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How to Beat and Prevent the Avian Flu and Other Influenzas

4/23/2008 - (NaturalNews) Are you worried about the possible outbreak of the Avian Flu among humans? Perhaps you should be! I hope that all of the publicity about the Bird Flu proves to be a false alarm, as well as the theories that it may be a deliberately engineered...

Engineering Warfare: A Close Look at Biological and Chemical Warfare

2/20/2008 - (NaturalNews) In this article, we will take a closer look at biological and chemical warfare from a global perspective as well as the use of pesticides and insecticides and how they helped pioneer these deadly toxins used in modern warfare and bio-terrorism...

Childhood Vaccinations Hoax - Not Effective and at Worst, Harmful

2/8/2008 - (NaturalNews) It's taken as an article of faith that vaccinations have improved our lifespan. We take our children to the doctor for their injections without question. We think of ourselves as bad parents if we don't. It's simply one of those things that...

Flu Vaccines Found Useless for Seniors; Benefits Greatly Exaggerated, say Researchers

2/7/2008 - (NaturalNews) The benefits of influenza vaccines on senior citizens have been "greatly exaggerate[d]," according to a major review of the evidence published in the medical journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. Researchers examined prior studies on the...

Flu Shots Don't Reduce Flu Deaths

11/24/2007 - (NaturalNews) A new study published in the October 2007 issue of Lancet by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, concludes that influenza vaccinations in the US have prevented fewer deaths than indicated by previous research...

Can Flu Shots Really Protect Against the Flu?

10/19/2007 - (NaturalNews) Reading through the health section of any mainstream media outlet recently would convince most people that it’s time to hurry up, rush out, line up, and get a flu shot. I just entered the search “flu shot” into Google’s news page and got...

Influenza virus samples, vaccine patents and corporate lies

6/15/2007 - In this article, I'm going to explain the real story behind the big international push to get Indonesia and other Asian countries to "share" their H5N1 influenza samples with the rest of the world. As you may know, countries like Australia, the United...

'Don't become complacent' warns bird flu virus expert, as H5N1 becomes even more deadly

3/12/2007 - (NaturalNews) Health officials are warning that the bird flu pandemic is far from over, contrary to the impression created by many in the media. In fact, more people died from the virus in 2006 that in the previous two years, and its fatality rate has...

Rapid flu test could help reduce overprescription of antibiotics

2/2/2007 - (NaturalNews) New flu tests that yield rapid results could help curb the overprescription of antibiotics, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers found that among flu patients, those who tested positive for...

Live H5N1 avian flu virus vaccines show protection in animal studies (press release)

11/1/2006 - When tested in mice and ferrets, experimental vaccines based on live, weakened versions of different strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus were well-tolerated and protected the animals from a deadly infection with naturally occurring H5N1 flu viruses....

Quick diagnosis of flu strains possible with new microchip test (press release)

10/17/2006 - Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a microchip-based test that may allow more labs to diagnose influenza infections and learn more about the viruses causing illness....

Analysis of Spanish flu cases in 1918-1920 suggests transfusions might help in bird flu pandemic (press release)

10/16/2006 - Transfusions with blood products taken from people who had recovered from Spanish influenza may have reduced risk for death and improved symptoms of hospitalized patients who contracted Spanish influenza complicated by pneumonia. Early treatment was...

Voluntary household interventions can reduce death and disease burden from pandemic influenza (press release)

10/4/2006 - A scientific study suggests that the number of infected individuals and deaths from influenza during the first year of a pandemic could be substantially reduced by a combination of voluntary household-based quarantine and isolation of actively infected...

Only Modest Benefit of Flu Shots Among Older Adults (press release)

9/21/2006 - Although national and international health organizations urge anyone over age 65 to get yearly flu shots, the vaccinations are only modestly effective in preventing flu and its complications among older adults, according to a new review of recent studies. Similarly,...

Air travel a major factor in spread of influenza

9/12/2006 - (NaturalNews) A study by Harvard University scientists has linked air travel with the spread of flu, after the annual winter outbreak of the virus in the United States was delayed by nearly two weeks in 2001 due to flight bans and cancellations in the...

US Approves Wild Bird Avian Flu Surveillance Network (press release)

8/1/2006 - In an effort to improve the tracking of avian influenza, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded $5 million in support for a new initiative that will monitor wild bird populations for the disease around the globe, according...

Healthcare staff not prepared for flu pandemic (press release)

7/17/2006 - Nearly half of health workers surveyed would not go to work during an influenza pandemic. The results of a survey of health workers in Maryland, USA, published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health reveal that the staff's perceived importance...

Conventional medicine offers no good defense for bird flu

5/9/2006 - Can modern medicine save you from the bird flu if it becomes a human pandemic? Don't bet your life on it. As the World Health Organization explains on its site, "Although health care has improved in the last decades, epidemiological models from the Centers...

Bird flu caused by man's inhumane treatment of animals

5/9/2006 - When it comes to the bird flu virus, many people are asking, "Where did the virus come from?" The answer, as always, is unpopular with the popular press and the corporations that dominate the information you're allowed to see in this country. The bird...

Is it smart to prepare for bird flu? Here’s what the experts say

2/27/2006 - Here at Truth Publishing, we've compiled a collection of the most eye-opening quotes about the bird flu virus. These are actual quotes from health authorities, government figures and infectious disease experts. "A pandemic, or worldwide outbreak...

The world awakens to the bird flu threat

2/12/2006 - In the Fall of 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) held a meeting of scientists, researchers, and vaccine manufacturing company representatives. In that meeting, the World Health Organization reached some startling conclusions that many people...

Bird flu timeline: A history of influenza from 412 BC – AD 2006

2/6/2006 - 412 BC – Major epidemic of a disease (which, although not called influenza, probably was influenza) recorded by Hippocrates. 1357 AD – The term, “influenza,” from the Italian word meaning "influence," was coined. Popular belief at that time blamed...

President Bush's bird flu plan fails to teach people how to really protect themselves from a global pandemic

11/1/2005 - President Bush has finally announced to the nation that we are faced with a "...potentially devastating outbreak of infectious disease." We're talking about the bird flu, of course. And the big story on bird flu is simply this: your government cannot...

The common cold is no match for natural healing therapies: minerals, herbs and foods stave off colds and flus

10/24/2005 - It happens to everyone, sometimes multiple times a year. That's why it's called the common cold, right? But while we're all familiar with the common cold, we may only know of one or two ways to fight it, which usually involve some sort of over-the-counter...

How to survive a flu pandemic by strengthening your immune system now

9/27/2005 - With news about the coming flu pandemic now grabbing headlines around the world, the World Health Organization is finally starting to share details about its plans for stopping the next outbreak. The World Health Organization, by the way, deserves tremendous...

No honest investigation into accidental global release of Spanish Flu virus

6/4/2005 - What if a terrorist acquired a deadly strain of influenza that had killed millions of people in the past? What if that terrorist were able to replicate that virus, obtain the names and addresses of organizations all around the world, and distribute it...

Why the world isn't ready for the coming influenza pandemic, World Health Organization warns

11/13/2004 - A global influenza pandemic isn't something that most people think about on a day-to-day basis. But it could soon become front-page news, if the fears of the World Health Organization are realized. The group is concerned about the ripening conditions...

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