Creating a healthy stockpile You know that it is important to have an emergency stockpile of food in case an influenza pandemic or some other disaster hits your area. Ho... By apit nursing Friday, December 28, 2007 Comment
Merry Christmas from Toyland Yesterday I was caught rummaging around in a junk shop when I should have been doing my Christmas shopping. Lo and behold, I found a stash o... By apit nursing Sunday, December 23, 2007 Comment
Health officials keeping tabs on new virus strain U.S. health officials are keeping their eyes on an emerging virus strain that has been linked to illnesses in four states. The Centers for D... By apit nursing Friday, December 21, 2007 Comment
Winter a wonderland for the flu Why is it that so many of us get the flu in the winter? Is it because we spend more time indoors and pass the virus to one another? Or becau... By apit nursing December 21, 2007 Comment
Why you don't need to worry about mercury in your flu shot Since it's flu season, it's a good time to clear up concerns people might have about mercury. This topic comes up as some parents in... By apit nursing Friday, December 14, 2007 Comment
Silent Stars A walk around my local churchyard on a frosty but bright morning revealed this slate gravestone. Of course in the early nineteenth century n... By apit nursing Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Comment
Make your holidays flu free Hoping to stay healthy for your holiday visit to Grandma's? While there's no foolproof plan to prevent you from getting sick during ... By apit nursing Friday, December 7, 2007 Comment
Cardboard Dreams A rainy morning, big water drops spattering against the window, blurring my view of sheep huddled-up under the trees. So I start rummaging a... By apit nursing Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Comment
The Quiet Caravan Gamekeepers leave some odd things lying around. Old oil drums and plastic dustbins for keeping feed in, mouldering timber sheds and somewher... By apit nursing Friday, November 30, 2007 Comment
Pandemic flu vaccinations: No time for ‘cutsies’ in line If a pandemic flu hits and there is a vaccine available, who will get vaccinated first? According to the federal government, people working... By apit nursing November 30, 2007 Comment
Castles in the Cabbages It must have seemed as though England woke up one morning in 1940 to find the countryside suddenly littered with anti-tank barricades, vehic... By apit nursing Thursday, November 29, 2007 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: More bird flu outbreaks reported in poultry More cases of H5N1 bird flu were reported in poultry around the world this week, with at least five countries experiencing new or reoccurrin... By apit nursing Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Comment
Railway Echo No 5 A very evocative find out on the fens. An abandoned railway carriage sits at a deserted platform as if having collapsed on its final run up ... By apit nursing Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Comment
Guest blog: Today is first-ever National Children’s Flu Vaccination Day Today's blog entry is authored by Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, former U.S. surgeon general and chair of the Childhood Influenza Im... By apit nursing November 27, 2007 Comment
It’s not too late to get your seasonal flu shot Still haven't gotten your seasonal flu shot? Well, now's the perfect time. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has named ... By apit nursing Monday, November 26, 2007 Comment
Harbouring Thoughts All the horrible stuff going on in a Margate back garden reminded me that I'd been there once. Veering away from Dreamland and the pleas... By apit nursing November 26, 2007 Comment
Creaking Oars Old boathouses are wonderfully evocative places. Once alive to the sound of laughter as the picnic baskets of house guests were loaded into ... By apit nursing November 26, 2007 Comment
Sunday's End Merchant Ivory films tend to get judged as 'Laura Ashley dramas'. Comments which are as obtuse as they are ignorant. So after a magn... By apit nursing Sunday, November 25, 2007 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Time to get your seasonal flu shot! Reports of seasonal flu cases are trickling in from across the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noting elevated flu... By apit nursing Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Comment
Glass in the Face I learn from the inestimable 'Piloti' in Private Eye that the oafish Abingdon Council in Oxfordshire want to put a glass lift up to... By apit nursing November 20, 2007 Comment
When planning for a pandemic, let's not forget the kids When planning for a pandemic, there's one item you should be sure not to leave off the list: the kids. But a recent report suggests tha... By apit nursing Friday, November 16, 2007 Comment
Cast Iron Constitution Drink was taken yesterday at the all-new St.Pancras railway station. Ejected from the 'champagne bar' (which looks like the kind of ... By apit nursing November 16, 2007 Comment
Railway Echo No 4 These days 'luggage', to train operators at least, means something that's left behind a seat at the terminus or destroyed in a c... By apit nursing Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Seasonal flu vaccinations on agenda Seasonal flu is here, and health workers around the globe are using innovative methods — from drive-thru clinics to talking posters - to e... By apit nursing Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Comment
Help make sure the nation is ready for pandemic flu It's important that each and every one of us takes steps to prepare for pandemic flu. But what is the government doing to help? Quite a ... By apit nursing Friday, November 9, 2007 Comment
Won't you be my neighbor? Community preparedness and pandemic flu Neighbors. Whether we live in a city, suburb or rural area, we've all got 'em. Whether or not we've actually met any of them is ... By apit nursing November 09, 2007 Comment
Mosquito Coast It's that time of the year again when autumn winds presage the dusting down of dark overcoats and the button-holing of red paper poppies... By apit nursing Thursday, November 8, 2007 Comment
Bamboo & China Doves Oxfam shops can be showcases of startling juxtapositions. The genteel cast-offs of an English country town posed next to stark reminders of... By apit nursing Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Comment
