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