<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Avian Flu</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/avianflu?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><description>Avian Flu</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[FINDINGS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61227-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61227-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Therapies for Menopause May Be Overused, Panel Says <br>American women may be overusing treatments for symptoms of menopause, including hormone therapies that can pose a risk, a National Institutes of Health consensus panel said yesterday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32635-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32635-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    MARYLAND  Minister Rescues Woman From Fire <br>A minister and parishioners from a nearby church helped rescue a woman in her eighties from a blaze inside her house in Fairmount Heights yesterday afternoon. The woman was critically burned, a Prince George's...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Is Called a Threat to Humans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46424-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46424-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The bird flu outbreak in Asia poses the "gravest possible danger" of becoming a global human threat, U.N. officials warned Wednesday. But experts said there was time to stem the impact of the disease if quick actions were taken to control the virus in animals.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thai Farmers Worry Controls  On Bird Flu Threaten Livelihoods]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19795-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19795-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Recent studies have shown that waterfowl are a crucial link in the spread of East Asia's avian influenza epidemic.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conditions Ripe Bird Flu's Spread]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64713-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64713-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[International health experts warn that conditions are set for a pandemic to erupt in Southeast Asia and China that could kill millions worldwide if the virus developed into a form capable of spreading among humans.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine Rules Relaxed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8944-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8944-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal health officials, concerned that scarce flu vaccine may go unused, Friday announced plans to amend the guidelines on who should receive shots.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death in Thailand May Mark Progression of 'Bird Flu']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58040-2004Sep28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58040-2004Sep28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A young woman who died in Bangkok 10 days ago appears to have had the first confirmed case of person-to-person transmission of the "bird flu" that emerged in Southeast Asia last winter.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada to Kill Millions of Birds as Flu Spreads]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52985-2004Apr5.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52985-2004Apr5.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Canadian officials Monday ordered the extermination of as many as 19 million birds in British Columbia -- including commercial chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and pigeons -- in an attempt to stop the rapid spread of avian flu.]]></description><author> DeNeen L. Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live Bird Markets Stir Poultry Industry's Flu Fears]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22491-2004Mar24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22491-2004Mar24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a nation fed on frozen, shrink-wrapped meat, the live bird markets popular in New York and New Jersey boast chickens so fresh they're still squawking.]]></description><author> Nurith C. Aizenman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eastern Shore Farmers Grapple With Avian Flu Outbreak]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41458-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41458-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Joe Chisholm was cracking open a cold beer Friday evening when the phone rang with some unwelcome news: After a four-week lull, a new case of avian flu had surfaced at a poultry farm on the Eastern Shore -- this time, a few miles from Chisholm's farm in Pocomoke City, Md.]]></description><author> Nurith C. Aizenman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Bans Live Poultry Sales as a Precaution]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34571-2004Feb11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34571-2004Feb11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland officials banned the sale of live poultry Wednesday, and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski called for a federal task force to help contain an outbreak of avian flu in Delaware that threatens the region's $1.5 billion poultry industry.]]></description><author> Nurith C. Aizenman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Suspects More Outbreaks of Bird Flu]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3169-2004Feb1.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3169-2004Feb1.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Five more suspected outbreaks of the deadly avian influenza virus were reported Sunday, indicating that the disease was spreading across the country faster than expected.]]></description><author> Philip P. Pan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thailand Concedes Missteps on Bird Flu]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58049-2004Jan28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58049-2004Jan28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Thai Prime Minister acknowledged Wednesday that his government had initially stumbled when faced with an outbreak of bird flu and said Thailand was now determined to move aggressively against the virus.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thailand Admits Slow Response to Bird Flu]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56351-2004Jan28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56351-2004Jan28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra acknowledged Wednesday that his government had initially stumbled when faced with an outbreak of bird flu but said Thailand was now determined to move aggressively against the lethal virus.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slaughter of Poultry Could Alter Virus]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52595-2004Jan27.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52595-2004Jan27.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Officials warned that the mass slaughter of chickens could help turn the virus into a form far more threatening to humans; death toll now eight.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thai Boy Dies From Bird Flu]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46412-2004Jan25.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46412-2004Jan25.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thailand reported its first human death from bird flu Monday, and officials disclosed 10 suspected cases of the disease, while officials in Indonesia said that the virus had spread to poultry there.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Horror Script For Health Officials]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45119-2004Jan24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45119-2004Jan24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The metaphor that public health officials invoke when talking about a global flu epidemic is the same one that lies at the heart of the scariest horror movies.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thailand Confirms 2 Human Cases of Bird Flu]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42109-2004Jan23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42109-2004Jan23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The illness has infected chickens in at least six East Asian nations, heightening concern that an epidemic could break out in the region.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vietnamese Child Latest Bird Flu Fatality]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26151-2004Jan17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26151-2004Jan17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[HANOI, Jan. 17 -- Vietnam reported five more suspected human bird flu cases Saturday, as the World Health Organization confirmed that a fourth death was caused by the disease.]]></description><author> Tini Tran</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avian Flu Leaves 12 Dead in Vietnam]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14346-2004Jan13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14346-2004Jan13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/avianflu</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A form of avian influenza responsible for the death of tens of thousands of chickens in the Far East in recent weeks has killed 12 people in Vietnam, most of them children, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item></channel></rss>