Wall of Silence I suppose because I've known this wall (in Fleckney, Leicestershire) virtually all my life, I've tended to take it for granted. But ... By apit nursing Monday, November 5, 2007 Comment
Creature Feature 1 I'm gradually putting together yet another collection, this time of architectural animalia , if there is such a word. Pride of place at ... By apit nursing November 05, 2007 Comment
Bonfires, Bangers and Beefburgers Now that we don't let off fireworks in our back gardens anymore, living in fear perhaps of the Thought Police coming round and hosing us... By apit nursing November 05, 2007 Comment
Tulane student named as winner of APHA Get Ready Song Contest A public health student and amateur song writer has been named as the winner of APHA’s Get Ready Song Contest. “Get Ready,” an original song... By apit nursing Friday, November 2, 2007 Comment
Kirby Grips Sometimes a building takes hold of you for many reasons, beyond the initial acts of appreciating architecture or landscape. Kirby Hall in no... By apit nursing November 02, 2007 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Drug-resistance an increasing danger to health Drug resistance is a growing concern worldwide, especially in the context of infectious diseases. Recent news headlines have drawn attention... By apit nursing Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Comment
Tidal Reaches 2 Once it gets into October you can almost hear the North Norfolk coast heaving a well-earned sigh of relief as most of the population retreat... By apit nursing Monday, October 29, 2007 Comment
Autumn Ascents Reaching 478 feet at their highest point, the Langton Caudles (that's the one with the sheep) in south east Leicestershire are hardly th... By apit nursing Sunday, October 28, 2007 Comment
New flu vaccine means there will be plenty of shots this year Good news! The Food and Drug Administration has approved another seasonal flu vaccine! Why is that good news? Because it means we will hav... By apit nursing Friday, October 26, 2007 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Pandemic flu preparations With early cases of seasonal flu already popping up, much of the recent health news has been focused on flu and what can be done to prevent ... By apit nursing Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Comment
Promising Practices to help you prepare for pandemic flu With so much information out there about preparing for pandemic flu, how do you recognize strong advice? Well, a new tool is now available t... By apit nursing Friday, October 19, 2007 Comment
Where to Find Local Emergency Preparedness Info Ok, so by now you probably know the importance of being prepared for a flu pandemic or other emergency. But do you know where to go to find ... By apit nursing October 19, 2007 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Flu season With fall upon us and flu season just around the corner, there are lots of news stories about the availability of the flu shot and the role ... By apit nursing Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Comment
Colorado reality competition spotlights preparedness Colorado public health officials recently took advantage of America's fascination with reality television by producing and airing their ... By apit nursing Friday, October 12, 2007 Comment
Cartoon Smithfield Everytime I duck through Smithfield Market I see this building on the corner of Lindsey Street, just before I dive down Rising Sun Court to ... By apit nursing Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Comment
Perplexed about pandemic? The Get Ready Glossary can clear things up! Confused about the difference between pandemic flu and seasonal flu ? Wondering what exactly H5N1 is? If you think that reading about pand... By apit nursing Friday, October 5, 2007 Comment
An Oxfordshire Idyll To Broughton Castle in Oxfordshire. A pre-lunch (Falkland Arms, Great Tew) walk in the park, alone except for two Aussies who kept saying ... By apit nursing October 05, 2007 Comment
Cafe Society Right. It's time to stop staring at the minutiae of scruffy old Penguin Books and empty Gold Flake packets and get back out there. On th... By apit nursing Wednesday, October 3, 2007 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Dengue a global concern With climate change and warmer weather influencing the spread of infectious disease , mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue are becoming a ... By apit nursing Tuesday, October 2, 2007 Comment
Martian Chronicle I needed an excuse to put a classic Penguin Book on my blog, and this morning I read about Nicole Kidman remaking The Invasion of the Bodysn... By apit nursing October 02, 2007 Comment
Norfolk Melancholy What is it about these big Norfolk churches in the middle of nowhere? If in the very unlikely event you ever drive between Tilney All Saints... By apit nursing Monday, October 1, 2007 Comment
Brighton Clock I've been knocking about in Brighton recently. I have to say I love it. Not just watching waves crashing up on the shingle whilst stuffi... By apit nursing October 01, 2007 Comment
APHA holds Get Ready Day celebration APHA celebrated its first-ever Get Ready Day in September by sponsoring a Get Ready Fun Fest at Tubman Elementary School in northwest D.C. ... By apit nursing Friday, September 28, 2007 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease news: Livestock and disease Livestock that live in close proximity to humans can help infectious disease make the jump from animals to people, which puts veterinary and... By apit nursing Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Comment
Lighting-up Time Recent events in my life have made me think about taking up the smoking arts once again. I've forgotten exactly when it was I threw the ... By apit nursing Sunday, September 23, 2007 Comment
Plenty of flu shots available, U.S. health officials say The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention kicked off its seasonal flu vaccine campaign this week with good news: There should be plen... By apit nursing Friday, September 21, 2007 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease news: International spread of disease Infectious diseases aren't stopped by international borders, recent news shows. Whether it is a little-known mosquito-borne disease gain... By apit nursing Tuesday, September 18, 2007 Comment