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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.
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
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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...Tags: DNA, Memphis, Health, Natural Resources, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Commentary: Don't panic the people
Special to CNNIn 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
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L.A. man convicted of selling homemade medicines for bird flu, TB
L.A. NOWA 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... -
South Korea culls animals on huge scale in response to foot-and-mouth disease, avian flu outbreaks
L.A. UnleashedSouth 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...... -
South Korean Buddhists pray for animals killed during foot-and-mouth disease epidemic
L.A. UnleashedSEOUL — 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.... -
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
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Exposure to 1918 Spanish flu in the womb had long-lasting effects
Booster ShotsPregnant 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...... -
What's the ideal price for the swine flu vaccine?
Booster ShotsHere’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...... -
Swine flu recedes in North America, Europe, WHO says
Booster ShotsThe 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,...... -
Origins of the Swine Flu
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe 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
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Why Elderly Didn't Get Swine Flu
Los Angeles TimesThe 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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