Monthly Archives: July 2009

Mutual of Bali’s Wild Kingdom

Posted on July 11, 2009 by

From NewstalkZB: A New Zealand tourist was chased down and sedated by Indonesian officials in Bali after he tried to escape swine flu quarantine. The 40-year-old jumped a two-metre wall surrounding Denpasar Hospital before he was recaptured by officials. You … Continue reading →

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Muggle Murder – Swine Flu at the Theater

Posted on July 10, 2009 by

If  Lord Voldemort wanted to wipe out the Muggles, how would he do it? I mean without all the magical hocus pocus? Well, perhaps he would create a killer virus. However, he’d have to make sure it spread to as … Continue reading →

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Tamiflu resistant pandemic H1N1

Posted on July 9, 2009 by

Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) has been an effective treatment for the new H1N1 flu virus. This may not continue to be true. Recently, Tamiflu-resistant strains of the new H1N1 have been identified in people from Japan, Denmark and the United States (US … Continue reading →

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Health care under strain

Posted on July 8, 2009 by

Health care workers who participate on flu forums and blogs have often argued that the health care system would collapse in the face of a severe pandemic. Although we still do not know what the case fatality rate of the … Continue reading →

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Mutation in Texas?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by

From MyFoxHouston.com: “We don’t have any evidence that it’s mutated yet, but I’m concerned the mutation may be taking place. The children seem to me to be getting much more sicker than they used to be one or two months … Continue reading →

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Ferreting out the dangers of swine flu: A discussion of two animal model studies of the new H1N1 flu virus

Posted on July 6, 2009 by

Two studies recently appeared on July 2nd in Science. In both of them, ferrets (Mustela putorius) were experimentally infected with the new H1N1 (swine flu) to determine how efficiently the virus is transmitted from one individual to another and to … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Update – July 3, 2009

Posted on July 4, 2009 by

Most of the world’s countries have been infected with the new H1N1 virus since the pandemic with the new H1N1 virus began. There have been over 439 confirmed deaths worldwide. In the US, cases have occurred in all 50 states. … Continue reading →

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