Bird flu Human to human

[Lowdown3]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/02/us-hongkong-birdflu-idUSBRE9B10MA20131202

First case of HUMAN bird flu in Hong Kong...

[610Alpha]

Check your mask stock level.

On a side note I thought this part was a little funny "Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man", coincidence that the secretary's name has Wing in it and the article is about Bird Flu? LOL

[Lowdown3]

That is funny!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/10/us-birdflu-drug-resistance-idUSBRE9B90RF20131210

Scientists have found that a mutation in a new strain of bird flu infecting people in China can render it resistant to a key first-line treatment drug without limiting its ability to spread in mammals.

The discovery means that unlike seasonal flu strains, which often become less transmissible when they develop resistance to drugs like Roche's Tamiflu, the new H7N9 bird flu does not lose any of its spreading potential with drug resistance.

While this does not make H7N9 any more likely to develop into a human pandemic, researchers said it means doctors should be prudent in their use of anti-viral medicines to treat H7N9 cases, and consider using drugs other than Tamiflu, such as GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza, where possible........