bird flu (Page 7)

So far the only weapon we have against bird flu is Tamiflu which is being stockpiled by governments all over the world, despite the fact that the avian flu virus may have mutated so that the drug will no longer be effective. Now there’s more ominous news: Tamiflu may lead to suicide.

Jeremy Laurance writes in the Independent that two teen-aged boys in Japan committed suicide after taking Tamiflu, raising concerns about the drug. The boys did not know each other. In 2004, the Japanese government issued a warning about psychological disorders linked to Tamiflu, but no warning was issued in the US or in Europe.
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Newswise – In the event of a bird flu influenza pandemic, the world’s vaccine manufacturers will be in a race against time. But now researchers at the University of Wisconsin, working with scientists at the University of Tokyo, have discovered a quicker, more efficient way to make flu vaccine. As soon as an effective avian flu vaccine is created, drug companies will be able to replicate it in large quantities, so that we can all be immunized.
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While scientists still disagree over whether or not bird flu will become a dangerous epidemic of the kind that killed millions in 1918, bird flu has quietly entered the UK, in the form of a dead parrot that has tested positive for the bird flu virus H5N1. This should be a warning to everyone who keeps an exotic bird as a pet. Other recent warnings include not eating undercooked chicken or eggs.
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Newswise – In the midst of widespread fears about a bird flu pandemic, some health experts are advising that if you cook poultry and eggs thoroughly, you have little chance of contracting avian flu. In the US, we have already been warned to avoid undercooked chicken, since all of our poultry is infected with the salmonella virus, which is destroyed by high heat.
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