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    Aug 9, 2011 |Story| KTLA-LTV
  1. Zicam Inventor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Marketing Bird Flu Drug

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The man who invented the cold treatment Zicam has pleaded guilty to trying to sell an unapproved drug for the treatment of bird flu.
    LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The man who invented the cold treatment Zicam has pleaded guilty to trying to sell an unapproved drug for the treatment of bird flu. 57-year old Charles B. Hensley was arrested in June on federal charges of illegally importing...

    Tags: Charles Lee, Justice System, Food and Drug Administration, Flu, Health

  2. Apr 3, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Duck DNA might shield farm chickens from flu

    Influenza has for years ravaged domesticated chickens. Now scientists suggest that a small piece of duck DNA might protect the farm birds against the virus -- saving commercial flocks and lessening the possibility that humans could be exposed to dangerous strains of the disease.
    Influenza has for years ravaged domesticated chickens. Now scientists suggest that a small piece of duck DNA might protect the farm birds against the virus -- saving commercial flocks and lessening the possibility that humans could be exposed to dangerous...

    Tags: DNA, Memphis, Health, Natural Resources, Viral Diseases and Infections

  4. Mar 17, 2011 |Story| WXIN-LTV
  5. Commentary: Don't panic the people

    In the decorous chambers of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Wednesday a U.S. bureaucrat launched a tsunami of panic that has spread further worldwide than the real tsunami that devastated much of Japan on March 11.
    Special to CNN
    In the decorous chambers of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Wednesday a U.S. bureaucrat launched a tsunami of panic that has spread further worldwide than the real tsunami that devastated much of Japan on March 11. In testimony to Congress,...

    Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Brain, Washington (U.S. state), Politics, Earthquakes

  6. Mar 23, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  7. L.A. man convicted of selling homemade medicines for bird flu, TB

    L.A. NOW
    A Los Angeles man was convicted Wednesday on two misdemeanor counts of selling homemade concoctions that supposedly cured bird flu, tuberculosis and other ailments. Sami Arshak Yanikian, 62, used a website to market products that included "Sam's Inhaler...
  8. Jan 20, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  9. South Korea culls animals on huge scale in response to foot-and-mouth disease, avian flu outbreaks

    L.A. Unleashed
    South Korea's ongoing epidemics of foot-and-mouth disease and avian flu have led the country's government to call for the culling of animals -- pigs and cows because of foot-and-mouth, chickens and ducks because of avian flu, as well as smaller......
  10. Jan 22, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  11. South Korean Buddhists pray for animals killed during foot-and-mouth disease epidemic

    L.A. Unleashed
    SEOUL — Hundreds of South Korean Buddhist monks and believers offered prayers Wednesday for more than 1.93 million cows, pigs and other animals that have been put to death in the country's worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The Buddhists endured....
  12. Apr 23, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  13. Ask Outdoors Girl

    Nancy Colvin of Stoneleigh writes: Do you have any idea where the blue jays have gone? Since the avian flu came through here several years ago, it seems that there are few blue jays, though I did see a couple in Westchester County, N.Y., during a recent...

    Tags: Maryland, Health, West Nile Virus, Diseases and Illnesses

  14. Oct 1, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
  15. Exposure to 1918 Spanish flu in the womb had long-lasting effects

    Booster Shots
    Pregnant women, here's another reason to consider getting vaccinated against the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus: Historical data show that men who were exposed to flu in the womb during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic were 23% more likely than the......
  16. Oct 27, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
  17. What's the ideal price for the swine flu vaccine?

    Booster Shots
    Here’s some advice for public health officials who want to maximize the number of people getting the H1N1 flu shot: Make it free. A study being published in Wednesday’s edition of the British Medical Journal finds that the higher the......
  18. Dec 29, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
  19. Swine flu recedes in North America, Europe, WHO says

    Booster Shots
    The second wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza is winding down in North America and much of Europe, but flu activity is still widespread and intensifying in India, Egypt and elsewhere and it's too soon to say the pandemic is over,......
  20. Sep 17, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. Origins of the Swine Flu

    The virus behind the current influenza pandemic may be known as swine flu, but it didn't come only from pigs. Wild birds and humans also played a role in its creation. Scientists are still trying to unravel how it wound up infecting people and spreading rapidly around the globe. Here's what they know so far.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    The virus behind the current influenza pandemic may be known as swine flu, but it didn't come only from pigs. Wild birds and humans also played a role in its creation. Scientists are still trying to unravel how it wound up infecting people and spreading...

    Tags: Swine Flu, Asia, Death, Health, Preventative Medicine

  22. May 7, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. Why Elderly Didn't Get Swine Flu

    The elderly are normally the most susceptible to flu viruses, so it was something of a shock to find that they were largely spared in the recent waves of pandemic H1N1 influenza. Experts have speculated that their apparent resistance to the virus may have arisen because they were exposed to a similar virus in the past and developed some antibodies that protected them. Two new studies released recently demonstrate that this is the case, and that the virus they had been exposed to was the one that caused the 1918 " Spanish flu" pandemic that killed millions worldwide.
    Los Angeles Times
    The elderly are normally the most susceptible to flu viruses, so it was something of a shock to find that they were largely spared in the recent waves of pandemic H1N1 influenza. Experts have speculated that their apparent resistance to the virus may have...

    Tags: Los Angeles Times, Swine Flu, Epidemics and Plagues, Health, Preventative Medicine

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