An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a poultry farm in Suffolk, United Kingdom, in November 2007 prompted a comprehensive public health response to stop the transmission of avian influenza to humans....... lire la suite
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An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1H5N1in a poultry farm in Suffolk, United Kingdom, in November 2007 prompted a comprehensive public health response to stop the transmission of avian influenza to humans....
The UK authorities have today informed the European Commission of the confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza in three wild swans at a bird sanctuary in Dorset. At the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, the UK delegation reported that laboratory tests carried out by the Community Reference Laboratory in Weybridge confirmed that it is the H5N1H5N1strain of the virus. There have been no positive cases of H5N1H5N1in wild birds in the EU since mid-August 2007. However, during recent outbreaks in poultry, including the one in East Anglia last November, epidemiological investigations suggested that wild birds could be the origin of virus spread into farms. In response to the outbreak reported today, the UK authorities are applying the EU measures on highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds. These measures consist of the establishment of a control area and larger monitoring area around the positive finding, taking into account the geographical, ecological and epidemiological factors of the area in question. In the control area, on-farm biosecurity measures must be strengthened, the movement of poultry is banned except directly to the slaughterhouse, the dispatch of meat outside the zone is forbidden except where products have undergone the specific controls, hunting of wild birds is banned and disease awareness amongst poultry owners must be enhanced. These measures are aimed at preventing the spread of avian influenza from wild birds to poultry or other captive birds, as well as avoiding the contamination of products. However, EU legislation allows some flexibility to adapt the above measures to the local situation. There are many aspects of avian influenza H5N1H5N1that are still unknown, and the role of wild birds in the spread of the disease spread is not entirely clear. However, surveillance programmes for avian influenza are carried out in wild birds and on poultry holdings throughout the EU. Control measures are also in place to prevent the spread of infection to poultry holdings and to rapidly control the disease when outbreaks occur. These measures have proven effective during the outbreaks that occurred in several Member States in 2006 and 2007.
The UK authorities have today informed the European Commission of the confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza in three wild swans at a bird sanctuary in Dorset. At the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, the UK delegation reported that laboratory tests carried out by the Community Reference Laboratory in Weybridge confirmed that it is the H5N1H5N1strain of the virus. There have been no positive cases of H5N1H5N1in wild birds in the EU since mid-August 2007. However, during recent outbreaks in poultry, including the one in East Anglia last November, epidemiological investigations suggested that wild birds could be the origin of virus spread into farms. In response to the outbreak reported today, the UK authorities are applying the EU measures on highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds. These measures consist of the establishment of a control area and larger monitoring area around the positive finding, taking into account the geographical, ecological and epidemiological factors of the area in question. In the control area, on-farm biosecurity measures must be strengthened, the movement of poultry is banned except directly to the slaughterhouse, the dispatch of meat outside the zone is forbidden except where products have undergone the specific controls, hunting of wild birds is banned and disease awareness amongst poultry owners must be enhanced. These measures are aimed at preventing the spread of avian influenza from wild birds to poultry or other captive birds, as well as avoiding the contamination of products. However, EU legislation allows some flexibility to adapt the above measures to the local situation. There are many aspects of avian influenza H5N1H5N1that are still unknown, and the role of wild birds in the spread of the disease spread is not entirely clear. However, surveillance programmes for avian influenza are carried out in wild birds and on poultry holdings throughout the EU. Control measures are also in place to prevent the spread of infection to poultry holdings and to rapidly control the disease when outbreaks occur. These measures have proven effective during the outbreaks that occurred in several Member States in 2006 and 2007.
Twitter is a microblogging tool that is increasingly being used in area relevant to public health. Some of these include disaster management and response, health behavior change, and health information outreach. In addition, it is also being used by professionals and organizations for routine communications. This presentation will provide an overview and introduction to Twitter and its real and potential roles in public health.
The regulation of public health data collection and display is an interesting field of research for historians of contemporary public health. Here’s how I came to think about it: Well, Anna didn’t catch any nasty bugs and the rest is for the Kristianopolitians to consider further. But that said, I think their water quality report raises an interesting general issue. Ground-level ozone, pollen levels, etc. are heavily displayed on TV, in newspapers, etc.; for example, the National Museum of Natural History in Sweden issues a daily pollen prognosis report on the web. What other kinds of public health data are displayed in public? How are these data displayed? Through which media? And which are the political processes behind the decisions to have such data collected and broadcasted to the public? In fact, the history of public health could be understood (cf. Dorothy Porter’s Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public Health From Ancient to Modern Times, 1998; read a good review here) as the continuous political negotation of such data and their public display.
