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02/08/2007 | International Journalist’s Network

A new trainer’s manual aims to provide health journalists with adequate tools to report on threats of bird flu.

Put together by Internews and funded by UNICEF, the manual is to help trainers design and conduct media workshops on avian influenza. The manual also includes the basic resources that media need when trying to promote awareness and discussion about the virus. Continue Reading »

I found this piece by the UPI regarding a three-day training course to teach public health responders how to deal with an avian influenza outbreak. It is good to know where these resources are. Here is the article and the link to the course which you can download in PDF format.

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The online course offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists provides a standardized curriculum for local and state health system first responders concerning how to identify and control human infections and illness associated with the Continue Reading »

Here is a course which is especially focused on helping families and corporations be prepared and educated about pandemic outbreaks. Although it is a company, there are many free resources. It is good to have these practical tools we can all use (which is why I re-post the information here …)

Here is the excerpt:

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pandemic 101 today announces the launch of new programs for the business and the home. The Pandemic 101 website Continue Reading »

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the first approval in the United States of a vaccine for humans against the H5N1 influenza virus, commonly known as avian or bird flu. Here is the report:

“The vaccine could be used in the event the current H5N1 avian virus were to develop the capability to efficiently spread from human to human, resulting in the rapid spread of the disease across the globe. Should such an influenza pandemic emerge, the vaccine may provide early limited protection Continue Reading »

Prevent Virus Transmission - Wash Your Hands

Hand washing with soap goes a long way in preventing avian influenza: UN

According to researches, hands are the most common mode of disease transmission, and one of the common ways people catch the flu is by rubbing their noses after their hands have been contaminated with the flu virus.