Articles

• Avian Flu articles from PubMed of the National Library of Medicine.  The articles listed here tend to be highly technical research papers, but careful searching of the articles can often uncover important and useful information.  Type the topic in the search box on the PubMed Web site. 

Clinical Trials

• Directory of clinical trial books, organizations, government agencies, online forums, egroups, online discussions, bulletin boards, and listservs. 

Drugs

• Tamiflu.  "TAMIFLU (TAM-ih-flew) is a medicine to treat flu (infection caused by influenza virus). It belongs to a group of medicines called neuraminidase inhibitors. These medications attack the influenza virus and prevent it from spreading inside your body. TAMIFLU treats flu at its source by attacking the virus that causes the flu, rather than simply masking symptoms. Each TAMIFLU capsule (grey/light yellow) contains 75 mg of active drug and should be taken by mouth."
• Tamiflu Consumer Information from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA)

Encyclopedic Information

• Avian Flu description from Microsoft Encarta.
  • Bird : diseases and parasites: influenza
  • Influenza : diseases of animals: birds as carriers
• Influenza description and information from Yahoo! online encyclopedia.

Forums

If you join one of these support groups, please mention that you found their group through Medconsumer.info.

• Af4b · Avian Flu 4 Birds.  "Avian Flu 4 Birds is for pet bird owners to discuss the potential threat the avian flu could have on our Birds. This list is open to anyone with birds whether they be parrots, finches, poultry etc. Hopefully this list will help dispel rumors and give more factual information on which to go on to protect our birds." Yahoo! group.
• Avian flu forum.  "Discuss the possibility of a pandemic avian flu outbreak, what conventional steps and unconventional steps should be taken to lessen the possible risks, what would the world be like if the pandemic occurs, both during and after."  Yahoo! group.
• AvianFluWhatToDo · Avian Flu, What 's new and What to Do? "This group is an informational and support group re: the possibility of the Avian flu becoming a pandemic around the world. This is strictly for the sharing of any bona fide information that may assist us all in elevating our immune systems - because a healthy body is one of our best defenses against any disease."  Yahoo! group.
• BeingSick · A global community of loving people who understand what its like to be sick or care for a loved one.  "We are a community of loving supportive people who understand what its like to be sick. We live with illness, injury, disability, or care for those that do. This group is a place where you are free to be yourself. Share your frustrations about being sick, friendships, family, and just about anything! We are the family who understands when no one else does! We live your life too! You are welcome to post in HTML, colors, send links, web pages, poems, inspiration, e-cards, jokes, chat in our chat room anytime! We are non-denominational, welcoming all races, ages, religions and cultures. We know how tough life is being sick, and we care. There is support for you here anytime you need us. You are not alone."  Yahoo! group. 
• Bird Flu.  "This group will support each other in dealing with the worst nightmare of the 21st century. 50-100 million died of this flu in 1918, and this time the number of fatalities will be much higher. We are here to learn and survive this flu in the near future."
• Flu Pandemic.  "Experts are warning that the Avian Bird H5N1 Flu may soon mutate into a human to human transmissible flu, causing an epidemic worse than the 1918 Spanish Flu.
  
  If, or more likely when, this happens, the global economy will come crashing down. International borders will be slammed shut, and the President--who already has the authority to quarantine international passengers--will shut the borders. Next, State and even county borders will be shut as authorities try to stop the flu. Then schools, theatres and restaurants will be ordered closed. As the economy grinds to a halt, food and medicine will become in short supply.
  
  Because H5N1 has been fatal to 90-100% of the poultry that have contracted it and 50% of the people who have contracted it, authorities have been unable to guess how many people an H5N1 mutation would kill. Previous pandemics throughout the world, like that in 1918-19, claimed 50 to 100 million lives worldwide, which is about two to three percent of those infected. But the coming flu pandemic will be worse because it will kill a far higher percentage of people.
  
  We invite you to join so that you can tour our site--especially our site links and files, which are designed to provide a quick overview of the dangers facing our society. We believe that this site is the finest site for the discussion of the coming pandemic."  Yahoo! group.
• Flu Wiki Forum. 
• Medconsumerinfo.  "Medconsumer.info is your starting point for searching the Web for medical information. This forum exists for you to discuss, ask questions, and answer questions about any aspect of health, healthcare industry, and any aspect of being a patient. Please take whatever advice you receive through this forum to your doctor before changing or initiating any medically-related behavior."  Yahoo! group. 
• PandemicFlu · Surviving Influenza H5N1 Flu Pandemic.  "Arizona Flu Pandemic Help And Support Group."  Yahoo! group.      

News About Avian Flu

• Avian Flu news from Google News.
• Avian Influenza news from Google News.
• Bird Flu news from AlertNet, a division of Reuters Foundation. 
• Bird Flu news from Google News.

Organizations Associated With Avian Flu

• Flu Wiki.  "The purpose of the Flu Wiki is to help local communities prepare for and perhaps cope with a possible influenza pandemic. This is a task previously ceded to local, state and national governmental public health agencies. Our goal is to be:
  • a reliable source of information, as neutral as possible, about important facts useful for a public health approach to pandemic influenza
  • a venue for anticipating the vast range of problems that may arise if a pandemic does occur
  • a venue for thinking about implementable solutions to foreseeable problems

Before the present avian flu pandemic, these tasks were formerly ceded to local, state, national and international public health agencies. But no one, in any health department or government agency, knows all the things needed to cope with an influenza pandemic. The world is filled with competent others who are likely to have credible and useful information about some aspect of each of these tasks. By pooling and sharing our knowledge, we hope to advance both preparation for and the ability to cope with events as they unfold.

Flu Wiki is not meant to be a substitute for planning, preparation and implementation by civil authorities, but instead is a parallel effort that complements, supports and extends those efforts. And while there are a small group of editors who will continue to administer and maintain the Wiki, it is the users of Flu Wiki who will shape its utility and relevance based on the contributions they make. We hope you will find the instructions sufficient to get started. You’ll soon be learning on your own."

Photographs

• Avian Flu photographs from Google Images. 

Videos

• Available for purchase

  • DVDs about the Avian Flu from Amazon.com.
  • DVDs about the Bird Flu from Amazon.com.

• Available Online

  • Avian Flu videos from YouTube.com.

Web Sites

• Bird Flu Hype