Articles on Avian Flu & other Pandemics
World Health Organisation Weekly Epidemiology Report
Avian Flu
Sky News Articles on Avian Flu
BBC News articles on Avian Flu
Flu outbreak may 'overwhelm' NHS
WHO Confirmed cases of Avian Flu
Flu
Vaccine for H5N1
H5N1 showing Resistance to Tamiflu
DOH
The nature of Avian Flu
Spread of Avian Flu
Governments plans in case of bird flu
Hepatits C
You can get all the info you need from http://www.hepcuk.info/
or http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs164/en/
The two drugs both of which are needed to treat it are 'Pegylated interferon'
which needs to be injected weekly. A 6 dose vial costs £100 and 'Ribavirin'
which comes as a tablet which need to be taken twice daily (48 Tablets cost
£125.00).
Both medicines are only available on prescription and would be too expensive
to stock even if you could buy them as treatment can go from 3 months to a year.
And the only way you know if its working is by blood tests. Lack of symptoms
isn`t reliable as the disease can go into remission for years, not showing any
symptoms.
The only good news is that 1 in 5 people recover from it without intervention.
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