I haven’t seen the physical exhibition, only the web version. Admittedly, public health is probably one of the most difficult topics for exhibitions (physical or web-based). But given NLM’s huge economic ressources, one could expect something much better. For example, take a look at the online games on the Online Activities & Resources page. If you haven’t seen a late-1990s interactive website before, here’s your chance; it’s against the odds. A laudable aim — to illustrate ”the importance of clean water, safe housing, nutritious food, affordable healthcare, and protection from violence in fostering health and wellbeing” — is lost in a pretty boring web product.
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December 18th, 2007 at 4:12 PM PST Hmmm, I truly wonder if SL will recover from the policy errors of 2007. December 18th, 2007 at 4:15 PM PST 2007 was a bad year for SL: uncontrolled growth of anonymous accounts, erratic land supply, the unexpected policy reversal on gambling, the intrusion into residents’ private sexual relationships, the overnight imposition of VAT (17-25% sales tax) on 40% of paying customers, ID-based age verification, grid instability and poor customer service. Now, CTO Cory Ondrejka is leaving LL due to “irreconcilable differences” with CEO Philip Rosedale. The big question is whether Cory was the problem or the solution. December 18th, 2007 at 4:18 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 4:21 PM PST Premium accounts 2007 November 92,595 . Is Good thank you. December 18th, 2007 at 4:42 PM PST ... and just because you’re late with the metrics, thats no reason to polute November with old data. Perhaps that made the averages look better given the service outages in November. My RL job is producing stats, much like these, but I would be asked to do November again if it included October. December 18th, 2007 at 4:48 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 4:48 PM PST Ok, so I spoke b4 I looked - Ignore me about poluting November, I see now thats not the case. December 18th, 2007 at 4:54 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 5:06 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 5:32 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 5:41 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 5:51 PM PST I’m looking at the “Monthly Active Users by Age Bucket” for October and November and the numbers are EXACTLY the same. How can that be? Even the fractional hours to 2 decimal places. December 18th, 2007 at 5:57 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 6:24 PM PST @Ric - The previous google doc version (linked at the bottom of the post now) for Oct had the November report in the “Active users by Age Bucket” tab - labeled correctly at the top, at least. The originally posted XLS and ODS formats were correct. These separate reports are run in a semi-automated process after , but are hand-assembled into a single “package” and manually validated, and mistakes in details of delivery can sometimes happen. Thanks for the quick eye. December 18th, 2007 at 6:25 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 6:54 PM PST [...] you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The November economic statistics are available and it shows an active Australian Second Life population of 11,982, a whole seven more the [...] December 18th, 2007 at 8:52 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 9:02 PM PST December 18th, 2007 at 11:47 PM PST December 19th, 2007 at 12:32 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 12:44 AM PST [...] keeps coming for Second Life. Linden Lab, the company that develops and operates the virtual world, released October and November economic stats yesterday, which show that total user hours in-world actually declined in November, for the second-ever time [...] December 19th, 2007 at 12:57 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 1:17 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 2:03 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 2:40 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 3:18 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 5:32 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 6:33 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 7:11 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 8:46 AM PST December 19th, 2007 at 12:47 PM PST December 19th, 2007 at 2:16 PM PST December 19th, 2007 at 2:17 PM PST December 19th, 2007 at 2:36 PM PST December 19th, 2007 at 3:37 PM PST December 19th, 2007 at 3:57 PM PST Under the top 100 countries tab of the Excel spreadsheet...#57 Puerto Rico is not a country in the same sense as the other countries on the list - rather it is an unincorporated organized territory of the United States. December 19th, 2007 at 4:33 PM PST So, if you do not only wish to recognise the bright shiny windlight picture of SL, you cannot deny that wrong management decisions(as gaming ban, voice,VAT etc) as well as essential software flaws have slowed down the growth of SL almost as remarkably as the great media hype had boosted this early 2007. December 19th, 2007 at 4:55 PM PST December 20th, 2007 at 1:16 AM PST December 20th, 2007 at 4:09 AM PST December 20th, 2007 at 7:19 AM PST December 20th, 2007 at 7:51 AM PST December 20th, 2007 at 3:36 PM PST December 20th, 2007 at 3:37 PM PST December 20th, 2007 at 3:37 PM PST December 21st, 2007 at 2:45 AM PST December 21st, 2007 at 7:21 AM PST December 21st, 2007 at 9:48 AM PST December 21st, 2007 at 1:25 PM PST December 21st, 2007 at 5:39 PM PST
Michael Wilson participates at a panel entitled "Rita 2.0 - Effective Methods and Messages in Online Safety Education.' " at the "'Beyond Byron - Towards a New Culture of Responsibility," on Friday, 13 June 2008, in Oxford, United Kingdom.