THE BIG ONE IS COMING! It could take just one cough, one kiss, one touch or even one bite of food, or a sip of water to change not only your life, but the lives of everyone around you- and for months or even years. In most cases, the closer those people are to you, [...]
MASSIVE CROWDS IN LIMITED SPACES: HAJJ AND OTHER RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGES The Hajj is an extraordinary complex logistical undertaking. The Hajj represents not only an enormous number of people, but also extraordinary diversity of age, income, underlying healthfulness, illness and geographic origin. The heat can be brutal, and the crowds are tightly packed. Disease is likely [...]
LOOMING ON THE HORIZON Pandemic influenza looms on the horizon, and society finds itself poorly equipped to deal with the horrific threats this poses. Influenza viruses are ubiquitous, they have been around for hundreds of years and are likely to remain with us for a long time. They produce significant annual morbidity and mortality throughout [...]
WELLPOINT NUTRACEUTICALS: HERBS + INFLUENZA Herb therapies for influenza are not specific for the viral strain. Herb therapy applied to address the first signs of influenza, might prevent the infection from developing into full symptomatic disease. Instead, they may have general actions that work to help boost the immune system to help eliminate the virus [...]
HEADLINES IMUN RX The Big One is coming, and it’s going to be a flu pandemic - Dr. Sanjay Gupta Chief Medical Correspondent CNN. Experts say we are ‘due’ for one. When it happens it will probably have a greater impact on humanity than anything else currently happening in the world. When most people hear [...]
GLOBAL TRAVEL Humans travel in numbers and at speeds unprecedented in history. Travelers visit remote areas as well as major population centers. Humans may be displaced because of social, economic, or political upheavals or extreme events and environmental disasters. The elimination of spatial and temporal barriers, especially by long-distance air transport, means that humans can [...]