Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsBird Flu Dies in Our Cold Nosesclipped by: tabseyclippers remarks: So the people who got it have warm noses? or are they all women suffering the hot flushes of mid age? The H1N1 "swine flu" virus is spreading rapidly worldwide, but scientists have puzzled in recent years over why the H5N1 bird flu thus far has yet to do the same. Now a new study blames our cold noses. Avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a persons nose is too low, according to research published May 14 in the journal PLoS Pathogens. Meanwhile here are the latest H5N1 bird flu stats from the World Health Organization: human cases have been reported in six countries, most of which are in Asia ? Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam. There are 424 lab-confirmed cases of bird flu, with 261 deaths worldwide. The first patients in the current outbreak, which were reported from Vietnam, developed symptoms in December 2003 but were not confirmed as H5N1 infection until early 2004. Health officials initially warned that bird flu could become a pandemic. And it still could 34 countries have officially reported 7,520 cases Tags: medical Iconic Photos by Vietnam War photographer, Van Es, RIPclipped by: ratcatcher2clippers remarks: Van Es also covered the Moro Rebellion in the Philippines and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He attempted to return to Vietnam but was not able to do so until 1990. Upon his return to Vietnam, while visiting the countryside, he was quoted as remarking: "It [Vietnam] hasnt really changed since I was last here; but our photos changed the views of those who were lucky enough not to witness this terrible war."
 VIETNAM OUT TO GO WITH "VIETNAM-US-WAR-ANNIVERSARY"  VIETNAM WAR-25TH ANNIVERSARY: UH-1D helicopters airlift  VIETNAM WAR-25TH ANNIVERSARY: A US Marine walks through a gully saturated with punji sticks  DCV32 - 19680206 - UNKNOWN  The lst fights in april near Saigon.  South Vietnamese Navy operation 60 kms south west of Saigon  VIETNAM WAR- 25TH ANNIVERSARY: Operation ¶Oregon¨ a search and destroy mission  VIETNAM WAR-25TH ANNIVERSARY: A Viet Cong prisoner awaits interrogation Hubert van Es was a Dutch photographer who took the well-known photo on 29 April 1975, which shows South Vietnamese civilians scrambling to board a CIA Air America helicopter during the U.S. evacuation of Saigon On 15 May 2009, van Es died in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, at the age of 67 from a haemorrhagic stroke. He had lived in Hong Kong since the end of the Vietnam War. in Hilversum, Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |
2009/05/18
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Hugh Van Es, the Dutch photographer whose iconic picture of the fall of Saigon in 1975 became a symbol of Americas failure in Vietnam
