plans for an influenza pandemic have failed to take into account children, who will likely be among the biggest spreaders of the disease and its most vulnerable victims, health experts said on Wednesday. And how would children who rely on school meals get fed if schools closed -- one of the recommended measures to help slow the spread of influenza, they asked? Such global epidemics strike three times in a century, on average, when a new strain of influenza emerges that humans have no...

But what happens if a new, more virulent strain of flu were to spread through the human population? A committee of seven residents in Fords Colony is studying the possibility that a neighborhood could effectively isolate itself during a pandemic, stockpiling enough goods to serve residents when common resources are overwhelmed or simply unavailable. But what happens if a new, more virulent strain of flu were to spread through the human population? A committee of seven residents in Fords...

We went to the town only to swim in the public pool (I developed a three-week fascination for high-diving after watching the Montreal Olympics on our new colour television) or to buy shoes and eat in the Golden Egg, which served a mixed grill on an oval plate. We went to the town only to swim in the public pool (I developed a three-week fascination for high-diving after watching the Montreal Olympics on our new colour television) or to buy shoes and eat in the Golden Egg, which served a...

For avian influenza, USDA works with its partners to conduct a comprehensive surveillance program in wild birds and domestic poultry, and also participates in international efforts to combat the disease at its source. USDA undertakes several specific activities to protect American agricultural health from avian influenza and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as "mad cow disease. These determinations are necessary measures for FSIS and American consumers to...

Experts have ruled out other fatal avian ailments, such as avian influenza and domoic acid poisoning, as causes for the incident. They have ruled out avian influenza in initial tests and now suspect avian botulism from the food supply. The cause of death of 35 birds in the care of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center remains to be determined, but some theories by experts and volunteers include food poisoning in the form of avian botulism. Avian botulism, like its human counterpart, is...