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Saturday, 29 August 2009
NEW SWINE FLU MUTATION 'FAR MORE DEADLY'
SWINE flu has been discovered in birds, prompting fears that a more dangerous and easily transmitted strain will emerge.
Health experts last night confirmed that the H1N1 pig flu virus has infected turkeys. It is the first case of H1N1 in birds.
Scientists warned the outbreak in poultry could lead to a deadly flu outbreak if it mixes with lethal avian flu.
Tests have shown sick turkeys at two farms in Chile were struck down with the swine flu virus that has caused a pandemic in humans.
Britain’s leading flu expert, Professor John Oxford, said: “The last thing we want is a universal virus that goes everywhere.
“The avian flu virus is embedded in birds in Egypt and south-east Asia and this outbreak could easily hop across and mix with this, increasing the risk of the swine flu virus mixing with avian flu which is more dangerous.”
Experts with the United Nations in Rome and the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta are now monitoring the outbreak in turkeys, which has so far caused only relatively mild symptoms in the birds.
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‘The last thing we want is a universal virus that goes everywhere... risk of mixing is dangerous’
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Mr Oxford, Professor of Virology at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital, said this meant cases could be missed.
“It is unsettling that the animals are not dying as this means it is harder to detect. If you don’t recognise the danger you are not likely to take action.” The Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organisation also warned that the virus could become more potent.
A statement said: “The current H1N1 virus strain is a mixture of human, pig and bird genes and has proved to be very contagious but no more deadly than common seasonal flu viruses. However, it could become more dangerous if it adds virulence by combining with H5N1, commonly known as avian flu, which is far more deadly but harder to pass along among humans.”
Last week Britain accepted its first batches of swine flu vaccine, as the Government began to arm itself against a second wave of the pandemic in winter.
The World Health Organisation has been warning governments for months to prepare for a resurgence of the virus in the winter.
The doses arrived as millions of schoolchildren prepared to return to school in the next two weeks, with concerns that the virus could spread easily between classrooms.
A Health Department spokeswoman said the vaccine was delivered by US pharmaceutical company Baxter and it could be approved for public distribution by early October.
The vaccine will initially be used on at-risk groups, such as people with asthma and diabetes, officials said. Pregnant women, health workers and people with underlying health problems will get the vaccines before the rest of the population.
Britain is the European country hardest hit by the virus. So far 66 people have died.
Health experts last night confirmed that the H1N1 pig flu virus has infected turkeys. It is the first case of H1N1 in birds.
Scientists warned the outbreak in poultry could lead to a deadly flu outbreak if it mixes with lethal avian flu.
Tests have shown sick turkeys at two farms in Chile were struck down with the swine flu virus that has caused a pandemic in humans.
Britain’s leading flu expert, Professor John Oxford, said: “The last thing we want is a universal virus that goes everywhere.
“The avian flu virus is embedded in birds in Egypt and south-east Asia and this outbreak could easily hop across and mix with this, increasing the risk of the swine flu virus mixing with avian flu which is more dangerous.”
Experts with the United Nations in Rome and the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta are now monitoring the outbreak in turkeys, which has so far caused only relatively mild symptoms in the birds.
ì
‘The last thing we want is a universal virus that goes everywhere... risk of mixing is dangerous’
î
Mr Oxford, Professor of Virology at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital, said this meant cases could be missed.
“It is unsettling that the animals are not dying as this means it is harder to detect. If you don’t recognise the danger you are not likely to take action.” The Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organisation also warned that the virus could become more potent.
A statement said: “The current H1N1 virus strain is a mixture of human, pig and bird genes and has proved to be very contagious but no more deadly than common seasonal flu viruses. However, it could become more dangerous if it adds virulence by combining with H5N1, commonly known as avian flu, which is far more deadly but harder to pass along among humans.”
Last week Britain accepted its first batches of swine flu vaccine, as the Government began to arm itself against a second wave of the pandemic in winter.
The World Health Organisation has been warning governments for months to prepare for a resurgence of the virus in the winter.
The doses arrived as millions of schoolchildren prepared to return to school in the next two weeks, with concerns that the virus could spread easily between classrooms.
A Health Department spokeswoman said the vaccine was delivered by US pharmaceutical company Baxter and it could be approved for public distribution by early October.
The vaccine will initially be used on at-risk groups, such as people with asthma and diabetes, officials said. Pregnant women, health workers and people with underlying health problems will get the vaccines before the rest of the population.
Britain is the European country hardest hit by the virus. So far 66 people have died.
Police chief: 7 found slain at Ga. mobile home
Police chief: 7 found slain at Ga. mobile home
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Seven people were found slain and two critically injured Saturday at a mobile home located on a historic plantation in southeastern Georgia, police said.
Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering called it the worst mass slaying in his 25 years of police work in this coastal Georgia county. He wouldn't say how the victims died and released few other details.
"This is a record for us. We've never had such an incident with so many victims," Doering told reporters. "It's not a scene that I would want anybody to see."
Doering said police were working on leads to identify a suspect but that no arrests had been made Saturday afternoon. He said a family member called 911 at about 8 a.m. Saturday.
The two injured victims were taken to a Savannah hospital 60 miles away and were in critical condition, Doering said.
Doering said some of the victims had been tentatively identified, but he would not release any names or ages. He said only that the victims ranged "from a young age to a very old age."
The home where the bodies were found is part of a mobile home park consisting of about 100 spaces and nestled among centuries-old live oak trees near the center of New Hope Plantation, according to the plantation's Web site.
The 1,100 acre tract a few miles north of the port city of Brunswick is all that remains of a Crown grant made in 1763 to Henry Laurens, who later succeeded John Hancock as president of the Continental Congress in 1777.
Laurens obtained control of the South Altamaha river lands and named it New Hope Plantation, according to the plantation's Web site.
Lisa Vizcaino, who has lived at New Hope for three years, said the management works hard to keep troublemakers out of the mobile home park and that it tends to be quiet.
"New Hope isn't rundown or trashy at all," Vizcaino said. "It's the kind of place where you can actually leave your keys in the car and not worry about anything."
Vizcaino said she didn't know the victims and heard nothing unusual when she woke up at 7 a.m. Saturday morning. After word of the slayings spread, she said, the park was quieter than usual.
"Everybody had pretty much stayed in their houses," Vizcaino said. "Normally you would see kids outside, but everybody's been pretty much on lockdown."
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Seven people were found slain and two critically injured Saturday at a mobile home located on a historic plantation in southeastern Georgia, police said.
Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering called it the worst mass slaying in his 25 years of police work in this coastal Georgia county. He wouldn't say how the victims died and released few other details.
"This is a record for us. We've never had such an incident with so many victims," Doering told reporters. "It's not a scene that I would want anybody to see."
Doering said police were working on leads to identify a suspect but that no arrests had been made Saturday afternoon. He said a family member called 911 at about 8 a.m. Saturday.
The two injured victims were taken to a Savannah hospital 60 miles away and were in critical condition, Doering said.
Doering said some of the victims had been tentatively identified, but he would not release any names or ages. He said only that the victims ranged "from a young age to a very old age."
The home where the bodies were found is part of a mobile home park consisting of about 100 spaces and nestled among centuries-old live oak trees near the center of New Hope Plantation, according to the plantation's Web site.
The 1,100 acre tract a few miles north of the port city of Brunswick is all that remains of a Crown grant made in 1763 to Henry Laurens, who later succeeded John Hancock as president of the Continental Congress in 1777.
Laurens obtained control of the South Altamaha river lands and named it New Hope Plantation, according to the plantation's Web site.
Lisa Vizcaino, who has lived at New Hope for three years, said the management works hard to keep troublemakers out of the mobile home park and that it tends to be quiet.
"New Hope isn't rundown or trashy at all," Vizcaino said. "It's the kind of place where you can actually leave your keys in the car and not worry about anything."
Vizcaino said she didn't know the victims and heard nothing unusual when she woke up at 7 a.m. Saturday morning. After word of the slayings spread, she said, the park was quieter than usual.
"Everybody had pretty much stayed in their houses," Vizcaino said. "Normally you would see kids outside, but everybody's been pretty much on lockdown."
How did DJ AM Die? the answers
The news already made it around the world in the last 4 hours that DJ AM, real named Adam Goldstein has died. Now major question is how did Dj AM die? From the latest source of information it is being said that it is a drug overdose case.
DJ AM was found dead about 5 hours ago in his apartment at 210 Lafayette Street New York. The drug paraphernalia was found by the investigators at the apartment! His publicist Jennifer Weinman said:
“The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Out of respect for his family and loved ones, please respect their privacy at this time.”
Checking DJ AM twitter profile I found this message which is his last tweet: “”New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems.”
To note that in 2008 DJ AM survived a plane crash where 4 other of his friends died. His fans asked today if life is so bad that he survived a deadly plane crash to finally lose it in his apartment with drugs.
DJ AM was found dead about 5 hours ago in his apartment at 210 Lafayette Street New York. The drug paraphernalia was found by the investigators at the apartment! His publicist Jennifer Weinman said:
“The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Out of respect for his family and loved ones, please respect their privacy at this time.”
Checking DJ AM twitter profile I found this message which is his last tweet: “”New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems.”
To note that in 2008 DJ AM survived a plane crash where 4 other of his friends died. His fans asked today if life is so bad that he survived a deadly plane crash to finally lose it in his apartment with drugs.
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