If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Just received this interesting idea … it’s called the Band of Blessing

This is an arm band which serves as a reminder to be a blessing. Cool.
See the site too: bandofblessing.org

After a two year pause, Avian Influenza has resurfaced in Germany. We got the news late Sunday evening that swans and a Canada goose have been found dead and tested positive for H5N1.
On one side there is quite a bit of surprise that this would come in the month of June since birds are [...]

However, behind all those headlines (all of which you can read in our “Current Headlines” section) there were also so interesting stories about bird flu vaccines being developed.

NIAID DNA Vaccine for H5N1 Avian Influenza Enters Human Trial
The first human trial of a DNA vaccine designed to prevent H5N1 avian influenza infection began on December 21, 2006, when the vaccine was administered to the first volunteer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Scientists from the Vaccine Research [...]

I just came across Avian Alert, a Canadian company who state their mission as “to notify you of Avian Flu outbreaks in the shortest amount of time possible.
What they do is they deliver real time alerts on global pandemics via email or SMS. Suppose for example you were traveling to Singapore and want to keep [...]

Press Release from GISAID
INTERNATIONAL COALITION COMES TOGETHER FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF AVIAN FLU DATA
H5N1 Data to be Shared by More Than 70 Top Flu Scientists in New Partnership
August 24, 2006
Contact: Lorie Fiber
LOS ANGELES – A group of leading medical researchers from around the world announced the formation of a consortium designed to improve the sharing [...]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) announced July 24 that they have launched the Global Early Warning and Response System (GLEWS) as a tool to track the emergence and proliferation of zoonoses, animal diseases transmissible to humans.
A July [...]