Pandemic bird flu in China evolving quickly. Well adapted to infect people

H7N9 is a new strain. Nobody has any immunity. Reported death rate is 30%, but that if from Chinese authorities, so it may be much higher. The first few cases were in remote parts of eastern China. But now the deadly disease has been found in Peeking.

Hold on to your butts.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/12/health/bird-flu/?hpt=hp_t1

“This interim guidance recommends a higher level of infection control measures than for seasonal influenza,” the CDC wrote. Among the [...]

Swine flu is back!! Health officials confirm 9 Ohio swine flu cases linked to fair; no one hospitalized

CINCINNATI — Health officials investigating illnesses linked to a southwest Ohio county fair confirmed a strain of swine flu in nine cases Thursday and said it matches the virus that infected several people recently at an Indiana fair.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed an H3N2 variant flu virus in nine of 10 suspected Ohio cases. Testing is pending in the tenth case. Symptoms of the virus infection include cough, sore [...]

WARNING: H7N3 bird flu, if mutated this could spread among humans

Currently there is an outbreak in Mexico:

An outbreak of the H7N3 bird flu virus in western Mexico has infected about 2.5 million chickens and led authorities to destroy or dispose of almost a million birds.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/A…

Alerts for this bird flu in Belize:

BELMOPAN, Belize, Thursday July 5, 2012 - Poultry farmers in Belize, especially in border areas near Mexico, are being asked to step up their biosecurity measures as the Belize Agricultural Health [...]

People with rare natural ability to fight AIDS virus have potent ‘killer’ cells that recognise and destroy infection

Study has shown scientists how to find and measure ‘good cells’ that can recognise and kill infected cells, but they still do not know how to generate them

 

It has long been known that a tiny minority of people infected with HIV have a natural ability to fight off the deadly AIDS virus. Scientists said they are now a step closer to understanding why.

In a study they said holds promise for an [...]