An incredibly contagious game called the Great Flu | Philadelphia Inquirer

Posted by Matt in August 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disease, 1918, Chickens, China Power, Crowd, Enormity, Few Minutes, Flu, Game Conference, Global Flu Pandemic, Global Health, Good Game, Health Resource, Influenza, Nasty Bug, Nonprofits, Philadelphia Inquirer, Resource System, Spanish Flu Pandemic, Strains, Video Game

While there is no shortage of online issue-oriented games shoveled out to the Web crowd by politicos, nonprofits, and marketing types nowadays, very few have the depth to keep one occupied for more than a few minutes. But the Great Flu brings the opposite problem: It’s hard to tear yourself away. The free-to-play title, which [...]

Pandemic News as of 6-3-2009

Posted by Matt in June 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disease, America Usa, Chickens, Chile, Diseases, Flu, Flu Outbreak, Flu Pandemic, Genetic Similarity, Genetic Traits, Industrial Style, Mcneil, New York Times, North America, Pandemics, Pigs, South-America, Species Barrier, Swine Flu, Tens Of Thousands, United States, Voice Of America, World Health Organization

Swine Flu Outbreak Offers Sneak Peak of Pandemic to Come
As we raise more animals in industrial-style operations, confining them by the tens of thousands, it is likely that we will see other diseases emerging and jumping the species barrier from animals to humans. Because of their genetic similarity to humans, pigs and chickens often serve [...]

Avian flu in southern China

Posted by Matt in July 3rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Disease, 1 Billion, Avian Flu, Avian Influenza, Booths, Caution, Chickens, Flu, Hk, Hong Kong, Influenza, Locals, Misery, Southern China, Suspicions

The government’s caution arouses suspicions about what it knows
ALMOST as long as it has had people, Hong Kong has had booths selling squawking live chickens. They are treasured by locals who spurn frozen meat, finding it tasteless. But after the latest in a series of outbreaks of avian influenza, the government has offered HK$1 billion [...]