Egypt- 6 new suspect cases

8-31-08
http://www.elbadeel.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30215&Itemid=33
6 persons transferred to a hospital Dietetic Zagazig on suspicion of avian influenza illness      
31/08/2008  
East: just poet
Dietetic Zagazig hospital received six people suspected bird flu infection are:  Mohammed Jumaa 12 years, Mona Zakaria quality of 12 years and Emad Zakaria quality aged 55 and Mahdi Ibrahim Mustafa 45 years and the quality [...]

September is national Prepardness Month/Gustav/Hanna

 
And now it’s time to put those preps to the test!
If you are staying on, please heed the warning, think twice about staying, and let family and friends know you intend to stay. I can’t say I blame you for staying, but this is after all about survival. cottontop would not advise you stay. Your [...]

Hurricane Gustav: Very Dangerous Storm

Louisiana residents can dial 211 if you need shelter.
Residents in other states should dial 1-866-438-4636

Flu Outbreak: 291 out of school

Several primary school students and a teacher in Tasmania have been hospitalised by a flu outbreak that has affected almost 300 children and staff from the one school. The Lauderdale Primary School near Hobart is dealing with a suspected Influenza A epidemic with 271 students and 20 staff off sick today – almost half the [...]

India mysterious illness: news

Continued news on India’s mysterious illness.
 
Mystery fever takes toll among Dalits
28 Aug 2008, 0337 hrs IST, Faiz Rahman Siddiqui,TNN
KANPUR: With 20 more deaths being reported from the Kanpur Dehat region during the last 24 hours, the mystery fever continued to take a heavy toll, especially among the poor Dalit families.
However, the state health minister and [...]

Mysterious Illness in India

Pawan Dixit, Hindustan Times
Kanpur Dehat, August 25, 2008
First Published: 00:17 IST(25/8/2008)
Last Updated: 00:19 IST(25/8/2008)
Rural Kanpur is fighting its most frightening scourge — a mystery disease that has left a long line of bodies in its trail and doesn’t seem anywhere finished.
What started from one village two weeks ago has now spread to 350 and has [...]

A much needed break

I’ve taken a much needed break. It’s crazy around my household. We’ve been getting ready for school, (early) Fall cleaning, getting homeschool ready, preparing for in-laws I haven’t seen in over 6 years, and working on my version of a home prepardness book.  It won’t be your typical home prep book I promise. It’ll be more [...]

Honduras: Alert for a pneumonia outbreak

Health authorities in Honduras have been placed on alert, because in 
recent days Nicaragua has suffered an outbreak of pneumonia, and it is 
possible that in the coming hours it will invade Honduras. There have 
already been some cases of pneumonia in the Honduran capital 
[Tegucigalpa].
The head of the Metropolitan Region of Health, Dr. Ramon Arita, said 
“We have learned [...]

Will Denial Spell Pandemic?

This article sent me over the edge when I read it. It’s from CIDRAP.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu//cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/aug1308indonesia.html
Indonesia rules out H5N1 case cluster in Sumatra
Lisa Schnirring  Staff Writer
Aug 13, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – In an online statement posted yesterday, the Indonesian government said 12 villagers from North Sumatra who were hospitalized for suspected avian influenza symptoms had tested negative for [...]

Nigeria: New strain raises good questions

New bird flu strain detected in Nigeria
FAO calls for increased surveillance
11 August 2008, Rome – A strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza previously not recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected in Nigeria for the first time, FAO said today. Nigeria has recently reported two new Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks in the states of [...]