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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 Journal of Nursing
July 2007
Victoria J. Davey |
Questions and Answers on Pandemic Influenza Striking a balance between risk and preparedness. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Scientific American
May 2005
Christine Soares |
Cooping Up Avian Flu Buying time to arm for a pandemic is possible--maybe. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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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. |
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Swine Flu: The Game Dutch researchers have created a free, online-only game that challenges players to control a new pandemic -- swine flu. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Swine Flu Update With the fall flu season rapidly approaching, a swine flu update is warranted. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
Kerry Capell |
High-Velocity Vaccines PowderMed says its DNA technology would let it react quickly to a flu pandemic. A DNA flu vaccine would have huge advantages over traditional ones. But first, the company must prove in upcoming large-scale clinical trials that its vaccine can protect people from flu generally. |
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 |
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
January 9, 2006
Carol Matlack |
Preventing The Pandemic France's Sanofi Pasteur is already signing contracts for an avian flu vaccine. |
BusinessWeek
October 24, 2005
John Carey |
New Vaccines For A Pandemic Using DNA, vast amounts of flu vaccine could be made quickly. But will the drugs work? |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2006
David Compton |
Glaxo's New Flu-Fighting Ammo The FDA certifies the drugmaker's Relenza for defense as well as offense. For investors seeking to give their portfolios a shot in the arm, now might be the time to take a closer look at Glaxo. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
4 Future Plagues What future plagues await us? Let's have a look. |
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1 Million Swine Flu Cases? Swine flu has infected as many as 1 million Americans, U.S. health officials said Thursday, adding that 6 percent or more of some urban populations are infected. |
BusinessWeek
February 4, 2010
Weintraub et al. |
Swine Flu: The Pandemic That Wasn't Swine flu is waning, but the lessons of H1N1 could come in handy during a more serious epidemic. |
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. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2004 |
Influenza Vaccine What is influenza?... Who is at higher risk?... What is the flu vaccine?... Is the vaccine safe?... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Will Flu Vaccine Catch Cold? The CDC says we may have as many as 97 million doses this year, but that's a best-case scenario. This year again, it's Chiron causing the uncertainty. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Be Careful What You Wish For Do you have the stomach to profit from swine flu? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
Dustin Driver |
Most Contagious Diseases Super-contagious diseases spread like wildfire. The best way to battle any of these nasty bugs is to avoid them altogether. Keep your eyes open for these most-unwanted diseases, and stay healthy. |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 1, 2005
Katherine Burger |
Calling in Sick There may be a kind of disaster looming that even the most recovery-savvy businesses have not anticipated -- a major flu outbreak. The implications regarding business continuity plans are as serious as a looming hurricane. |
Health
October 2007
Sarah Clachar |
Read this BEFORE you get a flu shot The flu vaccine may not be as good -- or as safe -- as you think. |
Adventure
February 2006
Ken Kamler |
Ask Dr. Extreme Should avian bird flu alter travel plans to Laos? |
