Snip: March 29, 2006 -- The bird flu vaccine being stockpiled by the federal government is not very effective, even at very high doses, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Bird flu expected to hit West Coast by summer
Snip: They said some 60,000 birds, mostly waterfowl, would begin their migration south from Alaska in mid-August, working their way down through Oregon, Washington and into California.
Although both coasts have set up monitoring systems for any signs of the avian virus "we expect there will be access (to the United States) through Alaska rather than upstate New York," said Ryan Broddrick, director of the California Department of Fish and Game. He did not elaborate.
The H5N1 virus overwhelmingly infects birds but has sickened 186 people in eight countries and killed 105 of them. Experts believe it poses the greatest threat in recent years of a global flu pandemic that could kill millions, if it acquires the ability to pass easily from human to human.
Update on Cynthia McKinney:
Capitol police ask for arrest warrant for McKinney(on Drudge)
AJC ^ | 3 APr 2006 | Bob Kemper, S.A. Reid
Posted on 04/03/2006 3:42:22 PM EDT by roaddog727
WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill police on Monday asked a federal prosecutor to approve an arrest warrant for Rep. Cynthia McKinney for her role in a scuffle with a police officer last week, the prosecutor's office confirmed.
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