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    The Importance Of A Bird Flu Mask

    Though the avian influenza virus is hosted by birds, some particular subtype might affect other mammals too, including humans. In a direct manner the virus is contacted from infected birds, mostly dom...

    How a Little-Known Science Can Protect You From Bird Flu

    You can use a little-known branch of science to help protect yourself and your loved ones from the bird flu pandemic.

    It's called evolutionary epidemiology. Basically, it means that microorganisms e...

    Some Interesting Thoughts About Bird Flu And Immunity

    The bird flu saga goes on and fear of a pandemic continues to be promoted...but as many thinking people expected nothing really dramatic has happened other than the loss of the livelihood of tens of t...

    Avian Flu Is A Potential Pandemic

    Will the avian flu cause a disaster similar to the Spanish flu of 1918 that killed more than fifty million people in the world?

    Avian flu or avian influenza is spreading at an alarming rate and it i...

    Ending the Common Cold or Flu

    You catch a cold or flu virus from someone else but sometimes you do not get it no matter how much contact you have. Why does the immune system sometimes beat it but other times it does not especially...

    Zinc and the Common Cold

    You can stay well through the winter with some simple supplementation. Zinc sulphate supplements together with vitamin C can help avert colds and flus, or at least reduce the symptoms or shorten the p...

    How to Get Better Faster When You Have the Flu

    When you have the flu, your first priority is getting well. Here are some things that you can try in order to get better from the flu:

    Stay at home. There are limits to the air filtration systems i...

    Ward Off The Common Cold With These Super Foods

    Did you ever wonder why you're always getting a cold or the flu but your friend never gets one? Well the answer may be in the foods you're eating. It's no secret that the foods that you put into your ...

    Should the World Be Terrified of Avian Flu?

    The Avian Influenza: What is it? The avian influenza virus, also known as the bird flu, is often carried by wild birds. The virus does not kill its wild carriers, as their immune systems have been hon...

Newly Popular Epidemiology Articles

    How Many People Would a Bird Flu Pandemic Kill?

    You see a lot of wild and crazy estimates for this. Yet, the truth is, there's no simple answer. It depends on a lot of things -- and the most important factors are still unknown.

    First of all, I do...

    Natural Remedies for the Common Cold

    Natural cold remedies have been around for centuries. According to the The Berkley Wellness Newsletter, plants that have not been used at some time in hope of combating the common cold are indeed rare...

    C is for Curing Common Cold

    The very first thing that comes to mind when treating a common cold is to take Vitamin C. Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling first found the connection between Vitamin C and the common cold. Ever since ...

    Bird Flu and Terrorism

    Bird flu won't stop terrorists, and a serious pandemic may encourage them to strike.

    Therefore, one more problem which policy makers in the world must watch out for is maintaining security. This wil...

    Natural Solutions For Frequent Colds

    Some Possible Causes Might Be

    1. Poor dietary habits which create a toxic build-up in the body.
    2. A lack of proper nutrients.
    3. Weakness in the immune system.
    4. Emotional problems which ...

    How to Protect Yourself From the Emotional Dark Side of Preparing for a Bird Flu Pandemic

    I believe that a bird flu pandemic is quite possible and that people should prepare for it.

    I devote a lot of time to thinking and writing about how to protect yourself and your family from bird flu...

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