Insidermedicine in 60 - June 10 2008

Description: From Hong Kong - According to Hong Kong's information services department, the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been reported at a poultry market. The H5N1 virus was detected in five chicken dropping samples, and officials have ordered that all 2700 birds at the market be destroyed. Hong Kong has not had a major poultry outbreak in over a decade, when 18 people were hospitalized with H5N1 infections in 1997. From the Netherlands - The use of bright lighting in elderly group care facilities ...