARS, for instance, hospital workers exposed to suspect cases were asked to stay home from work during the respiratory disease’s 10-day incubation period." 10-05 -10-13-05 Dangerous Bird Flu Discovered in EU (BBC News) "EU states have been urged to stockpile anti-viral drugs after confirmation that the bird flu virus found in Turkey is the H5N1 strain dangerous to humans." 10-05 -10-13-05 Dangerous Bird Flu Hits Romania (Bloomberg.com) "Bird flu struck Romania on the eastern border of the European Union, and a deadly strain was detected in Turkey, raising concern that the virus that's killed 60 people in Asia is spreading across Europe." 10-05 -11-01-05 Bush $7.1 Billion to Combat Avian Flu (CNN News) "President Bush announced Tuesday that he would ask Congress for $7.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare the country for a possible flu pandemic." 10-05 -12-03-04 Pandemic Preparedness - Avian Flu (International Herald Tribune) "A global pandemic of avian influenza is 'very, very likely' and could kill tens of millions of people worldwide, a top World Health Organization official said Monday." Editor's Note: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson stated on December 3, 2004 that one of his greatest health fears is for a pandemic of avian flu. 12-04 -Avian Flu News (ABC News) Provides news. 10-05 -Avian Flu News (MSNBC News) Provides news. 10-05 -Bird Flu - Comprehensive News (BBC News) Provides a map of the world, showing where bird flu has spread. Provides reference articles on bird flu and the latest news. 03-06 02-06-04 Flu Research Breakthrough (CBS News) "The 1918 flu that killed 20 million people appears to be more birdlike than previously thought, according to findings by U.S. and British researchers that could help explain why it was the deadliest influenza strain ever recorded." "The research, conducted separately by scientists at the Scripps Institute in La Jolla, Calif., and at Britain's Medical Research Council, used lung samples preserved from victims of the 1918 flu to reconstruct a protein crucial to their infection." " 'These were not little steps but big strides toward understanding, at the structural and molecular level, what it is about these strains that make them dangerous,' said Dr. Gregory Poland, a flu specialist at the Mayo Clinic who reviewed the research." "Different influenza strains spread around the world annually. Every so often a strain tough enough to kill millions emerges, and experts believe the world is overdue for another pandemic. Unraveling what made the 1918 flu so vicious could help doctors better react if a similar strain returns." "Asia's current bird flu, a strain known as H5N1, clearly can jump directly from poultry to people - at least 16 people have died of it this winter. Most cases have been traced directly to contact with sick birds, although human-to-human transmission has not been ruled out in one instance." 2-04 Papers Avian Flu Risks (ABC News) "Are travelers at risk for the bird flu? What are the symptoms associated with this illness? ABCNEWS.com asked Dr. William Schaffner to answer questions about the risks the disease poses to the U.S. population. Schaffner is an infectious disease specialist and the chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn." 10-05 Bird Flu Reality Check (MSN Health) "Concerns about avian flu sometimes swell out of proportion with the facts. Keep in mind what health officials and scientists know to be true about the threat." "You are not at risk of contracting avian flu by eating chicken or other birds." 03-06 Bush: Use Military for Enforcement If Bird Flu Attacks (CNN News) "A call by President George W. Bush for Congress to give him the power to use the military in law enforcement roles in the event of a bird flu pandemic has been criticized as akin to introducing martial law." 9-05 Flu Factsheet for Persons Exposed (Health.State.MN.US) "Avian influenza refers to a large group of different influenza viruses that primarily infect birds. A pandemic occurs when an avian influenza strain adapts to become easily transmissible between humans, e.g., by coughing and sneezing. Once this adaptation occurs, it will no longer be a bird virus - it will be a human influenza virus." 02-08 Flu Research Breakthrough (CBS News) "Different influenza strains spread around the world annually. Every so often a strain tough enough to kill millions emerges, and experts believe the world is overdue for another pandemic. Unraveling what made the 1918 flu so vicious could help doctors better react if a similar strain returns." "All flu viruses are thought to have originated in birds. But scientists also have long thought that to cause human epidemics, the viruses first had to jump from birds to pigs, where genetic changes that allow the strains to better spread in mammals occur." "Flu strains that are more birdlike are more dangerous to people because their immune systems haven't been exposed to them before." "Asia's current bird flu, a strain known as H5N1, clearly can jump directly from poultry to people - at least 16 people have died of it this winter. Most cases have been traced directly to contact with sick birds, although human-to-human transmission has not been ruled out in one instance." 2-04 Flu, Avian (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) "Type A influenza viruses can infect several animal species, including birds, pigs, horses, seals and whales. Influenza viruses that infect birds are called “avian influenza viruses.” Birds are an especially important species because all known subtypes of influenza A viruses circulate among wild birds, which are considered the natural hosts for influenza A viruses. Avian influenza viruses do not usually directly infect humans or circulate among humans." 12-04 Planning for Pandemics (ABC News) "A super-flu could kill up to 1.9 million Americans, according to a draft of the government's plan to fight a worldwide epidemic." "Officials are rewriting that plan to designate not just who cares for the sick but who will keep the country running amid the chaos, said an influenza specialist who is advising the government on those decisions." 10-05 Respirators for Pandemics (CDC.gov) Provides a list of NIOSH-Approved N95 Disposable Particulate Respirators for use in case of a flu pandemic. 07-07

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